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Friday Finishes & Tula Giveaway

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Ahh, Friday! We love Fridays in this house, since not only is it the last day before the weekend, but it also means family movie night. I make homemade pizzas, we set out picnic quilts in the living room, and we have a pizza picnic while watching a movie. After pizza, there’s a short intermission for popcorn making and we enjoy the rest of the movie with huge bowls of popcorn and buttery fingers. My husband has a bit of a thing for popcorn, so he makes enough to feed a small army, which I suppose we are becoming as the kids get older! While this week had its share of frustration, I also finally finished and shared two projects. A week with one finish is great; a week with two finishes is worth celebrating!!

I love linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts’ Finish it Up Friday to share in the celebration of finished projects in the quilting community, so I figured I’d write a summary post this week so that I could link up with just one post instead of two. I also have a great giveaway sponsored by Fat Quarter Shop to share to help kick off the weekend!

So here we go–my finishes for the week!

fqs simple zipper pouch teacher giftI finished three cute Amy Butler-inspired rainbow zipper bags as end of the year teacher gifts for my son’s preschool teachers and communication facilitator. There is a great video tutorial posted by the Fat Quarter Shop so that you can make your own. You can see and read more about my zipper bags HERE.

oakshott lipari vesuvius quilt sizzixI also finished a volcano-inspired quilt with Oakshott’s new Lipari fabric line. This was a much longer term project, taking about 18 hours of work to make, start from finish. I share a tutorial so that you can make your very own Vesuvius quilt if you want! Check it out HERE.

Giveaway!

Tula Throwback bundle FQS giveawayAnd now, for the giveaway! Thanks to the Fat Quarter Shop, one of my lucky readers can enter to win a Tula Pink Throwback fat quarter bundle of 20 fat quarters! The bundle includes some of the most popular prints from Tula’s collections over the past four (4) years, and would be a great stash builder for any modern fabric lover, whether you’re a Tula troops die hard who would pay a premium for these prints on ebay or not. There are also many fabulous opportunities for meticulous cutting with these beauties!

To enter the giveaway today, tell me–are you a fabric designer fanatic, willing to pay top dollar for rare out of print fabrics? or are you happy using whatever gorgeous fabric is available now, regardless of designer? I’m curious, since while I consider myself to be in the latter category, I could definitely see myself paying more than market value for *some* rare and beloved out of print fabrics. Leave a comment and make sure I’m able to get ahold of you if you win.  If you’re a follower of Night Quilter, leave a second comment telling me how you follow for a second entry. Tell me how you follow Fat Quarter Shop (facebook,twitter, Instagram, their blog Jolly Jabber, etc.) for a third entry.

This giveaway is open to US and international participants.  The giveaway will be open until Thursday June 9th at 8pm EST when I’ll select the winner randomly with random.org. Good luck! This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations, Tessa! 

Thanks again to the Fat Quarter Shop! Blog sponsors help me to keep this blog going by helping cover the costs of hosting, photography equipment, supplies, and of course time. Sweet, precious time. Many many thanks to all who support me!

341 thoughts on “Friday Finishes & Tula Giveaway”

  1. I won’t pay top dollar for fabric-once it’s gone it’s time to move on. I’m more of the school of thought that there will always be more beautiful fabric to be had with a next collection. And, there is!

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  4. Oh my, I am of the school that once it is gone, it is gone. There are so many fabulous fabrics to choose from! That said, given a chance to try for some Tula, very worth the effort.

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  7. I have bought some older fabric at a premium because I missed it the first time around or I saw a project someone did and I loved how a certain fabric looked.

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  10. I’m more of the latter, really, but I could be persuaded if I found a piece of fabric to die for! I’d love to try some Tula Pink!

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  15. I love all fabrics regardless of designer, although some designs have more appeal to me. I just love fabric!

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  18. Hi!
    I would love to pay for rare fabric if I had the money 🙂 Now I am thinking about buying it anyway, for there is a little hope for me to win this giveaway 🙂
    I follow you via subscribing, and I am subscribed to the Fat Quarter Shop via their blog…

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  22. I am in the latter category. I like fabrics from many different designers and try to remind myself that if I miss one beautiful fabric there will be 4 more beautiful ones that I will “need” before long.

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  23. I love designer fabrics but my budget says no. So, I troll through the “sale ” pages at about 10 stores all over the world and every once in a while I find something Ahhhmazing. Then I tell myself it’s okay to buy it.

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  27. I tend to be more of the latter, but I’ve been tempted a time or two to pay more for out of print fabric, but I haven’t been able to let myself do it.

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  32. Oh, I’d love to win this sampling of Tula. She’s one designer I’ve never “collected” but I have acquired a few FQs here and there. I tend to buy what I can find that’s on sale. Occasionally that means going on the hunt for a shop that still has the one or two fabrics I “need” for a project still in stock. But, where ever I look there is something else that is beautiful so I don’t grieve for long or pay premium prices for OOPs.

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  37. Finding great fabric is like falling off a log – so many options, and not nearly enough time to quilt ’em all. I just buy it as I go. I’m struggling with the Oakshott Lipari fabric – so pretty, but so expensive! I get emails from the Fat Quarter Shop. I follow your blog via CrazyMomQuilts Finish it up Friday links 🙂

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  38. I follow FQS shop in many ways — several newsletters a week, Instagram, Jolly Jabber, YouTube videos, and have been a customer of theirs for a long time.

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  41. I don’t think I would pay more for out of print fabric. There are so many beautiful new lines coming out. But I do feel bad that I can’t get some of my favorite lines, just not bad enough to pay a big price. [email protected].

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  47. I love the new fabrics (my stash has quite a few out of print fabrics that I love though!!!) – my current goal is to use up those gorgeous fabrics so I can buy more new ones. The newer fabric designers are so fantastic and I love the modern quilt movement – breathing new life into quilting!! mumbird3(at)gmail(dot)com

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  49. I too love sewing from gorgeous fabrics available but if I find some expensive fabric which is hard to match (exceptionally beautiful print) then I do buy it ❤

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  50. As much as I would love to be able to pay top dollar for my favorite prints, I usually love so many that I am able to find something just as great at base prices or sales. There are so many wonderful designs out there and my tastes aren’t one dimensional. So many fabrics, so little time. 🙂

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