My New & Improved Craft Room

In March of 2013, I was shopping with my then-4 year-old son. He saw some Thomas the Train fabric and asked if I would make him quilt. I had no idea how to sew, but I would do anything for my boy! I bought a $10 sewing machine from Big Lots to go with the Thomas fabric and after learning to sew by making un-paper towels, I made my very first quilt. At the time, Marissa, our Dutch exchange student was living with us, so I made her a quilt, too.  

Sometime toward the end of the first quilt, I decided I liked quilting, so I upgraded to a Singer Curvy. 

Like a lot of quilters, I used our dining table for my sewing area. We eat together every night, so I quickly tired of moving my things every day. I started storing my supplies and stash in deep Sterilite clip boxes, which made moving and storing easier, but I discovered I needed more and more boxes...and a dedicated craft space. 

By the time Marissa returned to the Netherlands, I had finished my third quilt and was nearly done with my fourth! We were all pretty sad to see her go. My only consolation was that her room would be empty and I called dibs!

The day we dropped Marissa off at the airport, we went immediately to IKEA to pick up supplies for an IKEA hack idea I had. Our DIY craft table tutorial is our most popular post in the history of de Jong Dream House!

Since moving in to my craft room 3 years ago, I have made 64 quilts and have made countless tweaks to my craft room as I learned new techniques, discovered new tools and notions, and of course, built up my stash! About a month ago, I bought a free motion extension table to expand my quilting beyond straight lines. So I bought a table to go with it. Which meant my big comfy chair needed to go. Which meant I needed to re-organize everything. 

Are you ready? Welcome to my happy place!

Hanging on the outside of the door I have my small design wall, inspired by my friend Nicole. I took glass out of frame, cut a piece of batting the size of the glass, sprayed adhesive to the back of the frame and smoothed the batting over it. For the time being, I use this one to hold my scrappy yo yos...which I will make into a quilt...someday.

View from the door. The room itself is 12' x 12', so a typical bedroom size. I still drool along with everyone else when I see the big beautiful studios and She Sheds. As I mentioned already, I wrote a tutorial for the craft table a few years back. If you read that post, you'll see how the room has changed in the last three years! 

The quick summary is that the table is made of 3 IKEA Expedits (now Kallax). It has a solid, unfinished, unbored door (36"x 80") from Home Depot on top. I use deep Sterilite clip boxes for the storage The craft table is about 32" tall, which is perfect for me at 5'4". LOTS of people have made their own version of this hack in the last few years, and I love when we get emails with photos. Some people put the whole thing on casters if they are taller and to move it easier. (It was too high for me with casters). Other people use only the 2x2 shelves so they can put a chair under the table to sit. I have two places to sit, so I stand here and take advantage of all the glorious storage. Moving on...

Behind the door I have re-purposed a crib as a magazine holder. I have more books and magazines in the closet, but these are either new issues or have a specific pattern I want to find quickly.

The metal bars are a IKEA Grundtal towel holder. In the early days I used to hang fabric and rows of pieced fabric. I still use it for that sometimes, but I also use it to hang things like my son's new lab coat that needs patches put on before Space Camp and completed applique shirts. 

Moving down, this is what I call my Trofast towers. The middle three hold fabric scraps sorted by color. On the sides I have things like Command products, rick rack, laminating products, Silhouette supplies, writing utensils, etc. The bins on top were found on clearance at Target and include terry, t-shirts, batting, and baby items ready for applique. The purple baskets include patterns. On the wall by the curtain are two Vurm wine racks from IKEA (of course) that hold my Heat N Bond Lite, quilting paper, stabilizer, freezer paper, printable fabric,  etc.

The white board lists my current projects, to do queue, and other craft projects. This post reminded me to update it. Much prettier!

Moving to the craft table, on the Trofast side, I keep all of my tonal prints in deep Sterilite clip boxes. I put purple duct tape along the unfinished sides of the table top so I won't snag fabric on it. It's held up pretty great for three years, but I'm thinking about putting something new on it and then marking inches with my Sharpie. 

Between the craft table and the window, I have a Sterilite Touch Can to hold my teeny tiny scraps. I keep a garbage bag in the can so when it fills up, I can easily keep everything together. I use the scraps for stuffing and occasionally, for tiny applique pieces.

