I’m excited to be a part of a week-long blog hop to celebrate the expansion of my friend Bernie’s Etsy shop, Needle & Foot. Bernie recently decided to follow her heart and is now stocking a variety of modern quilting cottons in addition to her made goods, and she invited a few blogging friends to help spread the word and spark inspiration about what can be made using the fabric newly stocked in her shop. She invited me to select some fat quarters from her shop, and I’m excited to show you what I made.
She’s also generously offering a giveaway so that one lucky reader can win either 6 fat quarters or 3 half-yard cuts of fabric! Read on to find out how to enter! In addition to the giveaway at the end of this post, Bernie is offering everyone a coupon code to her new shop. Use the code NANDFREADERS15 for 15% off any order over $5.00, active through Sunday, March 26th.
But first, my makes! When Bernie first invited me to be a part of this blog hop, and asked which fabrics I’d most like to use, it was all I could do to resist her selection of Alison Glass fabrics, since, well… you know how I am with all things Alison Glass! I decided to go with a bit of variety though, with the plan to make a few small things and incorporate her fabrics into my current projects. Stash building is a totally legit way to fabric shop, right!?
I ultimately selected two (2) low volume prints–Hashtags and Small Letters in black–from the Basically Low fabric line by Helen Stubbings for Red Rooster, three (3) prints from Sweet Tweets by Kim Schaefer for Andover fabrics–Rainbow on White (isn’t it gorgeous?!), Hip to Be Square Multicolor, and Cheerios on black, and I just couldn’t resist the Bumble Buzz Blue by Maureen Cracknell’s Garden Dreamer line for Art Gallery Fabrics!
I probably could incorporate that Rainbow on White print into every single one of my projects somehow–the colors are just so perfect! I started out by making a half moon zippered pouch with the Rainbow on White and my Sizzix 8″ Half Oval die, and I added a meticulously cut, fused, and stitched bee from Bumble Buzz Blue as a fun embellishment. The colors play so nicely together, and there’s nothing like a little hand-stitched detail to add some extra fun to FUNctional.
I lined the pouch with the Hip to be Square print, and love how festive it is. This pouch now lives in my purse, and contains two spiral bound notebooks and a couple of mechanical pencils so that I know that I will always have entertainment for my two oldest kids no matter where we may be. I will most likely add a few other items (colored pencils, maybe a matchbox car or two), but it is so nice to have a designated “kid pouch” in my purse.
If the kids decide they can’t share, I could always take it right back and use it to smuggle… er, transport… fabric!
I wasn’t quilt finished using that Rainbow on White, so I decided to pair some with the Basically Low Hashtag fabric and Cheerios on Black to make a block for one of my ongoing Sew-Alongs, the Garden Snail Snail Paced Sew Along hosted by Angie at Gnome Angel. I’m using the snails to brighten up my otherwise-entirely-greenery quilt, and I think this little guy will do *just* the trick!
Doesn’t he look great up there!? I have also begun to incorporate both low volume fabrics into my Greenery quilt blocks, as you can see in the bottom left block. Low volumes fabrics are among my favorite to stash since there’s always a perfect project for them!
I’m pretty set on sneaking one of these bees into the quilt somehow, too. Time will tell!
Giveaway
Now, for the giveaway! Bernie has generously offered a prize of your choice of either 6 fat quarters or 3 half-yard cuts selected from any of the available fabrics at the Needle & Foot Etsy shop.
To enter the giveaway today, tell me what fabrics from Needle & Foot you would select if you were to win. Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win. For an additional entry, follow Needle & Foot on Instagram. For a third entry, follow Needle & Foot on Facebook. Leave a separate comment once you complete each entry.
This giveaway is open to US and international participants, but international winners must be willing to split the cost of shipping. The giveaway will be open for one week, until Wednesday March 29th at 8pm EST when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. Good luck! Giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Chris!
*Please note that comment moderation is on, so if you do not see your comment right after posting, do not be alarmed! I try to respond to each and every comment I get on my blog, but with giveaway posts the numbers are usually too great to do this.
Be sure to visit all of the other stops on the blog hop to see the nice variety of modern fabrics now stocked by Needle & Foot, and to see what everyone else made with them, and don’t forget to use coupon code NANDFREADERS15 for 15% off any order over $5.00 in the shop through Sunday, 3/26.
I follow Needle and Foot on Instagram.
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I follow Bernie on IG
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And FB too!
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I’d love to have the Maker Maker bundle!
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I’d pick Rainbow on White, Numbered in Peacock Blue, Pinata Confetti, wallflower in Grass and in cherry, and Geo Dot in Blue.
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Like you, I’m a pushover for Alison Glass fabrics so I know some of those would definitely end up in my cart. Numbered in Peacock Blue is a must, and probably Sunshine in Lichen. Having seen the Hip to Be Square in a project, I’d consider that, too.
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I follow N&F via Instagram. 🙂
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I also follow Bernie (N&F) via facebook.
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I’d get some solids and/or some Alison Glass
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I follow NAF on FB
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I already had a yen for the multicolor Hip to be Square, but after seeing your pouch want the Rainbow on White fabric too! For my Fabric Petting Zoo, since of course I already have a lifetime’s worth of fabric for quilts.
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I’m following on Facebook.
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Probably some Alison glass. I have fat eights of her recent fabric….but a fat eighth doesn’t go very far. Lol.
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I love the color weave prints but the ones you chose are awesome, too!
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Rainbow on White would make the best sundress for my little girl- love it!!
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Already following Needle and Foot on IG!
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I love the Cherry Blossoms fabric. 🙂 Thanks!
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Following Needle and Foot on Instagram. 🙂
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I follow Needle & Foot on Instagram
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THANK YOU for the generous giveaway. My (6) FQ choices: (1) Hashtag Black by Helen Stubbings (2) Art Gallery Bumble Buzz Blue Garden Dream (3) Art Gallery Flower Dance Garden Dream (4) Penny Sturges Mochachino Flower (5) Mesh Joy Gossamer Sharon Holland (6) Small Letters Gray by Helen Stubbings.
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Nice zippered pouch! Thanks for the chance to win—I love the Andover cats on black fabric and the textured solids. marshudson AT comcast DOT net
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Laura Gunn’s Cherry Blossoms prints are just gorgeous! Also lovibg the nice selection of Dumb Dots, as well as that fab rainbow stripe 🙂
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I follow Needle and Foot on IG (@agalinsweden)
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I’d pick Birds on Taupe from Modern Tyke by Kim Diehl for Henry Glass; Climbing Posies Pale-Garden Dreamer by Maureen Cracknell for Art Gallery Fabric; Sprinkled Peonies in Fresh-Garden Dreamer by Maureen Cracknell .
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I follow on Instagram (pippilongsox)
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I follow on FB (Piroska B…)
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I would love the Basically Low FQ bundle.
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I just love the Garden Dreamer Bundle
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Maureen Cracknell Garden Dreamer bundle is my favorite
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I follow on Facebook as Patrizia G.
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Very pretty pouch, and I love that colorful snail! I might pick Cherry bloom for vignette, rainbow on white by Kim Schaefer, and Color Weave in light silver.
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Love those shades of green in your quilt!
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