Take heart and read on.
Last week I posted about Quilters Newsletter's latest special issue, Best Fat Quarter Quilts 2012 (see Got Fat Quarters? below).
Best Fat Quarter Quilts 2012 is full of patterns for beautiful projects, including my In the Garden lap quilt and Charmed pillow, that are sure to convince you that it's finally time to cut into your pre-cuts.
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| In the Garden |
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| Charmed |
I promised to show a picture of a table quilt version of Charmed. And here it is -- quilted, bound, finished:
Look close. Look closer. Recognize the fabric? It's confession time. This little quilt is made from a charm pack of Kansas Troubles' Bound to the Prairie fabric that I bought in Ohio 6 years ago! That is world class hoarding. I LOVED this fabric and could never decide how to use it. The longer I waited, the worse it got because I knew I could never buy more if it. Every few months, I would take out the charm pack, fan out the fabrics and imagine the possibilities, but I could never commit. I must have designed a dozen options for this charm pack before I finally broke down over the summer and pieced this little quilt. And let me tell you, cutting that first square was rough -- made only slightly easier by the fact that Moda actually re-released some of the Bound to the Prairie fabrics in their KT Favorites collection (wait long enough and everything comes back into style!).
But look at it now! The charm pack fabrics are just as lovely in smaller pieces and they look much better on my table than they ever did in the closet.
Now it's your turn. Be brave! Pull out your pre-cuts and take the plunge!
And yes, I did mention a fabric giveaway in the title of this post -- here goes: Quilters Newsletter is promoting Best Fat Quarter Quilts 2012 by giving away fabric every day this week. Check out the QN blog each day and leave a comment to enter your name in the drawings. Hope you win! Just don't wait 6 years to use the fabric!!