On the other end of the craft table, I have clip boxes for my neutrals, muslin, and solids.

On the sewing side of my craft table, I have my UFOs. Each clip box includes a laminated project label with the recipient and description of the project. When I start think of a project, I get a bin and start putting in pattern (or patterns, if I'm not sure yet), fabric from my stash, and anything else that might go along with it. 

In the slot between the craft table and the IKEA Micke drawer unit re-purposed from an old desk, I keep my rotating cutting mat, pressing mat, some poster board and any oversized things I need to tuck away. 

I love IKEA Bygel containers for storing little things. They're only 99 cents each! I keep my cutters, scissors, and tape measures on a this little file cabinet. The empty one is used for scraps when I'm cutting and trimming.

***IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE*** 

Do not leave your rotary cutter open when moving it to take a picture. This is not smart. 

In the top drawer of the cabinet has my blade sharpener, precision cutter, chenille cutter, circle cutter, press perfect, and other cutting supplies. Other drawers (not pictured) have fat quarter cardboard and my hexie punch, and decorative scissors.

Turning around, here's the sewing area. The table in the corner is my free motion area (or friend area, when I have a sewing date!). 

I am just starting to learn how to free motion. I've been eyeing a sit down quilting machine for awhile now, but when I saw the Sew Steady Free Motion table, I knew that it was just what I needed. I can use my regular Pfaff for free motion. I bought a Norden Gateleg table from IKEA to support it. And I love my purple saddle chair. It's super comfortable! The nice think about the table is that if I move things around, I can use it to sandwich my quilts. 

Tucked in the back is my Rubbermaid EZ Step Folding Stool.  My Pfaff sits in a Janome Universal Table I bought used from a local Amish shop. I bought the bungee chair from the Container Store before our house was even finished! In between the two tables is a Honeywell QuietSet fan that I LOVE in the summer when my iron heats up the room!

Above the sewing table I have two Ribba picture ledges (the Ribba has been discontinued and replaced with the Mosslanda line). I use the Bygel containers to hold little things like safety pins, straight pins, clover clips, T-pins, quilting gloves, cheater glasses, seam rippers etc. On the closet doors I have two medium design walls made the same way as the one on my main door.

When I converted the bedroom into my craft room, I removed the closet shelf and installed it on the wall outside the closet. I use it to store rarely-used things. What I use more is the rod with clip hooks to display finished tops and quilts.

Looking inside the closet. Ribbon storage on the left door. Ruler storage on the right door. More IKEA Expedit/Kallax inside to hold my prints, books, magazines, batting scraps (in the large purple bins), fat quarters (in the black & white boxes), and extra binding (in the purple basket). 

I tried a LOT of different ways to store ribbon.I wanted something neat, where I could see everything at once. I also wanted to be able to put individual rolls out, so that ruled out options where the rolls were hung on a holder. I used more Bygel bins for loose ribbon, sorted by color. The racks themselves are Style Selections coated wire shelves from Lowe's. I have two stacked and hung with Command hooks. 

And finally, I have my rulers hanging on the inside of the closet door, once again using Command hooks. In my dream world, IKEA, Command, and Sterilite would ask me to be a product tester! The bin that sticks out from the door is actually a $1.64 ice bin from Walmart. I tried all sorts of much more expensive options for my smaller templates and rulers, but this worked the best. If I had a lot of patterns, I could see using these to store them. Can't beat the price. 

Whew! That's the tour, folks! I hope you enjoyed looking around and found some ideas you can use. I tried to cover everything, but if I missed something or if you have questions, leave a note in the comments. Thanks!

Linked to:
Bewitchin' Projects Block Party @ Titi Crafty
Craftastic Monday @ Sew  Can Do
Creative Collection @ Craft-O-Matic
Creative Muster Party @ Fluster Buster
Creativity Unleashed @ Practically Functional
Design Wall Monday @ Patchwork Times
DIY Party @ DIY Showoff
Handmade Hangout @ A Glimpse Inside
Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts
Linkapalooza @ Tater Tots & Jello
Made By You Monday @ Skip to My Lou
Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts
Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication
Monday Funday @ That's What Che Said
Monday Making @ Love Laugh Quilt
Moving It Forward @ Em's Scrapbag
Needle & Thread Thursday @ Quilt Infatuation
Nifty Thrifty Sunday @ Nifty Thrifty Things
Pin Me Linky Party @ Diana Rambles
Sew Cute Tuesday @ Blossom Heart Quilts
Sewing Area Link Up @ Project Run and Play
Think Tank Thursday @ Saving 4 Six
Too Cute Tuesday @ Funky Polka Dot Giraffe
Twinkle Tuesdays @ Mumma Scribbles
What to Do Weekend @ Crafts a la Mode
Whoomp, There It is @ A Quilted Passion
Whoop Whoop Friday @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Wow Me Wednesday @ Ginger Snap Crafts

