Model Shoot

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I have been wanting to experiment with a scalloped skirt hem created with Curvalicious. I have designed these sweet skirts with a Curvalicious border, but could I do it as the edge?

The answer is a resounding YES!! It just needed some inner curve clipping and careful pressing.

This project started with fabric from Hawthorne Threads. They are an amazing on line fabric seller that has started designing their own fabric. If you remember, I ordered a yard of 3 fabrics from them from their Zebra Hills collection. It arrived as one piece of fabric. I realized it's because they print the fabric as its ordered. How cool is that?

My first thought was to create a Curvalicious quilt I would have called "Mirror Images" inspired by a drapery panel that I saw at IKEA.

My friend Kelly of Pinkadotquilts often tells me that people want to see our failures as well as our successes. So here's the beginning of my quilt. Iset it aside because it just did not work for me.

It was time to switch directions. When I ordered the fabric, my initial thought was to try the scalloped skirt, so I returned to that idea. I sized it to fit my friend Dina's daughter. Miriam arrived with the perfect patent leather clogs.

The skirt is just too cute - and so is the model. Miriam was a natural and the poses came just effortlessly. She made my scalloped skirt look fabulous and has decided that she will wear it on the first day back to school!

Check out her hair band. It's a square of the polka dot fabric folded and rolled as a bandana.

I will share a tutorial for the skirt in my next post.

 

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UPDATE!!!! 2 Giveaways From 2 Friends

Make that 3 giveaways!  I have an update to my giveaway.  

Hawthorne Threads has joined the giveaway.  Read on.

I met Janellea at a quilting presenters networking event. She is of the younger generation (haha) and approaches the quilting world in a non- traditional way, although you would say her quilts are traditional. You can see from the cover of her book that she creates scrap quilts from a stash. Most times her stash is an inheritance of sorts. When quilters die, they leave behind a huge collection of fabrics, threads, books and other crap, er supplies. Who wants all their stuff? Most times, it is not their kids. Janellea is often the recipient of this stash and puts it to good use.
So how is she non-traditional? You won't be able to find her book on the bookshelf in a store. It's something called "print on demand". You head to www.CreateSpace.com" and order her book. They print a copy and send it to you. This results in no excess inventory and conserves the authors budget!

Janellea was generous and gave me a couple of copies. I thought I would share one as a giveaway. To qualify to win a copy, you must have a US mailing address and leave a comment here about what is the predominant color of your scraps. If you don't have any scraps (Wow!), fess up. When you head to her Website and click on Giveaway, you'll see that she is offering a giveaway of Curvalicious and 2 patterns! Isn't friendship grand?

On another digital topic:

I was so surprised this week when I opened a package that I ordered from Hawthorne Threads. They sell fabric on line and recently have started designing their own. I fell in love with this zebra print.
I ordered 1 yard of it plus 1 yard of two other fabrics to make a Curvalicious quilt. I opened the package and this is what was in it.

It was one long piece. Hmmmmm. I scratched my head. I didn't order a kit. I measured the sections and each of them was equivalent to 1 yard of fabric. How would they know that I picked those 3 fabrics? Then it dawned on me. They are also printing on demand. How clever and modern is that? What a great way to control inventory.

 You can check out Hawthorne Threads at www.hawthornethreads.com. They have very current fabrics, both theirs and other manufacturers.

And don't forget to enter both  all the giveaways.
The UPDATE is that Hawthorne Threads has joined the giveaway.  Here's the deal.  Head to their site, check out theirfabric line, Zebra Hills, and in your comment below, include your favorite color of the zebra fabric.  The winner will not only win the book, they will also win a yard of the color that they have chosen!

So to win both the Scraptashtic book and one yard of Zebra Hills fabric:

1.  Leave a comment here about the predominant color in your scrap stash

2.  Visit the Hawthorne Threads website and in your comment here, let me know which is your favorite color of their adorable zebra fabric

AND

If you want to win a Cuvalicious giveaway, head to Janellea's website and sign up for her newsletter

Since the giveaway has been augmented, I'll choose a winner on the 4 th   6th of July.

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