Fat Wednesday*

First a big thanks for all the good vibes sent our way!  Y'all are the best!

Since Wednesdays are my anything but knitting day I thought I'd show you what I picked up at the fabric store this morning.  I've been interested in quilting for ages but just never gotten around to doing it.  I love fabric and color and, as Boogie and I wandered around grabbing rickrack for the doll wardrobe and itty-bitty elastic, I happen to catch sight of this beautiful collection of fat quarters.  The really cool thing about these little beauties was that, tied up with the quarters was a simple pattern for a lap quilt.  Bingo!  A nice small project to get me started on the road to quilting and the acquisition of more small bits of fabric than I could ever hope to use in one lifetime.   If nothing else the baby dolls may have stripey goodness headed their way.

I also grabbed these suckers as well.  As long as I'm traipsing merrily down the path to quilting hell I might as well take pretty fabric with me.  Just think, the original purpose of the trip was to find the rickrack and see if the store stocked Lion Brand's Cotton-Ease.  Yarn and fabric stores have no business being together.  It's just
wrong.

*I can't call Wednesdays "Wednesday Wheelies" anymore.  It's yucky.  Wednesday is just no knitting.  No title, no button, just no knitting.  Not too saccharine I hope!

Comments

[rhelynn]

hehehe.. I remember working at a craft store (the yarn part) right next to a fabric store - for five years... yes, that is one strong and irresistable combination ;o) Pretty fabrics!

[Claude]

Cool colors! I'm a sewer too just never did get into the quilting - closest would be making a duvet cover.

For the cotton ease you might try Hancock Fabrics or Hobby Lobby. They used to carry it before discontinuing the old colors. Maybe even Michael's...let me know if you have any luck.

[Chris]

Oh oh....

[Sandy]

The colors are fabo. My mom has gotten into quilting and while she lacks some confidence, I think she does a great job. She's hooked up with a local quilt shop and they do quilting workshops at the store. She's having a great time with quilting.

[kmkat]

Pretty fabric! My neighbor's daughter owns several furniture stores and my neighbor does custom sewing for her customers -- fancy floor cushions to match the sofa, shower curtain to match the bedspread, all very, very pricey. She was telling me once about how her favorite part of the work is the wonderful fabrics she gets to use. I'd love to get the scraps...

[courtney]

I love all of your fabulous fabric. It makes me want to learn to sew.

[janna]

oooohhhh.... pretty!!!! I had a brief foray into quilting, which is scary considering I don't sew. I hand-pieced and quilted the two little things I made.