Sunday Stash #11

Most of the projects in the Zakka Style Sew-Along involve using linen. I hadn't realised this early on and have just made do with linen-looking fabrics such as French General and also some offcuts of thick linen I picked up at an op-shop. 


Linen is my new favourite fabric to work with. I love the texture and grain. I also love it's versatility - goes with just about any cotton print and gives projects a clean fresh appeal.  You should see the lovely colours and variations being used in the ZSSA Flickr group.

I did however order some gorgeous Robert Kaufman - Essex linen from an Etsy store called Fresh Stash. Shop owner, Lisa, was kind enough to do me a custom listing of 2 yards of steel and 3 yards of natural for less than $7 per yard and fit it all in a $17US parcel. It arrived safely earlier this week and I cannot wait to use it in the next ZSSA project.


It's not easy to find linen blends here in Australian retail stores (couldn't even find a sniff at Spotlight) and smaller quilt stores are not cheap ($27 per meter), so heading into Esty stores is a great alternative.


Fresh Stash also sell Organic prints - my favourite is Daisy Janie's new 'Tilly' line.

photo courtesy of Fresh Stash Etsy Store

Earlier this week, the Daisy Janie Facebook page published some photos of a gorgeous quilt featuring this new line. 

photo courtesy of Daisy Janie Facebook Gallery

I think I am in love - but it is an expensive love. You will pay more than double the linen blends price for these organic prints. It's about now I wish I was a retailer and could order direct from the Daisy Janie store.

photo courtesy of Daisy Janie Facebook Gallery 

Anyway, I am keen to track down the quilt pattern above. It's a little different. I love how this table runner version is quilted too.

photo courtesy of Daisy Janie Facebook Gallery 

So what's new in your stash this week?