Batik Stash Builder swap -- January -- PURPLE

This will be a series of swaps (one colour per month) to build a well rounded stash of batik fabrics that can be used in any project.

For January the colour will be purple. Buy 2 yards of fabric and cut them into fat quarters. Keep one FQ of each fabric for yourself, then mail one FQ of fabric A, and one FQ of fabric B to each of 3 partners. You’ll end up with 8 FQ’s per month. Easy right?

The specifics:

Buy 100% cotton QUILT SHOP QUALITY fabrics. Don’t buy a 99 cent FQs from JoAnn and call it a day. Please aim to buy premium quilting weight fabrics. I won’t restrict it to designer fabrics since they can be pricey, but if you’re going to get it from a chain store, make sure it is high quality and that you would want to use it on your own projects. I’d say around $10 per yard retail is a reasonable price (of course you can buy it on sale to save some money).

No solids The fabrics should “read” one color, but have some sort of print. If you need ideas, check out the stash builders section at Pink Castle Fabrics, or search blenders by colour on other sites.

Here’s the schedule in case anyone wants to buy ahead:

January -- Purple

February -- Aqua/Turquoise

March -- Green

April -- Yellow

May -- Red

June -- Grey

July -- Pink

August -- Navy

September -- Indigo

October -- Lime/Citron

November -- Orange

December -- Brown/Beige

International swap. If you don't want to send international, don't join.. yes, postage is going up all over the world all the time, but that shouldn't stop us having beautiful fabric from somewhere else..

4.95 rating, no recent 1s or 3s, and please have at least 10 type 2+3 swaps under your belt. The send date is the end of January, so shop for deals now :) Hopefully nobody flakes, but if anyone would be willing to buy a couple extra half yards to angel please let me know.

If you received 2 FQ of high quality quilting fabric in the specified color from each partner, rate a 5. You can not rate down based on taste.

Any questions? Feel free to email me, or comment below :) If I don't get at least 4 swappers, I will delete the swap.

If you want to join a USA only one WITHOUT batik, go here and thank you to beadqueene for letting me use her swap as a base for this one.. :)

(I reserve the right to drop people from the swap without comment, for safety of my swappers. The reasons may be right or they may be wrong, but I would rather be safe than sorry.)