Quilt #63: Charlie's Choo Choo Train

Two years ago, my son switched preschools several weeks into the school year. He was nervous about making friends and fitting in because the school he had been attending wasn't a great match for him. I walked in with him that first day to find that his new teacher, Miss Anne, had gone to great lengths to make sure that our little guy was already part of the class. His name was already displayed around the room in various places: on the birthday list, on his new locker, included in the job chart. There was a big white board announcing that today was the day that the class's new friend was joining them. Miss Anne assigned two friends to join him during each activity so he never had a chance to feel left out all day. My sweet boy took it all in, dropped my hand and ran into his new adventure. When I picked him up that first day and asked how it went, he said, "Mommy! I have friends!!!" My mama heart swooned.

He had a fantastic year. We have a very smart boy, but as is common in boys like ours, social skills take a little more time. Miss Anne "got" him. She marveled at this academic milestones, but celebrated his social growth. When his last day was done, our little boy clung to Miss Anne, sobbing at the thought of no longer having her as his advocate and friend.

Our son is at the same school today, starting his last week of first grade. Miss Anne's classroom is just down the hall from his, so he sees her many times a day. After many years of delighting the parents of everyone blessed to have their child in her class, and just as many years longing for a child of her own, Miss Anne will soon welcome her first child, a boy named Charlie.

I knew I wanted to make a quilt for Miss Anne to show how much her kindness has meant to our family. After learning the name and that she had a train theme, I started looking at train patterns. I am often asked how I come up with my quilt designs. Since I took lots of pictures of this one, I thought it would be a good opportunity to illustrate how this particular quilter gets her inspiration.

My original plan was to model a quilt after this adorable one by Amanda of  Sticks on a Plane. She modeled it after a quilt featured on Live Steam and Outdoor Railroading's website, but since the site has been taken down, I can't see what initially inspired her.

Please don't pin this quilt from here. Pin from the source.

I really liked the the strip of fabric on the rail cars and the way the flatbed carried the letters, but I made my own engine, drawing on my son's three-year train obsession. I also added a caboose, inspired by this quilt by Sindy Rodenmayer.

Please don't pin this quilt from here. Pin from the source.

Using this two quilts as inspiration, I came up with my own take, using the colors of the rainbow out of my scrap bins, and simple black circles for the wheels. But I wasn't happy with the look because Charlie's long name was cumbersome.

So the next idea was to put Charlie's name on one line. I know a lot of quilters create their patterns with Electric Quilt 7, but since I haven't made the splurge yet, I create my patterns in PowerPoint. I moved my cars around a bit until I landed on this design. 

At this point, I started the quilt. I made each block with a white 4.5" x 6.5" background. Leaving a 1/4" seam around the edge, I built the cars by cutting out squares and rectangles, trimming as needed to get the scale I wanted. 

My Silhouette Cameo was a godsend for this quilt, as I needed a lot of black circles. 

One of the most fun aspects of making this particular quilt is that I recently joined Instagram (follow me @dejongdreamhouse!) so I shared photos of my progress. I also posted photos to one of my Facebook quilting groups, and loved the feedback I received as I worked. 

When I posted the photo above, a woman named Cheryl suggested that I add tankers. I was on my way to church and thinking about how I wanted to finish the quilt before school let out for summer. I was nearly done with my trains, but couldn't stop thinking about those tankers..and log cars. My apologies to Jesus, I was distracted that morning.

Thanks to Snapdragon Snippets, I figured out how to cut the pieces for my two new cars. 

The piecing went by quickly compared to the time it took to applique. I thought I would be stitching wheels forever! 

