Fruit & Veggie fabrics - canning jar quilts?

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05-10-2011, 11:36 AM

#51

Carolyn Tyndall

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I'm new to the group and had never heard of an ISpy quilt. Can someone explain, or better yet, post a picture of one?

05-10-2011, 11:46 AM

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Grandma Libby

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OK - does anyone have a picture of a canning jar quilt? I think I NEED TO SEE ONE!

05-10-2011, 11:53 AM

#53

bubbe1659

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i have purchased fruit and veggie fabrics and made place mats and have given them as gifts

05-10-2011, 11:57 AM

#54

Bev

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I am about to make a jar quilt for my new house's kitchen. I collected only fruits, berries, and veggies. But I think I might go with just fruits and berries. Their colors are so vibrant, especially the blueberries.
Later I'll make a bug jar for my new grandson. Probably much later. :wink:

05-10-2011, 11:59 AM

#55

Bev

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Quote:

Originally Posted by purplefiend

I used foods and potential foods(critters and seed packs).
My quilt can be seen in the link that follows.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...45965719cijUqr

Its an oversized queen quilt.
Sharon W.

I'm crazy about your quilt. It's wonderful!!

05-10-2011, 12:02 PM

#56

Parrothead

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With fruits and veggies and jams you could also make labels for each jar. Either embroidery or ink jet print.

05-10-2011, 12:31 PM

#57

Numa

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You can find a picture of our quilt here:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-122069-1.htm

05-10-2011, 12:43 PM

#58

littlenell7777

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I just made one. The pattern I used was: Picnic Time Quilt, by Heart to Hand. It shows fruits and veggies with a black and white border. On the border I used a brown basket weave with white. The size of this quilt is 57x57, but you could make it as large as you like.

05-10-2011, 01:37 PM

#59

Feathers

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics

Those of you who have purchased fruit and vegetable fabrics (such as RJR's Farmer's Market)... did you use them for I-Spy quilts, or canning jar quilts?

And if you used them in canning jar quilts, were you literal enough in your interpretation to only use fruits and veggies that actually would be canned (which rules out lettuce and bananas) or did you just pick whatever was pretty and colorful? How many jars did you wind up with?

I have done some of the "canned" fruit wall hangings to hang in the open class food barn at the county fair a year or two ago. I posted pictures of the wall hangings under my name "Feathers" ....the pictures are located in my Topics under "Pictures" both on Page 2 of different topics.
The hangings turned out really nice and really did dress up the walls where all t he phone exhibits were.

05-10-2011, 02:52 PM

#60

davis2se

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I bought a ton of the Farmer John fabrics and made a beautiful wedding quilt out of the Courthouse steps pattern my little hippie girl niece. I have tons of left overs and plan on one day soon doing a canning jar table runner with a bunch of placemats. Not sure how to do the placemats, but will come up with some design. I will use any and all of the different fruits and vegetable prints.