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December 10, 2013 by gail

Last month some beautiful fat quarters from Cloud 9 Fabrics arrived in my mailbox. I’ve had my eye on Up, Up & Away for the longest time – the colors, the clouds, the tiny dots – it’s such a gorgeous line. And I know it’s Portlandia of me, but what can I say, I still love a good bird print. With Skinny laMinx behind it all, you can’t go wrong.

I’m usually in a clothing mindset, so coming up with smaller scale projects that use fat quarters is sometimes a challenge for me. But I had the perfect pattern fresh in my mind, one I used a few weeks back which has now become a favorite – the Gingercake On the Go Organizer.

My first two organizers were made with teacher gifts in mind, but there were a few minor imperfections in that round – nothing serious, just your run-of-the-mill-getting-used-to-a-pattern stuff. They’re completely suitable for home use (Lila has claimed one and filled it with her scented markers, and I’ll happily be using the other) but I couldn’t let those little flaws out of the house. Besides, I needed three. And so, enter Up, Up & Away.

We filled them with pens and chocolate bars and notebooks – I bought the plain 5×8 kraft paper variety and let Lila watercolor the covers, a task she took very seriously.

There you have it, three completed teacher gifts with 11 days to spare! It’ll never happen again.

Thanks to Cloud 9 for the fat quarters…and if you’re looking for Up, Up & Away, LiMa Sews just listed the whole collection! And an update :: as part of Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day, LiMa Sews is giving away a fat quarter bundle of Up, Up & Away – visit their beautiful new blog and leave a comment by 12/13 for a chance to win!

13 Responses

on December 10, 2013 at 2:41 am | Reply Stacey Siddons

These are lovely! I especially like the watercoloured notebooks, such a treasure 🙂
on December 10, 2013 at 4:34 am | Reply virginia Lindsay

These are so pretty. I love Lila’s watercolor covers too. A great personal touch. I am thinking they would be top seller’s at the Put a Bird on it store 🙂
on December 10, 2013 at 7:11 am | Reply Carla

You have been busy. Lovely makes with lovely fabric
on December 10, 2013 at 8:49 am | Reply Trinh

ok im gonna have to copy you. we have 5 teachers this year, yikes! thanks for giving linh’s shop a shout out :).
on December 10, 2013 at 11:21 am | Reply rachel

gail, what a great teacher’s gift. i really love it! i love lila’s watercolor covers. they are gorgeous. way to go, lila! very impressive.
on December 10, 2013 at 2:12 pm | Reply Jennifer

Oh, I love everything about this! I bought the pattern after the last post where you showed your first ones. I love the fabric! I love chocolate! I love blank notebooks…and watercolor! May I be Lila’s teacher? Or, I suppose I could get off the iPad and start sewing. 🙂
on December 10, 2013 at 8:48 pm | Reply kristin

Wow these are so good. SO good. Wish I was one of Lila’s teachers! Glad all that interfacing worked out for ya. 😉
on December 14, 2013 at 3:58 am | Reply Nicole

What lovely, lovely gifts.
on December 14, 2013 at 10:48 am | Reply julie

so beautiful, I love it…
on December 21, 2013 at 7:54 pm | Reply Zoe

The organizers look so pretty, you chose great fabrics!
on December 29, 2013 at 8:34 am | Reply mrsrobinson

Beautiful choice of fabrics… what lucky ducks those teachers are!
on March 4, 2014 at 6:19 am | Reply Joy M.

What a perfect way to use fat quarters
on May 13, 2014 at 3:34 pm | Reply Lyric

Always questioning the value of fat quarters, blog posts like this answer the question for me. These are way too cute. Thanks for the share.

Cheers,

Lyric
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