Flea Market Fancy Freaks

Calling all Flea Market Fancy lovers

Hello All,

I love it, you love it, we ALL love it!   Flea Market Fancy by Denyse Schmidt seems to be one of the most sought after fabrics out there.  And it's oh so hard to find! 

These dire circumstances have inspired me to start this blog as a sort of petition to see if we can raise an eyebrow (or two!) at  Free Spirit Fabric to do another run of Flea Market Fancy (FMF).  

So please join in by doing one or all of these things:

1. first, leaving a comment on this post with your name, country and valid email address.

2. second, grabbing a Flea Market Fancy Freaks (FMFF) button to post on your blog and spread the word about what we are doing here at FMFF!

3. third, use mister linky to link to a photo of your most loved FMF project, or your FMF stash (which you wouldn't dare cut into just yet) that you run your fingertips over once in a while to get the creative juices flowing.

4.  fourth, if you'd like your blog listed on the sidebar of FMFF as another way to show your support, send me an email at:  sewtakeahike{at}gmail{dot}com.

5. last, subscribe to FMFF and check back often for FMF projects I will be featuring (please email me at:  sewtakeahike{at}gmail{dot}com if you have a FMF project and would like to be featured on FMFF) and updates as they come from Free Spirit Fabric.

So let's join together and turn some heads over at Free Spirit Fabric by blowing their minds with the sheer number of "signatures".

FMF sweetness from Jessica in Australia

Honestly, is there anything else to say?  Sweet.  Too sweet.  The sweetest.  Jessica is the maker of this sweetie of an owl bag which was a gift to her daughter.

She also made this lovely quilt:

FMF is the perfect fit for this pattern, wouldn't you say?    To me it screams 50's retro diner, and reminds me of a time when the home and family were sacred and your word was all you had.  

Fabulous quilt Jessica, thank-you for taking the time to share it with us!

winners! winners!

Thank-you, thank-you everyone for stopping by and entering the giveaway!  It was a huge success, with 598 entries and getting over 1100 signatures on the petition!  You guys rock!

I can't do a post without a picture, so here are some blocks I've been working on, using a few pieces of my flea market fancy scraps. 

I know, I know, who cares?!!!  You all want to know who won!

Fine then.  :)

Here they are, THE WINNERS!!!!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

495

526

427

238 

277

Timestamp: 2009-12-02 01:41:12 UTC

number 495 is the grand prize winner of the autographed book, the stationary/gift bags, the pear, and 5 fat quarters. The grand prize winner is.........

 Shannon! 

Numbers

526:  Grace Wong

427:  Susan Galasso

238:  lisa

277:  Abbe

will all get 6 fat quarters each. 

I'll be contacting each of you by tomorrow evening to get your addresses (unless you contact me first: sewtakeahike{at}gmail{dot}com)  so I can get your prizes mailed off!

Congratulations to the winners and thank-you once again to the sponsors who made this awesome giveaway possible!

it's time for a flea market fancy giveaway!

5 winners.

and these prizes:

Straight from Denyse Schmidt's studio:

• an autographed DS Quilts (I need to get a copy of this book!  I'm jealous of the winner already!)
• FMF stationary 
• FMF gift bags

and from our other lovely sponsors,

 the FMFF mascot pear

AND

29 luscious fat quarters of Flea Market Fancy.

OK!!!  Now I know you're excited, BUT!!!!

PLEASE dear readers, you'll WANT to read the fine print and follow the basic instructions (all three!!) so you will have a valid entry! 

STEP ONE:  make sure you have signed the petition by leaving your first name and country in a comment on the call out post.  (You only need to do this once and if you have previously signed the petition, go to step two!)

STEP TWO:  copy and paste the giveaway button to your blog/flickr/facebook/twitter, whatever you use! (if you are blogless, twitterless, facebookless and flickrless, then just email the giveaway button to a few of your fabric-loving friends and that will count for this step!  But please be honest and follow through!)

STEP THREE:  Leave ONE comment on this post and make sure you leave a valid email for me to contact you with in case you win!

On December 1st, I will choose one grand prize winner who will win the autographed DS Quilts, the FMF stationary and gift bags, the mascot pear, and 5 fat quarters.

Then I will choose 4 winners who will receive 6 fat quarters each!

Good luck to you all, and lets give a little love to all the sponsors who have selflessly given so you might possibly receive!

• Jacquie at Tallgrass Prairie Studio,
• Donna at a different measure,
• Tina at littlebluecottage,
• Tiff at tigglegiggles,
• Les at lesleyandsara's,
• Christina at the sometimes crafter,
• Denyse Schmidt-herself!,
• and me!

P.S.  For any of you who don't know, if you right click on the button and choose copy, you can paste it and the link is in the photo.  If you can't get that to work however, here's the code for the button/link!

<A href="http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/fleamarketfancyfreaks/2009/11/its-time-for-a-flea-market-fancy-giveaway.html" target=_blank><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2659/4110386295_e20d6655ea_m.jpg" /> </A>

coming....... tomorrow!

