new fabric, part one.

i did think of blogging every single day in the past week - but i didn't. probably because i got to 10pm and could not muster the energy to get up and actually go to the computer. and owen is at that stage where he's still not big enough for the bumbo, despite his amazing head strength, so during daylight hours he wants to be on my lap, in my arms, eating, or asleep curled up next to my leg. it's only after 9pm or so i can escape.

he does sleep almost all night through. (he wakes up for two feeds, and usually i only wake up long enough to attach him. and that, my friends, is why i loooove cosleeping.)

but a fire has been lit under my tail feathers lately - there is so much new fabric in my life! i keep forgetting to blog about it but i did photograph a whole bunch. i've been ridiculous, actually, which is pretty uncommon for me - i go through droughts of sewing and fabric purchasing (usually when i'm writing, fancy that), and then i gorge myself on entire ranges. but this time i just haven't stopped! i've been hounding the poor postman, and find myself cross when he doesn't bring me fabric mail! disclaimer: i love to buy fabric at local quilt shops, but since i'm homebound (and the baby is much too little to leave all by himself with a sitter), i'm trying to order from instagram and twitter friends or other etsy sellers. i'll be back at my favorite brick-and-mortar shops as soon as i'm able! here is where i shop if you are interested.

anyway let's get to it!

this lotta jansdotter collection, glimma, has been peeking around corners at me for months. i kept adding it to my cart, then taking it away. i had a fat quarter set of echo, and i loved it and used almost every scrap.  having concluded a fat quarter of each would not be enough, i decided to buy a half-yard bundle from the lovely tammy at marmalade fabrics. then i noticed that the full yard bundle was only $20 more than the half-yard bundle because it's 40% off. forty percent off. needless to say, i got the lot.

since this comes with coordinating solids, it's ready to be cut and made into a quilt! i think i'll do just that. and i think i know who it'll be for. and i think i know what pattern! stay tuned. i'll cut into this soon.

anyone who's been in my sewing room (or seen pictures of my stash) knows how much i love low-volume prints. what's even better is when they are small-scale production prints run by (sort of) local printers. maze and vale are in melbourne, which is a hop, skip & a jump from sydney, and leslie produces some really beautiful fabric. i chose greys and blues.

these luscious panels will be added into my stash and used as feature background fabrics - on very special quilts, for secret tiny projects (like the inside of a pencil case), stuff like that. it's gorgeous; i want to use it in a considered manner.

ah. lila ruby king is one of my favorite independent designers. i've ordered from her before and she's so sweet! i want her clouds on a bolt of fabric, i love them so much. also in her store is some sardine fabric and that is just the bees knees.

this pile of beautiful prints i have plans for - i'd like to put them in a special little guy's quilt. (yes, my son! who has been borrowing his older sister's quilts for weeks now.) the color of the blue ink is very close to kona water, so i'm going to build my palatte around that and incorporate greys as well. i'm excited!

my awesome friend michelle instagrammed this gorgeous little kei happy sweet print, and when i responded with my traditional emoji (it's the one with hearts for eyes), she offered to send me some!

there's a meter each of the white and slightly off-white fabric. they'll be a great addition to my low-volume shelf and i can't wait to cut into them!

as a native pacific northwesterner (who now lives in a perplexingly not-soggy city), i happen to adore rain. and as my more faithful readers know, i'm hopelessly devoted to rainbows, too. so a few weeks back i snaffled up a half-yard set of these timeless treasures rain prints from fat quarter shop.

this is actually a brilliant range - there are something like forty colors and they are subtly tone-on-tone but bright! i bought this as a stash builder, making sure to get navy blue, yellow, and purple (the areas where my stash is a bit scarce).

here is another independent designer, katherine codega. her designs are quite simple but beautifully put together. i needed those swiss crosses, obviously. and while i was at it i may as well buy feathers and (more!) rain drops, right?

the two bright ones on the bottom will definitely be set aside as a focus for a quilt, and the top swiss cross fabric has been added into my stash. now i just have to get my color cards out and match them all up so i can decide on a pattern!

so that's it for this installment of new fabric in chez poppleton. how about you? have you been caught hovering around your local quilt shop or perhaps peeking around curtains waiting for the postman? what have you been buying lately?