Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Little Monsters...coming soon
Attention Monster Lovers ! ! ! Coming soon to a quilt top near Finn....Little Monsters on Parade. Keep watching this space for updates on their appearance. Safe around small children, but feeding will not be permitted. Feel free to come in costume, bring noise makers and wear party hats. Guaranteed to please children of all ages. Guaranteed color fast, will not bleed, but can't promise no running.
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My son would love those monsters! Who makes that fabric?
Sarah N
I'll have to see if I can find the plastic bag with the trimming in it..and see if there is a name on the selvedge..will get back to you..*G*
I found the bag..the one scrap that has selvedge says shamash and sons.
The line is called Little Monsters and there are quite a few co-ordinating fabrics, and the monsters do come in a smaller print size. I bought the bigger size, but at $8.40 a yard, decided NOT to fussy cut them. The spacing is pretty weird and overlaps. The stripes I wanted to use(of course) were in that price range also. But once in a while I don't mind spending abit more. The top will be 40 X 48" before borders. I plan on using some of the scraps and trim aways in the borders.
Woohoo, fun!!!!
Hi Christine, went looking for you but hit a dead end. Thanks for your nice compliment. Feel free to use that idea. What happens when you use a large focus fabric in the center, like that, is a modified 9 patch. If you quilt some, you'll recognize that. What I was thinking is, if you can't find a stripe you like for the sides, make one from solid color fabrics. By making one fairly long segment of the color combs, you have enough I think.
Another possibility is to just use a solid color of purple or red, etc, on the sides, and find a cool fabric for the 4 corner posts. I think that would look nice too.
I was lucky enough to find the striped fabric in the same store as the Little Monsters, so for me it was pretty much a "given". Would love to have fussy cut them, but the overlap is just crazy..so I did the best I could and based their size on what I could get with the least waste.
My monster blocks are 4.5" X 4.5" and the stripes and corner pieces are 2.5" X 2.5". I think they could be narrower, but I'm ok with how it turned out. I will still use lattice inbetween..in lime green with stars I think..*VBG* Hope this helps.
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