Tutorial: Scrappy Fabric Strip Rose

I'm on a fabric flower roll!  Until I'm ready to start posting my own tutorials, I thought I'd share the tutorials I'm finding and using with the thousands people who are reading my blog. And a great big Thank You to both of you for stopping by!

This Scrappy Fabric Strip Rose tutorial from Cluck Cluck Sew is super easy and requires some strips of left over fabric, a basic sewing machine (the sewing is REALLY easy!), a needle and thread, a hot glue gun, a circle of felt, and a pin back.

Enjoy!

Tutorial: Fabric Roses from Debbie Murray & Shea Fragoso

I can often be found perusing the web in search of tutorials to make fabric embellishments. One of my favorites right now is fabric roses, which can be used in so many ways for both fabric and paper projects.

Debbie Murray and Shea Fragoso, the artistically gifted mother daughter team of The Gilded Life, offer an easy Fabric Rose Tutorial that will have you making cabbage-style fabric roses posthaste!

Magnifique!

Look, Mom, I'm Blogging!

So, I joined a quilting swap, the Modern Siggy Swap, thanks to Rachel Griffith, quilter extraordinaire. And I noticed that almost all of the other quilters participating in the swap had a blog. Feeling left out, (I am a middle child, after all!), I realized I need a blog! And here it is, in all of its newborn glory.

To start off with, I'll tell you a little bit about the Modern Siggy Swap. As I said, it is thanks to Rachel Griffith, and I can't wait to get started. We have a total of 100 quilters (I can't say ladies, because I'm quite sure I've seen a couple guys who signed up) and we are all going to make 101 blocks out of beautiful, yummy modern fabrics and we'll finish them off with our signature. Then, we ship the blocks to Rachel and she'll send us back 100 blocks to make into a quilt. She is going to make a charity quilt with the extra blocks and bless it to a worthy cause.

I'll be looking for fabric from these designers:
Kate Spain, Heather Bailey, Anna Maria Horner, Tula Pink, Amy Butler, Lila Tueller, Joel Dewberry, Paula Prass, Patty Young, Denyse Schmidt, Sandi Henderson, Erin Mcmorris, Tina Givens, Basic Grey, Momo, & Chez Moi. I especially love anything from Tula Pink, hello whimsy! If you have a favorite online fabric store that you use, let me know! I've recently been to three different fabric stores and their selection of Moda fabrics was...um...not very imaginative.


The blocks are due by March 1, so I better get going. I've got a lot to do:

1. Figure out how to put a button on my blog
2. Find an online fabric store with really yummy and colorful modern fabric
3. Figure out how much fabric I need (I'm new to quilting, this could take a while!)
4. Learn how to make a lot of blocks with straight seams!

Now, I've gotta go, it's time to shop!