Farm Girl Stitchin
January 21, 2008 by Kathy
Please don’t think this is my quilt, I just wanted to blog about it a bit because I thought this fabric was the cutest thing I saw at the quilt show yesterday at Road to California. The yardage isn’t in yet but you can pre-order the kit here. Unlike my previous experience with buying 
a kit online, this time I actually saw the fabric first as charm squares anyways (thank you Magic Quilter for caring so much!) I know the focal fabric is a complete nock off of Kath Kidston’s “bubble rose“ (photo on the bottom….hers is much much prettier I have to admit but we couldn’t find it here in their LA shop which seems to have closed, and its “currently out of stock” through the UK website (however they are selling lots of pretty things already made up in the same print that I just love!). I found a very nice complimentary fabric, “Classic Rose” which they do have in stock but its about roughly US $36 per meter and here was the deal breaker, $40 for international shipping! OK all you Brittish/UK/European lucky ducks, how I envy you! I’ve been so busy at work so no time for intricate patchwork and fell in love with/was inspired by the larger geometric quilts I saw over the week-end at Quilt Monkey, so much wanted some vintage inspired farm girl fabrics and everything seems to have come together when we saw the little swatches at the quilt show then discovered this kit online. Cinderberry stitches has some very awe inspiring photos on her blog for this fabric and some yummy projects she is making with it in case you’d like to see, so pretty!
This is an interesting coincidence, as a friend sent me a note to visit your site. When you mentioned the quilt that was in the Road to California, I had a quilt in the show. Don’t know if you will remember but it was a brightly colored elephant named Jumbo. I just love it when someone get excited enough to share their feelings with others.
Hey, we get charged $40 for shipping to France too, only peeps in the UK get reasonable shipping from CK
I always cry when I buy her fabrics anyway, they are so expensive