Oodles of Bundles

I had a little bit of a bundle mania the last few days after seeing my fabric closet nearly empty of bundles.

So I got to making a ton of new napkins:

Cloth napkin fan like me?  Come grab some for yourself at JAQS Studio.

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and bundling up coordinating fabrics:

Available here and here.

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and even had a chance to put together more FAT Stash bundles:

Available HERE.  (FATS only $1.25)

Had a blast cutting and sewing and now my fabric bundle closet is all stocked :) - doesn't it feel great to be PRODUCTIVE! :) 

I know I know this is all about my shops - but I can't help it.  I love how these bundles turned out and this is a great way to share my work.  Quilting could resume now ;).

When Life Gives You Scraps...

Make a QUILT! :)  I've been adding more and more napkins to JAQS Studio, so that means more and more scraps in the Studio to work with.  I think I have more than enough to make a whole quilt - yikes!  So I decided to sort through a few to start on my next scrappy quilt project. 



More pictures to come :) - gotta go back to more scrap sorting.

Have a great and productive week!

Napkin Set Giveaway at Sweet Greens

If you have ever visited my home or seen my online Etsy shop, you would know I am a fabric napkin user.  I switched from paper to fabric over 2 years ago and I am HOOKED. Making them from quality cotton prints makes the napkins super easy to wash (quick wash and dry in the machine), inexpensive (compared to heavier fabrics) and lightweight & slim so I could slip in a my pocket or lunch bag. I love them because I could use them over and over again (read: LESS WASTE, SAVE MONEY and of course better for the environment and all that good stuff :)). With 2 young kids, we are always dealing with messes that are sticky, gooey and dealing with paper napkins that rip, tears and sticks on their faces is NOT good.

Need I say more? :) OK just one more perk of using cloth napkins: BEAUTIFUL prints. If you are a fabric-addict like me or just love pretty things, you would appreciate the array of fabrics out there:

Cloth Napkins @ JAQS Studio

That is why I am so excited when Jennie from Sweet Greens contacted my shop as a feature on her blog.  Jennie has great posts on how to stay green, organic - even on a budget - music to my ears!  Hop on over to Jennie's blog, leave a comment for a chance to win a set of FOUR napkins - it will be enough to get you hooked on fabric too ;)

Thanks Jennie!  Great blog and I can't wait to read more of your green tips :)

Fabric Love #22: Urban Zoologie

I have 2 young boys - 2.5 and 4.5 years old - and finding boy fabrics is not an easy task.  Fabrics are usually either too boring, too blue or just too...ordinary.  But lucky Anne Kelle has designed the cutest little boy fabrics I have seen in quite a while.

From Anne Kelle's Urban Zoologie for Robert Kaufman

That Navy Blue dinosaur print is definitely going to a new blanket for my younger son - I owe that little cutie a toddler quilt since he's outgrown his little baby one.  I can't wait to start working on the new blanket!

I haven't decided on what to do with the other 2 fabrics yet, but I'm sure I'll get inspired soon :)  Got lots to do and lots to think about so I'll leave now with a glimpse of some other fabrics I just for the shop.

JAQS Fabrics | JAQS Fabrics @ Etsy

Have a great weekend everyone :)!