Sunday Stash #217 – Fabrics By the Pound!

Molli Sparkles

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31 Responses

  1. Wow, fabric overload for sure, and every one is chosen for a special reason, or just because it was there. What joy to unpack, to display, run your hand over, and rearrange to your heart’s content. This is a quilter’s dream.Enjoy, as we will when we see them sewn into a quilt or a wall hanging or a bag. Thanks for the beauty.

  2. Debbie says:

    I am green with envy. Love them all (but some more than others).

  3. Genevieve says:

    What are the woodgrain fabrics in the last picture? I have a WIP that needs a woodgrain fabric and I think the middle fabric in that pic might be the one!

    • Hey Genevieve – On the left is Opal Owl by Tina Givens for Free Spirit, and the middle is Woodgrain in Dark Green from Aviary by Joel Dewberry. Joel Dewberry has a whole range of woodgrains in just about every colour, released in various collections of his. 🙂

  4. Jo says:

    They are all wonderful! What a great shop you have found, would . You be willing to share the name and address.

  5. Marsha says:

    Yup! That is definitely a Fabrics by the Pound haul. I think I commented when you first mentioned it, but this shop is about 5 minutes from the RV park where we lived for three winters in an attempt to avoid Maine winters. It was a great park, had an awesome quilt guild and we all spent many pennies (x100) at Fabrics by the Pound. I even recovered my chairs with some of the fabulous uphostery material on the other side of the store. So happy to see a few FbyP slides and glad to know you enjoy it too.

  6. Jen B says:

    It sounds like you had an amazing time time with Grandma Sparkles. If I remember correctly she’d been injured and you auctioned your Tula Pink fabric to help her with bills, I hope sh’es doing ok now.

  7. Audrey says:

    That is a LOT of yum. I’m eager to see what else the magic suitcase(s?) yield from this trip! 🙂

  8. Jayne says:

    Fabric by the pound! What a concept! I don’t know how you could have limited yourself in a place like that! What a fun haul full of lots of potential!

  9. Kristin says:

    Molli– I would expect nothing less than you to return from your trip with a truckload of fabric. Can’t wait to see it all.
    xoxo

  10. Quilter 501 says:

    OMG……my dream trip and shopping! And it brought tears to my eyes. Although I am a retired senior, there isn’t a day go by that I don’t think about my grandma. She too is the one who encouraged me and gave me the gift of the STITCH bug. But most of all she was just always there for me. She was six feet tall …as am I…..in the midst of a shorter family…..and she helped me stand tall and be proud of it. What is truly amazing is that she only had one arm and taught me to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, and tat! Of course I do hold my needles a little strangely!! My goal in life is to grow that beloved in the lives of my own grandchildren! Thanks for these candy….and a morning of memories!

  11. Deanna T says:

    OH MY! What a haul! I would love to hear about the pixelated floral print 😍😍

  12. I haven’t let myself “free” to shop like that maybe… ever. It sounds like a super fun way to go. And it’s very smart to buy enough yardage for backings. I have realized lately that I am having to but backing for all my projects and it’s time to start committing to some real yardage to have on hand.

  13. Nancy A says:

    I am sitting here drooling:) By the way, we moved to AL almost 4 years ago. Where is Summerdale? We live in Tuscaloosa.

  14. Nancy A says:

    Have stopped in Paducah to shop and had lots of fun shopping just as you did. For those who don’t know — Hancocks of Paducah is not part of the Hancock Fabric chain. It is a hugh warehouse of fabrics. One time the woman checking out in front of me just had one item. I knew right away she was a local:) Those of us who live a long way away leave with a big shopping bag of fabric:)

  15. Linda Cejnar says:

    I too wood (LOL) like to know about the wood-grain fabric. I think it might work for an attic windows quilt. Thanks, Mollie!

    • On the left is Opal Owl by Tina Givens for Free Spirit, and the middle is Woodgrain in Dark Green from Aviary by Joel Dewberry. Joel Dewberry has a whole range of woodgrains in just about every colour, released in various collections of his. 🙂

  16. Oh, the woodgrain fabric, I would have loved to find that bolt!

  17. Nancy says:

    Molli, I gave up buying quilt fabric for Lent – had to get control of my stash some how… But I didn’t give up coveting other peoples stashes – thanks for letting me drool. Love your taste in fabric.

  18. Can’t wait to see what the Kellogg fabric is “just right” for!

  19. Leena says:

    What a lovely trip and what awesome fabric! Good to know you had a great time with grandma Sparkles. I am glad you are back and so is Sunday Stash…missed those weekend adventures badly…now let me run and make some Honey Pot blocks

  20. Diana says:

    How did you get them all home?!! Did you each take an extra bag just for this? 🙂

  21. Gayle says:

    Oh my. We live in GA and prefer the mountains but this gives me a reason to head to the Gulf. Just don’t tell my husband;-)

  22. Just the name of that shop!! sounds wonderous!

  23. Patti says:

    OMG I used to live in Mobile, Alabama and every time I go back, I head to Fabrics by the Pound! It’s like a huge candy shop of fabric goodness!

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