Superstitch

Do you see a theme?

Wow, ZandS has a quick turn around time! They are all the way up in PA and i'm down here in TX but i still got my order in 2 shipping days! Now i have a big stack of awesome fabrics. Now i just need to decide what to do with them all! Here are the rest of the Freshcut by Heather Bailey fabrics i ordered.... mmm soo pretty.

And these are the random fabrics. The measuring tapes and flowers are from my favorite, moda's building blocks, and the tattoo print is an Alexander Henry print that i'm going to use for a gift. i really hope that you all will be seeing some more sewing projects soon. But before i can get back into my sewing room i have to get it cleaned and organized. You may remember the bookshelf i got last week? Well i want the larger wall unit for my craft room. I have run out of places to store my fabric and instead of buying less fabric, i'm just going to buy more storage! Hopefully over the next few days I will be cleaning and reorganizing my craft room and maybe sharing some progress pics, if i dont get too self conscious of my mess!

And now for your moment of zen....

More Spring fun!

I just love mail! I went on a little mini fabric buying spree on friday and this is the first package. These are all from the fat quarter shop, she is about 30 minutes from me so they shipped yesterday and i got them today! I love it! I bought a charm pack of Moda's Peas and Carrots, 2 of the new pink Denyse Schmidt fabrics (the second and third fabric from the left) 2 of Heather Bailey's Freshcut fabrics (the first and last fabrics) and a random clearanced fabric that looks nice with the others.

I really love simple quilt tops that show case awesome fabrics so i'm trying to come up with a quilt idea for these and the fabrics i have coming from ZandS in a few days. I'm wondering if Modern Quilt Workshop's Plain Spoken would look good done in prints, maybe even prints with a few solids. You can see Hillary's version of plain spoken here. Let me know what you think! Or if anyone has any other ideas on what i could do with the fabrics please share! I'll post the second half of the fabrics in a couple of days.

mail call!

Lots of fun stuff in the mail today!! Most of the yarn is from knitpicks but the black, white, and tan sock yarn is from epicurus on etsy. The sock yarn is going to be a pair of christmas socks. And the merino style is going to be a sweater i think. I really want to try a top down raglan. I found a pattern generator here. I was completely inspired by this post on knit and tonic. And i know that sweater is for a four year old, but i still think a striped sweater would be cute for me!

I mostly bought the knit picks yarns to test a few different styles, i've never ordered anything but sock yarn. I had heard good things on craftster about the merino style, so i ordered five skeins in different colors to try it out. I also ordered one ball of andean silk, very soft! And one ball of shine sport because i'm very interested in cotton yarn that can be good for something besides a wash cloth! I will probably be back later with project ideas and swatches!

Oh and i did decide to list my quilted pillow in my etsy shop so i made another pillow to match, in case people want two!