Sunday, September 2, 2012

Sunday stash #6

Good morning! All is quiet in my house this morning. The boys are playing LEGO and hubby is having a very hard earned Father's Day sleep-in before heading off to work - yep, you heard right - my lovely hubby has to go to work today :(. And then to add insult to injury....there is NO quilt group this afternoon either!! Golly, I guess that just means I'll have to sew at home ;)

So....what lovelies have made it into my stash in the past fortnight? Here's a peak -

Last week was the Coffs Quilters and Embroiderers exhibition so after my boys had hockey, I dragged them along to check it out. I thought that this year's quilts were a little more exciting than last year's - more colour, better fabrics and even some contemporary designs. There were several businesses with stalls so it was worth a look. Below are some small pieces (12" square or so) that I picked up for $1 each....kinda hard to resist - I mean one can not have too many spotty fabrics, and there was even some Kate Spain Terrain in there! The little birdie fabric is for Kristy from Quiet Play - she is such a lover of all things bird!




There was also a table selling $1 FQs - I only found this out because I bumped into Jane and she showed me her little bag of goodies. Again....you can't have too many dots and spots and I thought that the green might be interesting to use in a paper piecing project.




I bought 3 FQs of this red sewing fabric.....not really sure why.....I thought I might be able to either use it to make a new cover for my tabletop ironing board, or maybe fussy cut it for a paper piecing block. I do like the bobbins!



I was also lucky enough to receive some squishy mail this week. These lovelies came from a little FB business Fabric Letters and Appliques. I bought half a yard of the Hungry Caterpillar fabric - I still have a large bag of scraps and bits and pieces left over from the Caterpillar quilt that I made one of the boys three years ago. I am hoping to put together another quilt as a gift for a little girl who has a love of caterpillars. 
I also couldn't resist the dandelion fabric (you know me!)




Also included in the parcel was half a yard of this groovy sushi fabric.


I have big plans for this fabric. I have joined a new paper piecing Bee with a group of gorgeous gals from QCA - we are going with the moniker of Wombat Stew. Alyce from BlossomHeartQuilts is kicking us off for September and has requested a "Sushi" theme. So I will be busily trying to design an 8'' x 8" block involving this fabric to send to Alyce in Japan! Nothing like a challenge! If you are interested, you can follow our Bee progress on Flickr - Wombat Stew


So I think that's it! I have had been very good this week - there have been no other fabric purchases/ordering online!

Linking up with the lovely Fiona!



3 comments:

  1. Now I quite like those birds and large dots or does that make them spots? You will outclass us all in the Wombat Stew with the sushi fabric.

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  2. Oh you lovely things - those birds caught my eye immediately!

    The sewing fabric is very cool - would be great for fussy cutting. I love that you are buying fabric now with paper piecing in mind - a convert indeed! ;)

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  3. Oooo, I love the sushi fabric! That red sewing fabric would have jumped into my hands too, I have a bit of a thing for sewing themed fabrics, they're fun :) And I agree, you can never have too many dots!

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