Fabric Crush Monday #10 - Giveaway

   I fell in love with this fabric even before I started to sew, it was at Walmart more than a year ago. I was wandering in the craft aisle, daydreaming of sewing and all the things I'd make, then I saw the bolt of this fabric; time stood still. LOL I figured that if I was going to start sewing as soon as I bought a sewing machine I'd need fabric, so I bought 3 yards. A couple of weeks later I bought my sewing machine and some time after that, I made a couple of things with it.

   I made this purse with a recessed zipper, courtesy of a tutorial by Projects by Jane.

   I made this wallet and then I fused rhinestones on the outside.

   The inside was solid purple cotton and I learned to install probably one of my first zippers ever and my very first magnetic snap. Both of these items went to the same loving home, the client was super happy and in love with the fabric AND the rhinestones. LOL

   With this fabric I made these:

I really love that suede.

I learned to install heavy duty snaps and they've been my friends ever since.

This zipper clutch was a gift for my mother using a Keyka Lou's pattern. She loved it.

   I bought this fabric at my local fabric shop and I made a dress for my cute cloth doll named Lola.

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Giveaway!

   I'm very happy today because this post is a milestone for me. It's my 100th post and it's also the 10th Fabric Crush Monday so I thought I'd celebrate it with a giveaway. I'll send one fat quarter of each of the fabrics above to the lucky winner. This giveaway is open worldwide.

What do you have to do?

Follow this blog through Google Friend Connect and leave a comment letting me know what would you make with the fabric if you were the winner.

For extra entries: (remember to leave a separate comment for each)

• Follow me on Twitter.
• Tweet about this giveaway.
• Follow me on Pinterest.
• Pin this post on Pinterest.
• Mark my Etsy shop as favorite.

You have until Sunday Dec 4 to comment, I will announce the winner next Monday Dec 5.

Good luck!

Fabric Crush Monday #1

   I think it was a matter of time before I developed my first post series. Fabric Crush Monday will be posted every week. I decided to do this because I think it is very cool to know the tastes in materials and notions of other crafters. So here I present my first Fabric Crush Monday post.

Sophie by Chez Moi for Moda - Nosegay Blue Fiesta

   I love the color combination in this fabric and the soft rounded lines of the design. I'd love to make a big rounded bag with this as the focus fabric with a red contrasting band at the top and yellow lining :D. I fell in love with it the first time I ever saw it, on Keyka Lou's Blog. You can find it here: CottonBlossomFarm.

Fabric Crush Monday #11 + Giveaway Winner

(Small) Eleven Traveling Doctors and Blue Phone Boxes | Available here

   When I saw this fabric on Spoonflower I couldn't believe my eyes. Have you met Doctor Who? If you haven't, you should definitely go meet him. It's the most awesome series in the whole wide world, made in UK. If you have, I feel the need to share that my favorite doctor is Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor), it's a shame that he was in the series for such a short time. David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) is my second favorite, he is the perfect doctor and he would have definitely be my favorite if I hadn't met Christopher before. Anyways, when I saw this fabric I had to get me some of it. I bought a yard of linen-cotton canvas and it's the perfect weight for bags, i just love it.

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Fabric Giveaway Winner

One fat quarter of each of the fabrics above = 3/4 yd.

 
   And the winner is...

    
Which means: Kyatarin

Hi Kyatarin, I hope you enjoy the fabric, I'll be shipping as soon as possible.

If you didn't win, don't be sad at all. I'll be making more fabric giveaways in the near future and you'll have another chance to get some cute fabric.

Fabric Crush Monday #6

Alexander Henry Sebastian Ghastly | Available here

   Happy Halloween to everyone! Next time, I will show you pictures of how I spent my Halloween in a really cool party, but today is Fabric Crush Monday. I wanted to show you something halloweenish that would look good all year long and I think this fabric covers that. To me, this is the perfect example of how a fabric could go all year long without looking out of place. Black cats on a grey background, for all the crafty cat ladies in blogland. <3

Fabric Crush Monday #12

Campervan Toy | Available here

   Along with the Doctor Who's fabric I bought this print at Spoonflower. I fell in love with it due to my deep love for hippie vans. I love the fact that this fabric is kind of a pattern and tutorial by itself. With a fat quarter you can make a softie of a camper, go to the designer's blog for further information.

