Inked

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My friend, Lynn Krawczyk, has designed a beautiful new fabric line called Inked from Red Rooster Fabrics.
I had the opportunity to play with the lovely new fabrics and make a few samples for Lynn to take to Quilt Market.  I had to wait until after Market to blog about them and I'm very excited to finally share what I created with her lovely fabrics!
Ms. Chicken was made with a free pattern I found online here.
I also made two Faux Cathedral Window pincushions.  
The very easy pattern is found here.
 I love these pincushions because I feel like they are a fun way to show off a variety of fabrics!
 I really like the hand printed look of Lynn's new line!
I'm now plotting out a quilt top I think will look great with these fabrics.  

Comments

Chickpea said…
so 'clever' haha! lovely fabric! especially the greens! save me a few red scraps for my house quilt ; )

juju
November 13, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Pam said…
This fabric is gorgeous, my friend brought some back from market and it now hangs on my design wall waiting for me to decide what quilt pattern I want to use it in. When the line comes out I will be purchasing a lot of yardage of some of the color ways.
November 13, 2014 at 1:52 PM
Lynda said…
Lisa, Your pin cushions are beautiful!! And Lynn's fabric is fabulous.
November 13, 2014 at 2:47 PM
Thread Born said…
What a great group of fabrics...I love the colors. I also love what you did with them!
November 13, 2014 at 5:03 PM
Kaja said…
These are great fabrics - I hadn't seen them before. You found some clever ways to show them off too.
November 14, 2014 at 12:35 AM
Nina Marie said…
Lol two of my gift list items can be found on your blog. Love the pin cushions!
November 14, 2014 at 2:33 AM
quiltedfabricart said…
She is very talented and so are you! Love that cathedral window pincushion
November 14, 2014 at 12:06 PM
Norma Schlager said…
Beautiful fabrics! They really look hand done and I love your pincushions.
November 14, 2014 at 2:42 PM
Anonymous said…
Nice fabrics and wonderful pin cushions.
November 16, 2014 at 11:48 AM
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