Yesterday I needed to go on a road trip to Sandpoint, ID, 7 hours of round trip driving, but it was a beautiful day, with beautiful scenery. As a reward I stopped at Bear Paw Quilting in Coeur d'Alene. It is a gorgeous shop with so much variety! From 30's to wool to Kaffe to modern to batiks and everything in between. I have no business EVER buying more fabric, but I get bored sometimes. I have so many projects to work on. Both daughters want certain quilts, my granddaughter a needs a big girl quilt (she will be 2 in May) neighbor "kid" needs a wedding quilt July 2nd, and lets not mention those 40ish quilts that need quilted.
Don't laugh (I have one friend that will laugh!) but this is SOME of my fabric storage. Yes, it is exploding!
We won't mention strings and strips. I did make two cute blocks as leader enders when I was piecing the backing for Fire Island Hosta. I will continue with this project but if Judy D. thought she had a lot of strings, she hasn't seen mine yet. I'm afraid to put them all in one place because they will NOT fit in one big bin.
So back to my trip, I have been wanting to find fabric to make Tula Pink's City Sampler, 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.
Now back to fun things, like defrosting my freezer and cleaning house! I did make a bit of machine quilting progress on Fire Island Hosta.
7 comments:
Oh my... love your fabric choices! It is going to be one gorgeous quilt. Thankfully my fabric stash is in cabinets... behind closed doors... open at your own risk! I really do need to straighten and organize, but that takes away from sewing time!
I am NOT laughing at your fabric stash, I am turning green with envy! Even with the explosions I am envious. I've been working really hard only to buy what I need for a certain project but that is super hard to do when you find a great price or color or design or or or.
I am laughing about your strings though! I totally understand. I only worked out of one bin.
I love your choices for the City Sampler! I love the gray. I'm using lime, black and white for The Splendid Sampler but it's early enough that I can add some gray if I want. :)
Have fun with the freezer and house cleaning...I'm back to book work.
I won't laugh at you either. You're making progress. Fir each of the finishes you derserve a little fabric fix. The greens, blacks and grey will be good. I have that book. And a bunch of Tula Pink fabrics stashed. It's on my someday list...
I won't laugh at you either. You're making progress. Fir each of the finishes you derserve a little fabric fix. The greens, blacks and grey will be good. I have that book. And a bunch of Tula Pink fabrics stashed. It's on my someday list...
I'm not laughing either...contemplating having a stash reduction sale! My fabric-rep friend has one annually, sells her samples by the pound.
Well, you know I AM laughing! LOL! Now I know why you took that challenge fabric out of the shopping cart :) Yes, I am still laughing about our conversation about the exploding fabric after you removed it :)
I kind of like the limes in there. Sometimes when you see some fabrics together you get that urge to create a quilt with it. Sometimes that's just enough. I can't wait to see what you make with it!
I've been saving strings for a string quilt like JudyD is also doing, but I just haven't been fully pushed in that direction yet to get started.
I'm glad I finally got around to reading blogs today :)
Wow, you do have a lot of fabric. How wonderful to know that you will never run out! The new fabrics that you picked out are so pretty and modern though, they are sure to keep you from getting bored.
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