Via

   I can't wait to make it. :D

Fabric Crush Monday #4

MoMo's Wonderland Tweedle Dee in Sugar for Moda | Available here

    Ok, I know this fabric has been around forever, but ever since I started to sew last year I've been in love with it. When I started to buy fabrics online I saw this fabric somewhere in blogland and started to search about it. Information about this fabric is as hard to find as the fabric itself. The only data I found for this post is that this collection was designed by MoMo, a Japan based designer and that it was printed by Moda around March 2009. It sold out so fast that Moda decided to reprint some of the designs around January 2010. When I started to sew in October 2010 it was already gone. The thing is, I fell in love with the Freebird collection by MoMo (I already bought yardage of some of the prints :D) so I remembered my love for Wonderland. I can say now that I made one of my fabric dreams come true since I bough a Yard of Tweedle Dee in Sugar and half a yard of Tweedle Dum in Jam. I love Tweedle Dee in Pistachio but that one is VERY RARE and EXPENSIVE. If you are interested in a fat quarter of the print above, there is a link in the caption of the picture that will take you there. For any of the other prints I suggest you search very intensively and carefully because it was a bit hard to find the ones I got.

Have you made any of your fabric dreams come true?

Fabric Crush Monday #21

Woodland Fairies by Natalie Lymer in Turquoise | Available here

   I LOVE fairies and woodland themed prints. This fabric meets both requirements. I really like the background color and I think this fabric would look awesome in a quilt. I know, I'm not normally one for quilts but I recognize that this fabric would make a really cute one.

Fabric Crush Monday #13

Vintage Fabric Fat Quarter - Gold and Yellow Daisies - Reclaimed Sheet | Available here

   I already bought the sofa that I told you about in the last post (pictures coming soon), it is brown so I started to buy things to go with the new decoration for the living room. Turns out that everything started coming together perfectly for a 70's inspired decor, I'll use brown, orange yellow and avocado green. I bought these vintage sheet fat quarters to make cushions for the sofa. I'm still not sure if I'll make a patchwork or if I'll just make plain regular cushions. What do you think?

   Remember to click through the links in the captions in case you are interested to buy from this seller. I must say that I recommend her so far, my order was shipped withing 5 hours of purchase. That doesn't happen everyday. I'll keep you updated with the condition of the fabrics when they arrive.

Vintage Fabric Fat Quarter - Gold and Yellow Daisies - Reclaimed Sheet | Available here

Fabric Crush Monday #22

Melody Miller Ruby Star Shining Fabric - Flowers in Aqua | Available here

   I have no words to express my love for this fabric. :D A couple of months ago I got a half yard of another Melody Miller print and it was LOVE. These flowers are so gorgeous I'll probably get me some of it. What do you think?

Fabric Crush Monday #5

Hello Kitty and Friends on a Train | Available here

   You will think that I'm a little childish with this week's fabric selection, but I will proudly admit that my 8 y/o self is still alive in my heart. I LOVE everything from Sanrio and Hello Kitty and this week I've been browsing the net to find some of the items I used to have. I was so focused on that, that I almost forgot to write this post, sorry. In part I succeeded, I found a seller that for a reasonable price sells many things from the old characters and the best part is that she ships from Texas :D

   I can't wait for my new toys to get here, so I was thinking about sewing a little pouch for all my new items, what fabric would be better than this?

Fabric Crush Monday #7

Embroidered Batik | Available here

   I fell in love with embroidered batik several months ago when I started to sew. I went to the fabric store one day to get more fabrics and a gorgeous colorful embroidered fabric appeared. I had NO IDEA what it was but it was so lovely I bought a yard and brought it home to make clutches. The one I got had a purple background instead of the blue one in the photo above and to date I've made 2 clutches out of it.

  The clutch above was made using a Keyka Lou Pattern which I love, the Pocket Clutch. The one below was made using my own pattern which I might make available for purchase one day. Would you be interested in that?

Fabric Crush Monday #17

Monaluna for Birch Fabrics Organic, Next Stop, Captured
Will be available in March at Fabricworm

  OMG! To be honest I had another fabric picked out for today, but right before I wrote this I went to Pinterest and found this super cool fabric pinned by Keyka Lou, it was instant love. I specially love the fact that this will be printed on organic cotton. Stay tuned! You'll find it at Fabricworm as soon as it comes out in March.

If I had this, I'd make clutches and purses.
The interesting question now is: "What would you do?".

