Red Pepper Quilts has to be one of my favorite blogs at the moment. I have a stash of Anna Maria Horner Little Folks I love, and think I will have to cut it up to make and adult version of this quilt for myself. I also got some size 8 Perle cotton thread to try my hand at hand quilting like shown on it. I also ordered up some flannel Little Folks this week, you know, just in case I "need" it. 
RPQ is also responsible for the pile of Far Far Away 2 Fabric I just ordered from an awesome online fabric store up here in Canada called Pink Panda Fabrics. The prices are slightly higher than in the US but still very competitive, especially with the "quantity discount" (cringe) that I earned! With no border duty and free shipping (!!!), it gets me every time. Plus it arrived in 3 DAYS...unlike the weeks of anticipation waiting for a cross-border buy. I will make a couple girly quilts with the FFA2 for sure, but can also see it paired with linens in some cute fall dresses or tops for my girls, or some bibs......
Then, another couple beautiful quilts in Joel Dewberry Modern Meadow. A baby boy one by Bijoux Lovely blogged here, and another by Cluck Cluck Sew. I love the masculine feel to many of these prints, and I am a sucker for blues..... That addition to my stash is in the mail and should be arriving shortly. I have also added some of this and that. Some pretty things on clearance from My Needle and Thread, 
then some charm packs of these adorable Japanese fairy tale prints, some more Hunky Dory....
And finally, there is the Heather Bailey Nicey Jane. I love it! I have tagged some of this stash to make a quilt for me, mixed in with some solids in grey and seafoam, and the rest for a couple other projects.
Then, this week I had the happy accident of finding a sweet little quilt shop on the strip at Winnipeg Beach, a beach town just north of home. It is called Keeper Quilts, and I picked up some beautiful natural cotton, some thermal batting (for pot holders) and a bunch of lime green plastic mesh fabric, which I plan to use to make a beach bag tutorial! Stay tuned!Now I just need to find more hours in a day, right?
And please- nobody forward this blog post to my husband! What he doesn't know won't hurt him, right? I'll start my "12 steps" next week....or after the fall collections come out....
In these uncertain economic times you just have to regard it as an alternative form of investment ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful fabrics! Can't wait to see what you do with them :)
ReplyDeleteHi Kristi :) So glad you came over to check out my blog. Exciting you are planning on doing zig-zags. This is my first time, and it took a row or so to get used to getting them right, but after a few rows they were going consistently well. The great thing about them is that any little inaccuracies get swallowed up in the whole look of the quilt and you really don't see them. I would definitely recommend zig-zags. I didn't follow the pattern exactly, I just cut 5" squares then the triangles from them - and it's worked just fine. Good luck!
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