OH, NO!!!

Mary Engelbreit (I love her... click here)

Has this every happened to you?  You're working on a quilt and  "OH NO!" you don't have enough of a certain fabric!!!???

I am working on several quilts at the moment: 

one for a colleague who's wife is about to have a baby; one for a niece who is about to have a baby

and a Christmas quilt for my sister's granddaughter.

I must say, I'm moving ahead very nicely.... until.... DUN--DUN--DUUUUUNNNN

(click HERE) (turn your sound on)

I discover I need more of a certain fabric.

I've been working on this quilt, Spring is in the Air, by Lizzy B Cre8ive. (I've written about this quilt before:  July 4, 2016;  July 14, 2016 and  July 16, 2016.) It is looking so cute.

But, I have a bad habit of making changes along the way.

On this one, I decided to add a pieced border from The Border Workbook.   After I worked on the border for a while (it's pieced....seems to be taking forever to get together) THEN I decided to add another, simpler border of one of the border fabrics.  But I do not have enough fabric of the one I want to use.  What to do, what to do ?????

First I go back to the fabric store where I purchased the fabric...it's local.  No luck.

Then I  look on the salvage of the piece I have for name, manufacturer, lot number, etc.  No luck, I've already removed the salvage.
THEN I REMEMBERED!  I read recently that you should save your salvages and being a bit of a rule-follower, I've started doing just that.  So I dig it out of the scrap drawer.  I get a partial name "CX6220 Mini Chic Chevron."

Another piece of fabric, similar, says Robert Kaufman.  So, that is where I start my google search: "Robert Kaufman"+"CX6220 Mini Chic Chevron."  I find a lot of pretty fabrics, but not the one I'm looking for.








Next, got to the Fab Shop Hop website.  They have a link that allows you to search a lot of different fabric shops for specific fabric.  And what to my wondering eyes did appear????

MY fabric!!  It is not Robert Kaufman.  It is Michael Miller.

Now my only decision is to order it on line from this supplier, or, now that I know it is Michael Miller, continue to search and see if I can find it cheaper.

And, in case you were wondering, the other two baby quilts are finished and ready for the quilter.

Baby Quilt 1 (boy)

Baby Quilt 2 (girl)

National Sewing Month

Apparently September is National Sewing Month.... Who Knew?

I have been sewing quite a bit of late... working on projects with Christmas in mind.

Project Number one is in "add the borders" stage.

Spring is in the Air by Lizzie B Cre8ive

I started this quilt top last month.  (See the post from July 16.) I decided to make it a lap quilt rather than a wall hanging so the borders would need to be fairly wide.  I chose a pattern from The Border Workbook.  My next decision for this quilt is whether to have another border.















I recently became aware that a colleague of mine is expecting a baby before the end of the year.  So, project number two will be completely adorable, but quick quilt with a piece of fabric I found while in Honolulu last month.

I decided on a pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Co BLOCK book from Summer Vol 3, Issue 3
The Friendship Star

Here is what I have so far:

Finally, I'm still working on the Glorious Hexies. Hexies are a hand-sewing project and the going is slow.  But, they are cute.