Once I finally had all my cars complete, it didn't take much time at all to stitch the rows together. I added a 1/2" strip under the cars for the train track. But then, I made yet another edit to my template. I had originally planned to use striped fabric in between the rows of trains, but then I thought white would look better. 

At this point, I started getting requests my quilting friends for a pattern. I've never written a quilt pattern before, but I always take lots of notes as I work.

 And I take pictures of each step. It will be fun to have my own pattern available on Craftsy for other quilters to make their own personalized Choo Choos.

The last thing I needed to do to the main part of the quilt was add Charlie's name. Again, I relied on my Silhouette to cut out the letters. I used the font Flange BQ, which is the same font from Thomas the Train, a little nod to my little engineer's former obsession.

I added an exclamation point to the end of Charlie's name so there would be two letters per flatbed. I lined each letter up with the tire. My original idea was to have a black inner border and a blue outer border. I spent a ridiculous amount of time finalizing the border. In addition to my original idea, I considered just a thick black border, just a thick blue border, and what I landed on, a blue inner border and a black outer border. Honestly, I can't remember why I veered from my original, because I think any of the options would have looked good. This is where I landed before removing the black inner border and replacing it with blue.

And finally, Charlie's Choo Choo is complete!

For the back, I cut up a striped sheet that I found shortly after I started quilting. The stripes feature the colors of the rainbow and I've kept it thinking it would be a perfect backing for a baby. This was actually the first fabric I picked when starting this quilt. I thought I would use it on the front, but more often than not, my design process has a mind of its own.

Close up of the label, which also includes my son's school name and the current staff.

I hope Miss Anne's little engineer finds many years of joy with his new quilt. 

I have since gifted the quilt and it was enthusiastically received. Because my health is unreliable, I didn't promise the quilt after my initial conversation with our principal. I told her about it a few days before I finished, but for most of the teachers, it was a big surprise to see the quilt, as well as their names on the label. 

I've started working on the pattern, and will add a link when it is complete. Since I don't use a lot of patterns, and this quilt was mostly applique made from scraps and stash, it's been a bit more challenging to write up the process, but it's getting there. Here's a sneak peak!

Updated: Jen's comment below prompted me to add a link to the first quilt I ever made, a Thomas the Train rag quilt for my then-4 year old, who was on year 3 of his train obsession. I've learned quite a bit about quilting in the last three years!!

Linked to:

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict 

Creative Collection @ Craft-o-Matic 

Creative Muster Party @ Fluster Buster 

Creativity Unleashed @ Practically Functional

Design Board Monday @ Bits & Bobs

Fabric Frenzy Friday @ Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Fabric Tuesday @ Quilt Story

Let's Bee Social @ Sew Fresh Quilts 

Let's Make Baby Quilts @ Michelle's Romantic Tangle

Linky Tuesday @ Free Motion By the River

Made by You Monday @ Skip to My Lou 

Midweek Makers @ Quilt Fabrication

Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt 

Moving it Forward @ Em's Scrapbag

Needle & Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

Off the Wall Friday @ Nina Marie

Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun Than Housework 

Sew Cute Tuesday @ Blossom Heart Quilts

Show Off Saturday @ Sew Can She

Too Cute Tuesday @ the Funky Polka Dot Giraffe

Twinkle Tuesdays @ Mumma Scribbles

WIP on Wednesday @ Esther's Blog 

Quilt #62: Imogen's Bunting Bakery quilt

A friend recently asked me about my quilt design process. She asked if I start with a pattern, and then think of who might like it, or if I start with a person, and plan the quilt around what they might like. And beyond that, since many of my quilts are "just because" quilts, and not tied to an occasion, how do I determine who gets a quilt?

I muddled through my answer then, but the question has stayed with me because the more I quilt, the more I want to make all the quilts, and I just don't have that kind of time or money. You would think there would be some kind of priority, but living with a brain injury means that I don't do deadlines. I can plan all I want, but my brain works on its own schedule and creativity can't be forced. So the answer is that I have a rough list of quilt designs I want to try and occasions I want to mark with a quilt. But if a baby is born or someone gets married and I don't make a quilt, it usually has less to do with how I feel about the person and more do to with how my brain was working (or not, as is more often the case) during that occasion. And what really bothers me about that reality is that I don't want anyone who would appreciate a quilt from me to feel that a lack of a quilt from me means I don't appreciate them. 

