Flea Market Fancy

This story starts in the fall when I went to the craft show in the woods with my Mom and Becky. We were drinking hot apple cider and taking a break, when we spotted a girl with the cutest patchwork bag. Becky said she loved it and really wanted one. I thought "what a great Christmas gift" and started planning the fabric and how I was going to duplicate the bag we saw.

She said she wanted something with a vintage vibe, and Flea Market Fancy popped into my mind right away. I have wanted to work with this fabric and this was the perfect project. I think this blue posie print is my favorite .  I also made all the ladies in my family a metal frame coin purse using the leftover fabrics. I wish I would have thought to take a photo of them all together because they were really cute!

I have been seeing pictures of a quilt block that has been called both "Road to Tennessee" and X's and O's. I am going to call it "Hugs and Kisses" because I almost sign off a text or email with xoxo.  :) I really wanted to try my hand at making some, and I still had a ton of Flea Market Fancy leftover.

These blocks are so much fun to make! I love how the colors of FMF work so well together!  This is the finished top, and I am going to do a scrappy binding and back it with the blue posie. I think this is going to be a birthday gift for a sweet someone who is starting to collect Fiesta Ware. These colors reminded me so much of that dishware and I know (hope) she will love it.