fabric
I didn’t actually notice how christmasy all this fabric was until I was checking out. But now that halloween is out of the way, bring on the plastic glowing santas.
We are on a strict budget in these parts and impulse fabric buying sprees are not looked on favorably. And I haven’t really bought anything in the past few months–I sure as hell have enough. But a good friend and I went to a beautiful quilt store last weekend and I couldn’t just look at all the beautiful fabric. It was such a treat to see all the fabric in person I have been looking at online for so long. Though none of the ladies knew who Denyse Schmidt was and they had heard of Amy Butler, but didn’t think they had any of her prints (I really wanted to see the katie jump rope line and some of those crazy paisley Amy Butler prints). On the other hand, they had this amazing Kaffe Fasset shot cotton. But I just got a couple fat quarters and remnants–to be good. It was a really lovely trip: a huge fabric store, a friend as excited as I was, and time to look at everything without dealing with whining and boogers.
A couple days later I went to Joann’s to pick up some fiberfil (I used to get it from thrift stores, but then I found a bug in one…) and came out with a hell of a lot more. I had both babies in tow and saw a sign on all the cotton prints that said, “$1!” I thought it was my lucky day and picked out a bunch of fabric and said a yard of each please! I couldn’t believe what a great deal I was getting and couldn’t figure out why people weren’t bum rushing the bolts. As soon as all my fabric was cut and I was holding the receipt I figured it out. Read the whole sign doofus–a dollar off. But I did get some nice stuff that I wouldn’t have otherwise. The lace print is really beautiful and the stone print has already given me a bunch of new ideas. But blew the budget.