     

Shadow star quilt

Initially, the bright and cheery look of Rita's Shadow Star quilt is what attracted me.  It was a bonus that upon closer inspection, it's FULL of FMF prints!!  Every time I look at it, I find another FMF print I hadn't noticed before.  I absolutely love quilts that require several inspections to take in what the quilt is all about.  And the Shadow Star is no exception.

Here's what Rita has to say about this quilt:

"This quilt pattern is called Shadow Star and is designed by Michelle Yeo who specializes in the design and creation of quilts that are inspired by quilts of the past. I attended classes with Michelle Yeo in order to make this quilt. It was made late in 2007.

Michelle uses a lot of reproduction fabrics in her quilts, however, I really love bright, fresh and cheerful fabrics and used predominantly fabrics from the Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy collection. These fabrics are probably my all time favorite fabrics, and of course, would LOVE to see them re-printed.

Templates were used to cut the fabric pieces and all of the quilt is machine pieced, including the inset hexagon centers with some tricky inset seams.

The back of the quilt is pieced also. The main fabric is a white background with a small red spot, with two horizontal strips pieced from printed fabrics running through the center of the quilt back as a highlight.

The finished size of this quilt is 88 x 69 inches. It was machine quilted by Karen Terrens from Quilts on Bastings.

This quilt now lives on the couch in my living room, it has been machine washed frequently, and I am very happy with how well the colors of the fabrics have kept their saturated and crisp appearance."

It's beautiful Rita, just beautiful! 

Thank-you so much for allowing me to feature your Shadow Star here on FMFF!

flea market fancy and dresden plates {the perfect combination}

 

As soon I saw Stephanie's FMF dresden quilt top, I fell in love with it.  She had made one other quilt with this gorgeous design (which she, by the way, created herself!) and sold it a few years ago on etsy because she "can't keep them all and those colors are no where in my house."

When I asked Stephanie to tell me a little about the quilt, I was deeply touched by her story:

"About 3 Christmases ago my daughter knew I absolutely LOVED Flea Market Fancy.  I had wished I bought it and never did so that Christmas I opened a package to find 10  one yard cuts of the greens and blues and a brown.  My daughter surfed on-line and found some.  Blue and green are my two favorite colors.  THE best Christmas gift ever.  I saved the fabrics for THE perfect project.  Since I'm been a wee bit addicted to dresdens it was the perfect project.

 

Flea Market Fancy is just one of those lines that was HOT when it hit the market and would still be hot today!  Bolts would be flying off the shelf.  Denyse Schmidt managed to capture the perfect yummy colors with the most appealing designs.  The borders (of the quilt top) are yet to come.  Soon, hopefully.  I have a design in mind and I hope it works out as I envision.
 
This quilt will go in the master bedroom.  I was lucky to find enough yardage of one of the prints for curtains and extra yardage for pillows.  We purchased an old door and Mr. Creations painted it.  It will be the headboard.  I can't wait until this room is complete, early next year with luck."

Thank-you so much Stephanie for allowing me to feature your beautiful quilt here on FMFF's!  I love hearing a good story behind a quilt and this one is fabulous!

Be sure to check back often, I have more projects lined up AND a giveaway you won't want to miss!!

~Penny
 

happiness giveaway

Thank-you Heather for the heads up on your cute bag giveaway!

Our first FMFF project featurette!

Is a quilt by Sophia (blogless, well, kind of.  She has one, but doesn't post). 

 

I "met" Sophia through this blog and when she sent me pics of her FMF quilt top, I fell in love with it.  

She followed the bento box tutorial here at filminthefridge.  Don't you just love how the fabrics play off each other? 

Thank-you Sophia for taking the time to send me your pics!

Now that I'm getting back into the blogging groove, I'm going to start featuring FMF projects weekly.  

Also, I have a FMF fabric giveaway in the works, so make sure you check back often!

~Penny
 
 

updates

Hello again all you flea market fancy freaks!  I'm getting back into the groove after a vacation last month and have just a few updates for you all.

Firstly, I have heard from Jeffrey Prescott at Freespirit fabrics and he did say he has been keeping an eye on FMFF blog.  So keep the signatures coming!  We need all that we can get.  He also sent me a few pics of Denyse's new line "Hope Valley" which is due out this fall/winter.  I love the new line and will be ordering at least 1/2 yard of each print for sure and more of some.  I think it will be a huge success and there is a definite buzz and excitement in blogland about it for sure!  I did however, make sure that he knew I don't believe a reprint of FMF would in anyway compete with the sale of the hope valley line.  I have heard so many people who would buy yards and yards of FMF if it were reprinted so as to not miss out on it again!  I am definitely one of those people.

Secondly, if you are lucky enough to live in the area of Denyse's studio, I got an email from Marjorie who works there telling me about Denyse's 8th annual in-studio sample sale on on November 14 from 10am to 5pm.  Here's the pdf she sent if you want more info.

Thirdly, if you are looking for FMF pink posies, I received an email tip from Angelina telling me about some available here at quiltstock (you'll have to do a search for flea market fancy).  Thank-you so much Angelina!  

That's all for now!

~Penny

Looking for any of these FMF prints?

You can find some yardage of them here and here!