Sunday stash #8

Good morning. Hubby is out doing his first triathlon on the season so I am free to pull my new fabric out of hiding and share with you!

I had bought some half yards from the Sew You're Destashing page on FB last week, and they made their merry way to me from Perth this week. They are to be my last purchase from that page - I have left the group so as to not be tempted. I have enough fabric enablers in my Paper Piecing Bee!

So...I got a half yard of these two prints from Robert Kaufman's Metro Cafe line. You may remember that I already have the cutlery fabric from this line in red and black. I discovered that Sally from SallyBally Creations has a thing for cutlery fabrics, so I have shared the fabric love and sent her a FQ of this fabric below, as well as some pieces of the red and black colourway.

I also bought this fabulous fabric as a bit of an inspiration for my month of Vintage Kitchen for the Wombat Stew bee. I love it. The colours are far more vivid in the flesh - the pic doesn't do it justice!

I also added some more tufted tweets to the stash. I have 5 prints in total now. I am hoping to use some in Kristy from Quiet Play's Polaroid Block Swap

It's been a bit of a quiet week on the sewing front. I worked 4 days this week instead of my usual 2. I take my hat off to all those fulltime workers out there....it's not easy at all. I did manage a few little things though.

We are going to a birthday party next Sunday for a little girl that is turning 1. I thought I would make her a gift rather than trying to find something generic at the shops. I have made this little top before and I really love that it doubles as a dress for younger children or a smock for a 2-3 year old. You can find the pattern and tutorial at Smashed Peas and Carrots.

The front - just needs the buttons and buttonholes and some topstitching.

The back - I love the crossover.

My other little finish this week is the September QCA Bee block for Jodie - 

This was by far, the most complicated block that I have done so far, and I am so so so pleased that I managed to line everything up and get it together. The theme that Jodie requested was red, white and blue.

If you would like to try this block, you can find it here - Stripey Lonestar

I have quilt group this afternoon - can't wait! It's been a few weeks since we last met up, and I know that everyone is going to have lots of things to share...not sure whether there will be a lot of sewing or just a lot of fabric show and tell!

I'm linking up with -