When I give a quilt, it's not just a blanket. It's an symbol of my love and well wishes. My brain injury prevents me from being as social as I'd like. It keeps me from long conversations and phone calls. It keeps me from being as involved in the lives of those I love the way I'd like. When I give a quilt, it's my way of saying, "I care about you, and if I can't be there with you, this quilt can. If I can't hug you, this quilt can." Before my brain injury, I was a writer. I couldn't not write. Now the words don't come easily, especially if they are filled with emotion. My creativity doesn't come out in words any more, but in patterns I can sew.  My quilts express all the feelings that now get jumbled in letters that don't convey what I feel. My quilts are prayers that can be felt. As I work on picking out a design and fabrics, I pray. My conversations with God are harder now after my brain injury too, so I talk to him while my hands are active. As I work on a quilt, I'm thinking about the person who will receive it. I'm praying a blessing over them with each stitch. I'm hoping that with these scraps of fabric, the recipient will know that they are loved.

Sometimes, it takes me a long time to come up with just the right design, like quilt I have planned for my bonus brother. (Maybe I'll finally finish it by Christmas this year!). Sometimes, I see the recipient and pattern all at once, like Timur's Russian Heart. But no matter how a quilt come about, every quilt of mine has a story.

The story of this quilt began about in the spring of 2008 when Erin Berky and I "met" on an online forum. We were both newly pregnant. I was 36 and coming off two miscarriages. Erin was a young bride living in Japan with her Air Force husband. Our sons were both born in December of 2008. 

When our sons were only nine months old, Erin's husband, Ssgt. Bryan Berky, was killed in action in Afghanistan. The collective heart of the seventy or so women in our group broke. In the years since Bryan's passing, we Dec. 08 mamas have watched from around the world as Erin has accepted what life has brought her with grace and dignity. She has done such an amazing job keeping Bryan's memory alive, not only for her son, but for all who knew and loved Bryan. 

It has been my hope and prayer that God would bring love Erin's way again. And then, about two years ago, in a sweet story that is hers to tell, our Erin fell in love with someone who knew Bryan and loved him as much as she did. Someone who will be a good daddy to her son, even as he teaches him what a good man his daddy was. 

And then, I saw the happiest news on my Facebook feed. 

I knew that if any little baby deserved a quilt from me, it was this little one! The bakery announcement got me looking for the cutest donut fabric I could find! And then they shared her precious name: Imogen Anna Josephine.

A bakery bunting quilt theme it was! I was planning to make an applique bunting quilt, but then I found this adorable paper-pieced pattern by Deborah O'Hare of Quilt Routes. 

I don't have a lot of practice with paper piecing, but this seemed pretty doable so I was up for the challenge. Jennifer Mathis of Ellison Lane posted an easy-to-follow video tutorial on paper-piecing that made me discover how much fun paper piecing can be!

I appliqued her name with minky. I thought little chubby fingers would like the soft texture.

I didn't quite finish Imogen's quilt before she was born. In fact, she's already two months old! But as it turned out, the quilt arrived the week of Memorial Day. So fitting, really. As I worked on this quilt, I remembered Bryan and his sacrifice. I remembered the years of Erin's tears. I remembered the prayers for a new love and a return to joy. I remembered the utter elation of learning about her new man. I remember the big smile I couldn't get off my face when I thought of this sweet season of new beginnings for Erin and Josh.

It seems appropriate that this Memorial Day, for Erin, is not only about remembering the life of her first love, but also about celebrating the sweet life she has still to live. With all the donuts on this quilt, I couldn't help but making some sweet extras for Imogen. 

Linked to:

Sew Cute Tuesday @ Blossom Heart Quilts * Link Tuesday @ Freemotion by the River * Fabric Tuesday @ Quilt Story

Quilt #61 Timur's Russian Heart

Well friends, it's been a rough six months or so with my broken brain. The good news is my new meds seems to be helping a lot after the snafu with the original change. Yikes, that was bad! Leave it to me to be the .02% to have a have a horrible reaction to the miracle med everyone else loves. C'est la vie. I'm still struggling with some cognitive things...like getting my words out in a blog. I had planned to write a post for Brain Injury Awareness month last month, but it just didn't happen, and 12 years after sustaining my Traumatic Brain Injury, I still struggle to give myself grace when I'm not able to do what I want to do.

