Surprise!  Guess who stopped in today?  It's Ivete of Gotham Quilts, who's joining the Clambake Quilt-along and wants to share some fabric-shopping goodies for those of us needing to do clam-related shopping.

First, let's hear about Ivete's plans for her clamshell quilt and then a Gotham coupon and giveaway!  Fun.


{Ivete of Gotham Quilts }

When I read about the Clambake QAL I immediately knew I had to join in! I've never made a clamshell quilt before, and it's been on my to-tackle list for, well, forever, so this was just perfect. Initially I considered doing Rachel's quilt-as-you-go method, because that definitely seems like the faster way to do this quilt, but I want this project to be a learning project for me, and I particularly want to get better at piecing curves. So, I've settled on following the Latifah's Glam Clam pattern in the 8" clamshell size, and assembling on my Juki.

Once I had that decided, I moved onto my favorite part: Choosing fabrics! I knew that I wanted to make a modern, graphic version of a clamshell, so I went to our shelves and started considering collections. I first thought about using some Cotton & Steel fabrics (I can't believe I still haven't made a C+S quilt!), but then my eyes landed on Lotta Jansdotter's new collection, Follie. And I knew instantly that this was the right pick! I decided to focus on the periwinkle and raspberry section of the collection, like in this bundle:



Aren't those colors lovely, and an unusual color combo? I smile every time I look at them!  We pulled lots of coordinating prints and solids and ended up with this stack of lovelies:


I'm planning to do a modern layout with lots of negative space, the way Latifah did in her original quilt, and I can't wait to get started. I have a few projects that are due shortly, so I can't start *quite* yet, but I did allow myself to start cutting just a little bit: I cut all the paper templates out!



Next up, I'll be cutting plastic templates for these, and then I'll start cutting into fabric! After I get a quilt off my design wall so that I can use it for the clamshells, that is . . .

{Coupon + Giveaway}

Thanks for sharing your plans with us, Ivete!  I look forward to seeing your quilt progress.  Actually, I look forward to seeing all your quilts, Clambake people.  We'll start some link parties in February!

Need to do some fabric shopping?  Visit Gotham Quilts and save 20% off all regular priced items now through February 28th.  Use coupon code clambake to redeem your Clambake QAL savings!

One lucky reader will also win a $25 gift certificate to Gotham Quilts!  To enter this giveaway, open internationally, answer this question in the comments of this post:  "Who do you make quilts for the most?"  The random winner will be selected on Monday, February 2nd, around noon (EST).


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And our winner is Dawn of comment #31.  Enjoy your fabric shopping, Dawn!  I'll be in touch via email.