another fabric 'oops'

This time from Purl Soho.
Gorgeous (much more so in person than in these color swatches!) shot cottons and chambrays, along with some black Essex linen. I'm thinking Amish. And I was inspired (greatly, immediately, enough to shell out nearly fifty bucks for fabric less than thirty minutes after seeing it) by this quilt.

Suspiciously similar to the last oops, which hasn't even arrived yet. I don't think the two will cross paths, but I officially have more "quilts I'm going to make" lined up than I can ever finish.

Oops.

yummy fabrics

Images from fabricworm.com.

This was a complete shopping accident, but wouldn't this make the cutest little boy's quilt ever? Can't wait for them to get here so I can line 'em up and dig through my stash for something to accent the coral and tangerine colors in the giraffes.

Look for these coming to a Sunday Stash near you!

a few of my favorite things

You know, in the Christmas spirit!


1. Mark finally shaving his beard after 2 months. This was taken (at his request, shh!) minutes before.


2. Baby George, Baby Jay, and Baby Lock.


3. Participating in my first swap, at the Quilt Sampler. I'm thinking about getting a stamp of my blog address so I can tag all the paper pieces. I'd really love to have some local quilters as readers.


4. Working on long-neglected UFOs, and getting better acquainted with my "new" Pfaff 1221, aka The Quilter.


5. This charm pack, Moda's Oz, I picked up last week. And charm packs in general. The quilt in #4 was made from one!

my wishlish

I'm fairly certain Mark and I have agreed to not exchange Christmas presents. His family might give me a little something...? But I'm not going to ask them for anything, of course! Apparently my mom is just giving me money. She just got an early birthday/Christmas present of a root canal (cost of $1600 without dental insurance), so I doubt it will be much. But here are some things I'm really loving, wanting, needing. I'm sure I'll end up with most of them eventually, but they will probably have to be presents to myself.










(if anyone knows of a good, sharp, comfortable seam ripper please let me know!)








(omg! are they really worth $37 each? I love them so much.)

& more bobbins for my Pfaffs.

sunday stash #1

At the very last moment, as I am likely to do.



I'd like to call this first (of many, hopefully) Sunday Stash, "The Best $20 I Ever Spent (On Fabric. This Year. Probably.)"
I mean, come on, I can't keep track of all the twenties I spend on fabric. Ahem.

Twenty amazing discontinued FQs for a dollar a piece. Snagged from The Quilt Sampler accidentally when I was going to pick up my serger they had worked on. If you live in Springfield, near Springfield, or ever happen to be passing through, I highly recommend you pay this store a visit. It's a real joy.