On the plus side, the change in meds means I'm sewing again! I just finished my 61st quilt, which I call Timur's Russian Heart. 

Followers of this blog might recall that last summer our family attended Russian Camp at Concordia Villiage's Lesnoe Ozero. (I highly recommend the camp if your family or children have an interest in learning a new language!!) I spent some quality time with the nurse on staff, and we have since become friends on Facebook. Recently, she posted about a six-year-old boy who had recently moved to Minnesota from Russian. In the midst of adjusting to such a big move, he soon found himself in need of a heart transplant. As the mom of a 7-year-old, my heart broke for this sweet kiddo who had to deal with such a major operation in a strange country where he didn't yet know the language or have the chance to make friends. I knew he needed a quilt.

Even before I finished reading his GoFund page, I need what quilt pattern I would use: Jera Brandvig's Summer Love. The second quilt I ever made--three years ago!--was this striped heart quilt that I made for our Dutch daughter Marissa. 

I have learned SO much about quilting since then!!! Design-wise, I was also inspired by my 20th quilt, a cross-cultural baby quilt I made for a little one whose mama is American and daddy is Columbian.

Our connection to Russia, other than attending Russian camp, is that our son loves all things space. He chose to study Russian over the 14 other languages offered at Concordia because of his love for space history and Russia's place in it. Even now, in the post-space shuttle era, NASA relies on the Russian space agency to send our astronauts to the ISS on the Russian Soyuz capsule. 

So, I knew I wanted to use fabric that reflects the cooperation between Russian and America. I immediately thought of the Star fabric from Joann. 

The white fabric was taken from my stash. It was also from Joann and had what looked to me like fireworks embossed on it. The red for the heart is minky, because my 7-year-old insists that all little boys need minky on their quilts, especially if they will be spending a lot of time in bed. The back is solid red minky.

For quilting, I stitched in the ditch to emphasize the Russian flag. This was the fourth quilt with my new way of binding. It's still my weakest part of the quilting process but already seeing a ton of improvement. 

Finally, I had fun designing the label. I did need a little help with the Russian translation, because despite a week of Russian immersion camp, I am nowhere near fluent!!

Last week, I sent up some prayers and shipped the quilt to Minnesota to its new home. My son's class wanted to be part of the fun, so they made a huge stack of get well cards and welcome to American messages. Through my friend, I was able to receive a note of thanks, along with a few photos. I didn't ask permission to post the photo of Timur wrapped up with his quilt and a huge smile on his face, but believe me, it's pretty adorable and makes the time and effort of quilting totally worth it! I can share this picture of the opened care package. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall!

I cannot adequately put into words how good it is for my soul to be able to do this. After my brain injury, I spent a good two years pretty much failing at everything as I tried to return to my old life and work. It is crushing to one's self esteem to wonder if there will ever be something successful about one's life. Even after 61 quilts, I still don't tell anyone that I'm making a quilt before it's done because it conjures up all those feelings of letting my colleagues and clients down. I don't quilt because I need to be thanked or because I expect it to be used in any particular way. It is a gift of my heart to someone else, to show that I care, that I've thought of them enough to come up with a design that I think will be personal to them, bought fabric, and spent many hours putting the quilt together. Once the gift is given, I have done my part, what I am called to do. Some quilts I make for charity and never find out where they end up. Sometimes I made a quilt for an occasion and only receive a polite thank you. But sometimes, when I see that my gift is meaningful to the recipient, my heart is filled to overflowing.

Linked to:

Blossom Heart Quilts * Freemotion by the River * My Quilt Infatuation *  Practically Functional * Sew Fresh Quilts *  Quilt Story

Fidget bracelets for sale!

Hi everyone! I am still around, but laying low for awhile as I am dealing with some issues related to my brain injury. I'm not doing a great job keeping my FB page updated, but since I have been getting a lot of email this week requesting fidgets bracelets, I want to make an announcement that I am still selling them. I can make fidgets in any color or theme. If I don't have fabric on hand, I can most likely find something that will work for you. Just send me an email through my FB page and I will get back to you quickly. 

Cost is $12, which includes shipping within the US. $15 outside the US. When you place an order, include your email and address. I will send you an invoice via PayPal. Once payment is received, I will ship your fidget bracelets! 

Thanks for all your interest!