Fabric Friday #5
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 5:35PM Wow, I can't believe it's Fabric Friday #5! (Or, actually, Saturday...yikes!)
I have to confess something. I know it's No-Buy October, but...I broke. I broke SO HARD. It should not come as a surprise that I broke, as I am clearly addicted to purchasing fabric, lovely fabric, precious fabric...wait, I'm off topic. Anyway: I am rubbish at willpower. And I have new fabric! Yay?
I've been conscious of my stash not having a lot of patterned whites, so I've picked these up. They have a lot of corresponding colors to my existing stash, plus, they're pretty!
Then I stumbled upon some linen/cotton blends. Oh my...I can sense some Christmas projects approaching!
I ordered some Echino solids to match, and I'm just waiting for them to turn up in my mailbox! I can't wait to begin working on [secret secret secret].
And now, some blues.
Beautiful, especially the Botany piece on the bottom. I love that spray of coral against the pale aqua!
For projects this week, I'm still plugging away at J3's quilt top ("A Walk in the Woods"). I tried appliquéd leaves and I hated them (!) so I'm sticking with fabric yo-yos. I took my quilt tops over to my in-laws' on Friday and my father-in-law helped hold them up against a wall so I could photograph them! This is my favorite picture of the bunch.
That's J5's quilt sandwich. It just needs to be hand-quilted!
Today was the first meeting of the Sydney Modern Quilt Guild and even though I was an hour late I had a great time. It was a good decision to put myself out there and commit to joining groups this year, especially with the newest addition to our family. I have a few thoughts on why I love quilters' groups so much, but I'll save those for another post. Suffice to say, despite my group-shyness, I enjoyed meeting other local ladies who love the craft. It was nice to not be the youngest in the room, too!
I'll leave you with this picture of Piper cuddling Olive. I love how intent Olive is on finding her mum, and how Piper is all business: "Right, Other Baby, look at me!" They are holding hands and it is so sweet. (And thank you Aunt Sarah for the pink romper!)
Until tomorrow!
Reader Comments (2)
Hi Penny,
I met you yesterday at the Sydney Modern Quilt launch. Thought I'd check out your blog. Love it and your quilts. I admire anyone who has enough time to blog as well as sew. Hopefully I'll get to Southern Cross quilters in a fortnight. It was great meeting and chatting with you.
You find the most amazing fabric! It always makes me drooly and jealous. I absolutely love the second fabric down in the first picture. The bright pop of color with the grey birds is just fantastic.
Fabric Friday is fast becoming one of my favorite things... ever. <3