Bat in the Moonlight Stained Glass Lap Quilt

Finished Bat in the Moonlight Stained Glass Lap Quilt

I started this quilt a very long time ago, so I’m afraid I don’t have many work-in-progress photos, and none of making the quilt top itself.

It all started when I was in Vancouver at Dressew and they had fusible narrow bias packages on sale for $0.99. Since these normally sell for between $18-30 per package depending on where I looked, I scooped up a bunch in black and a few in gold and knew I’d use them… eventually.

From there, I started thinking about stained glass quilting, something I haven’t really seen much of since, but I suppose was a little micro-trend in quilting just long enough for me to get ideas. (I expect that $20/package for the bias might have something to do with the trend falling out of favour!)

Gothic Chaos Quilt

The top corner of my gothic chaos quilt

Instead of “Victorian Crazy Quilt” which this style is is most commonly called… I’m calling this my Chaos Quilt – and it is a very, very long time coming.

I actually started this many years ago, collecting the scraps from all of my fanciest projects – the corsets, the costumes, the fancy dresses, the crafts. I opted to focus nearly entirely on a darker colour scheme, partially intentionally, but also partially by opportunity since that’s what I most commonly sew with anyways, and that’s what would be left over. I collected velvets, velveteens, silks, satins, silk-like polyesters, brocades, sheers (including some fishnet, netting, and lace), flocked fabrics, and a few other fabrics added into the mix when I thought I needed a little more contrast to help the showstoppers shine a bit brighter. Each fabric in this project reminds me of a previous project…

Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive 2016

I only got a few things at the 2013 Creative Stitches show

I’ve written in the past about the Creative Stitches & Crafting Alive trade show… in the past I really enjoyed the show, but over time it became less about sewing, and more about scrapbooking. Originally there were a number of free-to-attend classes and workshops, along with a few paid all or half-day classes… then it seemed to move to free “classes” that weren’t much more than sales pitches, and more paid classes. The vendors also seemed to shift away from the good out-of-town fabric and notion stores I adored (Gala Fabrics from Victoria, Great Notion Supply from Abbotsfort/Surrey, etc) and had more of the regular “women’s show” trade show vendors… less interesting to me.

So for several years I haven’t bothered to attend.

All the same… there is a class on redwork at the Calgary show this time around, as well as a few others, and I thought I’d share it to my local readers.

Return to Marshall’s Discount Fabrics in Edmonton

Quilting cottons at Marshalls

A while back I visited Marshall’s  in Edmonton, and recently returned. I picked up a few different things, but before sharing those (and hopefully some subsequent finished projects too!) I figured I would share some updated photos using a real camera instead of just my iPhone!

I love the pirate-ship printed quilting cotton from Marshalls

Quilting cottons at Marshalls

red and blue winter print… but take a look at the close up!

snowflake – and – Elvis printed quilting cotton in the holiday section from Marshalls

Quilting cottons at Marshalls

Marshall’s has big areas for quilting cottons, fun fur, fleece, and home decorating, with smaller areas for knits, fancies, and other fabrics. Despite the name, I found the prices for the items I looked at to be no better than a lot of other fabric stores – certainly not the “discounts” I hoped for!

Fun fur at Marshalls – most ranging between $17.99- $19.00

Fun fur at Marshalls – most ranging between $17.99- $19.00

Fun fur at Marshalls – most ranging between $17.99- $19.00

fancy fabric from Marshalls

embellished tulle from Marshalls

Marshall’s Discount Fabrics

10003 63 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 4Z2
(780) 436-3739

Migrating purple geese quilt

“Migrating Flying Geese” quilt top in purples, pinks, and greys from the Jelly Roll fabric selection

After getting well under way with the Modified French Braid quilt, I started work on the quilt using the purples and dark pinks from the Moda Jelly Rolls that I had picked up.

Like the other quilt, I got my pattern/idea from Pinterest, rather than going back to the Jelly Roll ideas I had pondered back in December 2011 when I first was interested in Jelly Roll fabric collections. Of course, the problem with just looking at pretty pictures instead of actual quilt patterns, is that I don’t really know the names of any of the patterns, or have any of the techniques – so I sort of have to make them up myself!