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SigmaShelley 09-03-2011 08:06 PM

The purple and pearls is way too cute!

MSKKG 09-03-2011 08:18 PM

Oooooh, I think we're all in trouble! Calling alum, our resident quilting pro: There are over 30 pages of owls, several key and fleur-de-lis ones, and a few irises. Man, oh, man, oh, man!

Love your Alpha Xi fabric, DubaiSis--you are very clever. I also like the Tri Sigma one that the designer said she made for letters--it is very clever, too.

DubaiSis 09-04-2011 01:27 AM

I'd like to know what platforms others use. I used Publisher, and had to spend FOREVER getting that quill right. The piece still needs some work, but I am a quilter and in the forever search for the perfect fat quarter, so I may actually order mine. Then I can put it up for sale! Wouldn't that be fun?

eta/
Oh, and speaking of owls, I am a secret shopper for Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids, and they have the cutest owl pencil holder at PBK. I've been meaning to mention that for a couple weeks now.

DeltaBetaBaby 09-04-2011 01:45 AM

I would love to just take the simple pink quatrefoil and use it as a repeating pattern...nothing fancy.

alum 09-04-2011 07:37 AM

Get on their mailing list so you can get a free swatch. I chose http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/253127. The blue was medium dull on my computer monitor but it is actually very bright. I haven't tested it yet for colorfastness but I will before I use it.

This would be great for people who want mini-motifs to be scaled small enough for stitched block letters. I have a lot of designs in mind but don't know how to execute them onto a computer program.

alum 09-04-2011 08:04 AM

And even though $18 per yard is expensive by quilting standards (most high-quality cottons are around $10/yd), it's no worse than buying college boxers or lounge pants items at the university bookstore as a couple of my clients have done.
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...24#post2013124
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...4&postcount=27

DubaiSis 09-04-2011 08:48 AM

OK, I made 2 for Phi Mu because the quatrefoil lends itself so well to small prints.
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/746091?sell_this=true
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/746079
They're the same, just different sizes. What do you think?

DeltaBetaBaby 09-04-2011 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubaiSis (Post 2087829)
OK, I made 2 for Phi Mu because the quatrefoil lends itself so well to small prints.
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/746091?sell_this=true
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/746079
They're the same, just different sizes. What do you think?

ADORABLE! This is exactly what I was talking about.

In my neck of the woods, nobody jumps out and talks about sorority membership as a young professional, so I am always looking for things that hint at it without saying it. Like, if you saw someone wearing this, you would know, but not everybody would know.

DubaiSis 09-04-2011 01:42 PM

Since I'd have no need to purchase this on my own, if you want the sample, let me know. Maybe we can work something out. Next I think I'll try something with crescent moons.

SWTXBelle 09-04-2011 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubaiSis (Post 2087894)
Since I'd have no need to purchase this on my own, if you want the sample, let me know. Maybe we can work something out. Next I think I'll try something with crescent moons.


Hmmm . . .think brown, pink, waxing crescent and perhaps a pink carnation . . . :)

DubaiSis 09-05-2011 05:24 AM

OK, I REALLY have to get back to work, but I thought I'd take a shot at Gamma Phi next. 4 variations on a theme. I think I like 2 and 4 the best. Sorry they're so big!
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric_it..._comments=true
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/747353
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/747355
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/747367?sell_this=true

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...0_300734_n.jpg


http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1145388_n.jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7208874_n.jpg

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...3_436308_n.jpg

SWTXBelle 09-05-2011 06:48 AM

HOW MUCH DO I LOVE THESE? I love them a great deal!

DubaiSis 09-05-2011 09:11 AM

OK, I really have to stop, but here are 4 more Alpha Xi prints, although I've clipped some smaller pieces to publish.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2530843_n.jpg http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6133663_n.jpg
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2629048_n.jpg http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1035647_n.jpg

txAOII_15 09-05-2011 09:14 AM

DubaiSis, your designs are GREAT! i wonder what you could do for an AOII design?

CougADPi 09-05-2011 11:53 AM

I love all those prints SO much more than anything I saw on the Lilly site. Simple is good!


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