Looky Looky ~ Sunday Stash

It wasn't that long ago when I would buy batting by the yard.  I always made sure I had that special 50% off coupon first!  Usually I would get 6, 7 or 8 yards as a time and you know what? Nearly every single time when I was ready to baste a quilt at the end of the 'wad', it was always too small.  Frustrating?  Yes!  I know many of you know what I'm talking about.  

The past couple years I have been buying rolls of Warm & Natural batting (40 yards x 90", queen size).  The frustration is gone!  I always have it on hand, it's never too small and it's less expensive in the long run.  



The last two times I have bought by the roll it was through Amazon.  Free shipping and I don't have to worry about coupons.  

Getting that big box is one of my cheap thrills...my kind of thrill, I must say!  I store the roll in the spare room.  My daughter had one of those dress forms that sits on a pole, she doesn't use it, so I took the stand and popped my roll on it.  It's like it was made for it!



Those cheap thrills I told you about...Giddy Up!  

Instagram is full of wonder, inspiration and yes, even giveaways!  I've been known to enter a few or six...it's hit or miss, but you never know it might be your lucky day!  And it was for me!!



This bundle is good enough to eat, don't you think?!  Mmmm...I do believe it is!  I see brussel sprouts, mushrooms and egg plant!

RJR Fabrics has been having a 'What Shade Are You' blog hop, featuring quilts made from curated bundles.  They also have a giveaway on Instagram seemingly every week.  I was lucky, lucky, lucky enough to win one of those beauties!  

  

I know I will stare at it for a while before I rip the perfect ribbon off.  Admire it.  Instead of opening it up, I thought I would just take pictures.  They are worth a thousand words, pictures that is!



Do you enter fabric giveaways?  Are you lucky?  Sometimes there is a dry spell, and then all of the sudden you win two or three.  Well, not me.  I've heard about it happening!



I'm very thankful to RJR Fabrics for their generosity with these giveaways!  They make a lot of people very happy!

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Sunday Stash

Semi Sunday Stash!

I love a good Sunday Stash!  Seeing peoples prized cache, finding new 'gotta haves', sharing my latest and greatest...the perfect way to shop (with your eyes) without spending money! 

I'll admit, this week I have very little to show.  I did go stark raving mad buying Kona yardage in glorious greys, mostly for future backings, I didn't actually take a picture of them!

I did however, sink a large chunk of cash buying a roll of Warm & Natural Batting!  My last roll was running thin!  It was on sale at Joann's and with an extra 20%, I had to jump on it! The convenience of having batting on hand at all times is wonderful!  I stick with Warm & Natural, which is my preferred brand, it works for nearly all my quilts as long as they aren't white!!  

This roll should last a while!  The roll is queen size: 90" x 40 yards.

I may not have new fabric to hoot & holler about this week, but I will!!   Since my stash of Hand Dyed fabric has dwindled to nearly nothing, it was time to bust out the dye, buckets and gloves!  If you can picture a mad scientist...that's how I work while dyeing fabric!

The first squirt is the best!  I love watching how it spreads out in the water!  Hand dyeing isn't for everyone.  For me, I enjoy getting unique colors and textures.  While you certainly can (and many do) use one dye color per bucket, I never have.  I like to mix my colors. Blue, with a touch of red, a squirt of yellow and a dash or orchid!  My concoctions almost never fail me! 

These are soaking in a cold water bath.  Once most of the bleeding stops, they get a nice hot bubble bath!  

I like an humongous variety in color.   After the first piece of white fabric hits the dye water and goes through the one phase of soaking, I add another piece and get a completely different shade.  Viola!  Two for one!

For those who need a little 'bling', I will share the Michael Miller Glitz Fabric bundle.  Gold and black, silver and white!  Polka dots to boot!  

The Quiltcon Fabric Challenge, is upon us! Guess it's time to put on my thinking cap!  Are you participating the the challenge?  And do you have a plan?  

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Sunday Stash