My recent scour of the internet in search of Carolyn Friedlander’s old Architextures fabrics for THIS project has given me a new appreciation for stashing your favorites before they disappear. Once a fabric line is out of print, especially if it’s been out of print for a while, those fabrics are GONE. Legit, no stores have them, not even Etsy, gone.
This realization gave me a little bit of a panic, so I quickly contacted my local quilt shop Fiddlehead Artisan Supply and had them set aside three yards of the Alison Glass Art Theory panels from Ex Libris (Andover Fabrics) in charcoal and one yard in white. Better safe than sorry, right? If I could afford to buy a bolt of each and every Sun Print fabric, too, I totally would. But the line has to be drawn somewhere!!
It’s no secret that I love Alison Glass fabrics, and these panels are just SO gorgeous. I have a few projects in mind already for these, and I don’t think I will ever tire of the colors and design. Having a bit of “extra” in the stash never hurt anyone.
Maybe I’ll even get brave and cut into a few to use bits and pieces in a project beyond the full intact round panel. Maybe.
If you want to stock up before it’s too late, Fiddlehead does still have some yardage of these panels available, I think. They are not listed online, but if you call the store you can order some. No, I’m not *trying* to be an enabler. No, I don’t work for Alison Glass (to answer your question, Nancy! lol But wouldn’t that be a dream!?), but I really do honest-to-goodness love the vivid designs in her fabric. I’m trying to help. Really. Or if you are on a fabric diet, go ahead and let me know your birthday and I’ll set a panel aside for you.
I mean, look at those details!
I’m linking up with Molli Sparkles’ Sunday Stash traveling edition, which is hosted by Irene from Patchwork and Pastry today.
Night Quilter 
Missouri Star Quilt Co. Has both white and grey in stock still! Search by Ex Libris to find it!
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I bought 7 yards of that Riley Blake Rocket Age Navy print that has orbital mechanics equations and spaceships a few years ago. I’m down to the last 40″ x WOF and don’t regret the purchase at all. Stashing things you love and not being afraid to use it is a wonderful thing!
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It’s all good, Kitty! I bought 3 yards of the flowery Loulouthi print by Anna Maria a couple of months ago and it wasn’t enough. I’m starting to panic because I just used the whole cut on the back of a quilt!
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Copious amounts available at Hawthorne Threads! I had to go and stock up immediately after reading this 😉
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Love this! I just started quilting a year ago and I didn’t understand that fabrics go out of print until I heard it on a video I was watching! Then I went crazy to find the fabric from the designers I liked to see how much of a old collections I could acquire! Because I really wanted all the lines from each artist I adored. Sence I just started “collecting fabric” a year ago that was an impossible dream. So now I know how precious fabric can be, which I think is special because it can make your quilt/fabric creation even more dear to your heart! It also taught me not to just go buy any old fabric, to save my money for the artist I really connect with!! Thank you!!
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Those panels are simply gorgeous. I never know what to do with panels, but if I had access to these, I’d buy them anyhow! And with wee Finn reaching the tipping point, mamma deserved a treat!
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Did you manage to find all the fabrics from Carolyn Friedlander? One of my friends is searching for a particular print and could use few tips on finding it!
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Ahh – mentioned in your post. I guess my drool over Alison Glass has been noticed. I love the panels – the grey even more than the white. I am on the fabric diet and I have been good – even donating some of my older fabric for a sale to support a project which helps Grandmas raising children who lost their parents to AIDs. While I haven’t succumbed (to Facebook or fabric purchase) I note that I am cruising fabric sites looking at new stuff. However, I am also pawing through old projects and finishing things started many years ago (Thimbleberries Block of the month 2001 – to be fair we moved and I had umpteen baggies of fabric without a clue which month was which). So I am improvising and it will be ready for a Christmas gift to my sister-in-law. And I taught myself to use the walking foot – purchased 20 years ago – pre-U-tube videos…. Only 3 weeks until Easter….
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I recently stashed some Ex Libris too & some Sunprints. Alison Glass is so great at pulling designs from past lines into the newer ones so I’m not as concerned if I use them.
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