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!
These are lovely! I especially like the watercoloured notebooks, such a treasure :)
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 :)
You have been busy. Lovely makes with lovely fabric
ok im gonna have to copy you. we have 5 teachers this year, yikes! thanks for giving linh’s shop a shout out :).
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.
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. :)
Wow these are so good. SO good. Wish I was one of Lila’s teachers! Glad all that interfacing worked out for ya. ;)
What lovely, lovely gifts.
so beautiful, I love it…
The organizers look so pretty, you chose great fabrics!
Beautiful choice of fabrics… what lucky ducks those teachers are!
What a perfect way to use fat quarters
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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