Calling All Fabric Crafters and Quilters!

Flint Handmade is now accepting submissions for the 2010 Flint Festival of Quilts!

We are seeking modern quilted pieces to display at The Lunch Studio!

We will feature an eclectic collection of eco-aware quilts handmade primarily by women in their 20s-40s.  A variety of traditional and non-traditional materials in a wide array of colors, textures and patchwork styles will be showcased in quilted form.

Steph Bills made this baby quilt for her daughter Olive and displayed it in the 2009 Festival of Quilts.

If you would like to display a quilt, please email a photo and brief description of the piece(s) to flinthandmade@hotmail.com by noon on August 18, 2010.

This a FREE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE showcase.  At least one piece per crafter/artist will automatically be accepted provided it fits with eclectic/eco-aware theme.

For information and photos from the 2009 Festival of Quilts, please see our Contemporary Fiber Art Blog Post.

Flint Festival of Quilts
September 9-11, 2010 from 9am-5pm

PiP = Project in Process: Upcycled Fabric Button Magnets

Posted by Crystal

I have a button maker.  I love my button maker.  I have decided to use my button maker to make upcycled fabric button magnets. 

Several years ago, I got a bunch of quilt fabric from someone who donated it to The Lunch Studio.  I've been hanging on to it for all this time just waiting for the perfect project to come along.

And now it has!

First, I use the circle cutter to, well, cut circles.  Duh!  The circle cutter works very well on paper, but you have to be more careful with fabric.  Be sure to cut on a old surface because the cutter leaves a mark.  I'm using an thick, hard plastic placemat I got at a garage sale for FREE!  I love free. 

Then, I put all my cut circles in a little dish for safekeeping.

I'll post another PiP once I actually make the buttons.  Then, I just have to figure out packaging and I'm good to go!

For now, I'm trying to decide if I want to do matching sets of magnets with all the same fabric or coordinating sets of magnets with all different fabrics.  What do you think, blog readers?

Quilted Coasters for Amy's 40th Birthday!

Amy, our lovely Director of Sales and Merchandising, celebrated her 40th birthday a couple months ago.  Of course, the rest of us FH ladies had to throw her a little celebration.  :)  We had balloons, flowers, cupcakes and, duh, handmade gifts!

Tracey put together a basket of spa goodies, Crystal made a tote out of a pillowcase and Michelle created awesome quilted coasters.

The coasters were so awesome, in fact, that we are providing you a link to the fabulous Martha Stewart tutorial that Michelle used to make them.  Enjoy!

materials

finished product