Fabric Friday #8
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11:46AM What a week it has been! So many Big Things, so few of them concrete, but the possibilities are tantalizing nonetheless. I have felt like laughing and crying and running in a big circle all at once. Whew. Exhausting.
And, when I get overwhelmed, I seek order. I begin new projects, or reorganize the living room furniture, or evict the spider webs from the corners of the ceiling. This week was so big that I've decided to baby proof the living room. That initially meant a late night trip to Ikea, where we discovered that they had free delivery if we bought a certain amount of stuff between the hours of 5pm and 9pm.
Let that just sink in: FREE DELIVERY.
So this morning, still in our jimjams, the nice delivery man dropped off a bookcase for my fabric, and a brand new big-baby bed for Piper! See the restraint I exercised? See see? Ahh!
But it is Saturday here in semi-sunny Sydney so I'd better get on with the fabric part of Fabric Friday!
My mother-in-law (RaRa) and I went to Craft Depot this week and I picked up some more Meadowsweet in the warm and cool colorways (the two on the right). Then I got another Loulouthi...it might be my favorite color yet (middle)! Finally, a few more pieces of Sugar Pop to make the pieced backing for Lolly Fields.
I've been seeing Etchings pop up in stores and I love the blue-grey and the old style maps. What a great travel case this fabric could make! I also grabbed some Iced Peach Kona solid and a blue/green star fabric I'd been coveting. I've made it a commitment to pick up some crosshatch whenever I have a spare dime, because it's such a nice, modern blender. And finally, a discount fabric I just love that will make a beautiful backing!
I was given a stack of fabric from a friend this week. She had the teddy bears to make something for her daughter, but her little girl is now, um, thirty, so she passed it on to me! Also in this stack is a gold mine: some Liberty fabric! I'm guessing some of that is vintage. It's so incredibly silky; you can see the nice sheen in the pictures. I'm not a huge fan of florals but these are just gorgeous. What a nice summer blanket they could make!
Finally, in light of my Garden Fence quilt, I completed the fabrics by grabbing this Kaffe Fassett and the beautiful yellow with it. I've always regarded Kaffe Fassett as being too busy and splashy for my usual tastes, but for this quilt, which is so sensibly framed with white sashing, it just goes beautifully. I might be a late convert!
Also, that yellow? I love it. I want a million posh bathrobes made out of this. Or! This in a voile, in a swishy superfull summer skirt. It is just bright and beautiful.
So! Progress has been made on my bear claws. They are taking forever because I am meticulously squaring up each HST square and then each block, as I go. I've never been that fussy before but I love the fabric so much that I am learning that doing the job well is being respectful to the fabric!
I haven't gotten as much done on my mother's quilt as I'd like, but picking up the Kona Iced Peach helped. I can't believe I chose this without having a reference swatch. It matches so well! I remember once when I was very small my mother telling me her favorite color was "peach". I hope this is close!
The other night, with the incentive of six new episodes of Community hanging over my head, I decided to cut out ALL the blocks for the Garden Fence quilt. This is an idea of the fabric I'm using.
That is eight hundred pieces of fabric. And I still have sashing between the blocks to do! I'm running out of Kona Snow so I need to order some more but I have enough to do the blocks. They are surprisingly easy to sew and they look so nice when finished!
(This one is crumpled from spending the day in my handbag, being shown off at the café!)
So that's Fabric Friday. I'll try and remember to post some before & afters of the house as we rearrange but since it usually takes an act of Congress to get my husband in a good enough mood, I might be forbidden from photogging!
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