Fabric for 40" x 60" quilt for MayaOur friends, Helen and Greg, are adopting a little girl from China. She's 2-1/2 years old and named Maya. They will be bringing her home mid-February and I'm so excited for them. I'd like to sew a quilt for her but I realize the baby quilts I've been making would be too small for her. Also flannel is nice and soft for a baby but doesn't wear very well for an older child, so I decided to make a larger quilt made of cotton.
I decided on a design concept and headed to Joann's Fabrics only to be over welmed with the choices of cotton fabrics there. It was difficult to determine which fabric would go well together, etc. I've been sewing with flannel and the selection is quite small in comparison. I came home empty handed. Same result with a visit to Beverly's fabrics.
Then I discovered fabric.com from Melody, a blogger I follow at http://fibermania.blogspot.com/. Fabric.com allows you to create a Design Wall where you select fabric swatches to determine how well they go together. They also suggest fabrics that coordinate with the fabrics you select. This is just what I needed and their selection is incredible. I discovered Michael Miller's Fairy collection and ordered enough fabric to sew a 40" x 60" quilt which I read somewhere is the size needed for a child. I was a little hesitant to order fabric without seeing it in person but when the package arrived I was pleasantly surprised that the fabric was even prettier than I expected. I'm thrilled with the quality and the price was less than at Joann's!!
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