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Today I want to talk to you about my Fat Quarter Shop haul and show you some pics and video of my last delivery from the FQS.
This blog with the video and photos below are not sponsored. I bought these items with my own money and giving my honest opinion on them. There are some affiliate links below where if you purchase an item I make a small commission. Disclaimer I wouldn't link to anything that I wasn't in love with as a fellow sewist !
If you are not familiar with the FQS, it's a quilt shop in Kyle, Texas they also has an amazing online store as well. Kimberly, the owner also has a great Youtube tutorial channel, where she teaches sewing and quilting techniques. If you are a quilter, I highly recommend her Youtube channel.
Now, back to the haul. Have you ever had that one thing in your online shopping cart for days or even weeks and then finally you pull the trigger and make the purchase. Then you keep tracking your order on your phone until finally it arrives at your front door and you are so full of anticipation that you can't wait to tear open your box of new things? That was me, waiting on my last order from the FQS.
I wanted a new cutting mat. Did I really need one? probably not, but to make myself feel better about my new cutting mat purchase I told myself that this old blue cutting mat didn't match my new sewing room decor and this old cutting mat at 18x24 just wasn't meeting my needs anymore. I believed myself and went searching for a new cutting mat. I always check with the FQS first to see what they have and what's on their Daily Flash Sales first. I did a search for cutting mats on their website and BAM !! I came across the most beautiful cutting mat I had ever seen and it was the perfect size I was looking for at 24x36.
I read all the awesome reviews, added it my cart and then left it there for weeks ! I know right? why do we do this? I really had to justify the purchase in my head again, but let's face it, the cutting mat was a want and not really a "need."
A few weeks go by and I am making a laptop bag with straps. You know the ones that have the long straps that are longer than 24 inches? just kidding, but I did find it more difficult to cut long straps on my smaller cutting map, so I decided today is the day. Im going to sit down tonight and buy that beautiful cutting mat that I've been drooling over for weeks.
I also live in Texas, so when ordering from FQS it doesn't take long for my orders to arrive. I also did pay for upgraded shipping because I live way out in the country and I wanted this beautiful cutting mat (among the other things I bought) to be delivered to my house and not the post office. I live so far out in the county that USPS doesn't even deliver to my house if you can believe that. If I would have not paid for upgraded shipping though, my shipping would have been free with my purchase.
Anyway, UPS was running late and I was on pins and needle (no pun intended). Finally, at 8pm my special delivery arrives and I suddenly I had energy like it was mid morning again.) I'm not a morning person.)
I won't go into all the small details about this cutting mat because I think the video below speaks for itself, but let me tell you that if their was anything I wish I had ordered sooner it was this mat ! Sometimes I just need to stop being so practical and have a little more fun and excitement in my life.
I will leave a link here to this beautiful Lori Holt Cute Cuts cutting mat and a few other things I bought in this haul such as the Magic Pins. Oh, yes another purchase I wish I would have bought sooner was the Magic Pins. Why didn't someone tell me that not all pins are created equal? I am now going to trade out all my pins for Magic Pins ! Just WOW. Of course, don't forget the FQS is also known for their designer fabrics from designers like Lori Holt, Tula Pink, Me and My Sister, AGF Studio and more. If you decide to check them out go to their Daily Flash Sale. They changed the sale items everyday and they have Weekly Precut Sales also. See the fine tip Frixion erasable marker that I bought here and the absolutely adorable retractable Lori Holt measuring tape here. I also purchase a white pastel chalk pencil. I had never used one of these before, but for the price I had to check it out and I was not disappointed. It worked very well on black and dark blue fabric and you just sharpen it with a pencil sharpener. The most inexpensive way to mark dark fabric. Finally, one of my favorite fabrics is the Riley Black Swiss Dots. These make great blenders and I use these dot fabrics inside a lot of my bags. I always keep several colors on hand to match many of my outside bag fabrics.
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