ROUENNERIES FABRIC BY FRENCH GENERAL FOR MODA IS IN THE SHOP!

Rouenneries fabric is in the 44th Street Fabric shop! I took pictures after the fabric actually arrived so you can sort of see the fabulous colors! They just don't translate very well because they are so rich and gorgeous!

We have the charm squares (5" x 5") so you can see all the fabric and play with it! I use one charm square pack to make a dog bed for Charlie and Lola and use two charm square packs to make a baby quilt. I just sew them together randomly and add a 1" border and then a 4" border. It's a perfect size for a baby quilt!

These fabrics all coordinate with each other beautifully! See our previous post for background on French General who designed this chic antique French reproduction fabric!

ROUENNERIES BY FRENCH GENERAL

Rouenneries fabric by French General is in the 44th Street Fabric shop as of November 2!! We have decided to preview the new fabrics that are coming to the shop so that you can see! So each week we will show you 3 or 4 fabrics from the lines we have purchased!

Rouenneries is the first of the lines from French General (the same one Martha Stewart loves). This designer has been making very expensive reproduction fabric from antique French fabrics. Moda commissioned the first line of fabric from this great designer that we can all actually afford to buy. I first saw this fabric made up into little girls' dresses by a New York designer and they were to die for. As you can see from the quilt photo above, this fabric is also wonderful for home dec use. The red and oyster colors are sophisticated and look very high end.

I can't wait to see photos of items my customers decide to make with Rouenneries! If you will send them to me, we will feature them on our Flicker! Take care!

SNOW DAY QUILT

Here's a pic of a little quilt I did for a Benartex challenge. The quilt had to be made from their Snow Day fabric line. It was a design inspired by the length of time it took to dress my 3 children to go out and play in the bitter cold of northern Kansas during the few years we lived there. It won Honorable Mention. It is from one of my published patterns. I only have this one photo of it. Sadly, the negatives and the other photos were lost during a move. I would love to have the closeups because I made buttons for the coat from paper clay and added a lot more details that you can't see in this photo. The little quilt had an appliqued saying on the back:

"FINALLY he's dressed to go out and play!
He runs out into the snowy day....
After 5 minutes he runs in to say....
He'd like to stay in for a minute...okay?"