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Fabric Crush Monday #20

Alexander Henry Ojo De Dios in Turquoise | Available here

   Don't you think that this print is gorgeous? To me it looks like Mexican handwoven fabric. It's from a collection called Folklorico. It's like an explosion of color. Click through the picture or the link below it to go straight to the listing! ;)

Fabric Crush Monday #18

Kawaii Animals in Green by Asia Queen | Available here

   Kawaii prints never get old to me. I've been in love with this fabric for quite a while but something happens every time I'm about to buy it and I end up postponing the purchase until I forget about it. Maybe I should just get it right now before I forget about it again. What do you think?

Fabric Crush Monday #9

Joel Dewberry - Aviary 2 Woodgrain in Bark | Available here

   My love story with this fabric has been long. I think I saw it for the first time on Keyka Lou's Blog and I knew I had to have some. When I finally found it I decided I had to get enough of it to last me a while, so I bought 3 yards.

 
   As soon as it arrived in the mail I felt the need to make something for me, so I made me a wallet, with a leaf flap. I've already had it for 6 months and the love hasn't fade away.

<3 It's still perfect and I love it.

Fabric Crush Monday #19

Hedgehog Heaven in Gold by Michael Miller | Available here

   Today I wanted to feature a fabric that would fit the St. Valentine's theme but that wasn't too much. You know, because I'm not much of a fan of this holiday. Don't you just LOVE hedgehogs? I sure love them.


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I shared this post on Someday Crafts. Click the link to find more awesome crafty blogs.

Fabric Crush Monday #2

   I fell in love with this polka dot print. Don't you think there is something special about cotton/linen blended fabrics?, I do. The softness and sturdiness of it just makes me want to be able to make a blouse, out of every one of the colorways shown in this picture. I obviously think that the seller did her work with this photograph. Don't you want to just grab the whole stack and take it home?, You can find it here: UniqueShiny.

Fabric Crush Monday #3

Little Apples by Aneela Hooey - available for purchase here

   I've spent the whole week looking at Aneela Hooey's fabrics. A few weeks ago I fell madly in love with Little Apples Collection. I love the little kids playing in the Rounds and Rounds print and I think my favorite is the Outfits print with all those little cute clothes. These fabrics are very cute but at the same time so colorful, pretty and elegant that they could be used for anything you can think of, there's a print for every taste. And If this was not enough, Moda is about to release another collection by Aneela Hooey. A Walk in the Woods will be available for yardage in March and I LOVE what I see.

Fabric Crush Monday #16 + Inspiration

Basic Natural Linen by White Linen Breeze | Available here

   Natural linen! Don't you love it? I sure do! I wanted to talk a little bit about it today because I'm feeling particularly inspired. I've been sewing for a little longer than 1 year now and I've never used natural linen for sewing before, mostly because it's super rare and expensive to find here. I only have 2 kinds of linen in my stash and I can't seem to get the appropriate inspiration from them: 1 is solid turquoise and the other is white handkerchief linen, they are lovely but don't give the aesthetic that I love. How can I love natural linen so much then? Well, have you ever visited an awesome blog that makes you want to stay with a cup of coffee and click through every picture and link available? I've seen a few but there are 2 of them that are particularly dear to me because no matter what these ladies make I simply love it and... they use A LOT of natural linen.

All the items above were mady by Amy from NanaCompany who is also the photographer.

   One of them is Amy from NanaCompany, she uses a lot of colorful patchwork, hand quilting, hexagons and linen in her creations. They turn out simply awesome. Don't you think?

Zakka Inspired Rabbit Bag by Kat from Zakka Inspired | Click here for the tutorial

   The other lady that I wanted to tell you about is Kat from Zakka Inspired. She makes all kind of items inspired in Japanese books and Zakka aesthetic. She continues to inspire and awe me with every one of her creations. I really think you should go to these ladies' blogs and follow them, thank me when you see their awesome creations making their appearance in your reader.

Oh! and if you want to make awesome things like these ladies using natural linen you can buy your own using the link below the first picture.

Have a nice day and Happy Chinese New Year for those of you who are celebrating it. This is the year of the dragon and I was born in a dragon year so I hope that's a good sign.

Fabric Crush Monday #14

Scrap Grab Bag by Keyka Lou | Available here

   How pretty are Keyka Lou's pattern samples? I bet that in order to achieve such cuteness she goes through an extensive search of the prettiest fabrics available to combine with her awesome patterns. We all know she succeeds. So why don't give this scrap pack a chance? From the picture I think there are gorgeous and rare prints that can be yours for an awesome price. Go check it out!