So, once again, I worked 10 hour days Mon-Thur, which resulted in me having today (Friday) off!! So, after some delays due to helping hubby with some new ductwork for the heating system, down the road I went to Foust's.
And I must say, there was very little that got me excited. I guess that's good for my Moratorium, bad for fresh insight. I bought a "short bolt" (4 1/2 yds) of camo fabric, and a small bolt of solid black (10 yds), so total of 14.5 yards... for (drum roll, please) only $47 total.
The camo fabric is going to be the back of a baby quilt (it's a boy, and both parents are deer hunters). In my stash, I found a set of pillow panels with different views of deer on it, and it's about 2 yards, so there I go - use up stash, buy minimal fabric to finish, and have a cool gift for some good friends.
Originally Posted by
MadQuilter
Great resolve, everyone. I have been good too.
Leta, I imagine you sharing your space with tractors and farm equipment. It gave me a good chuckle. As long as the live stock isn't in the room, I suppose it's all good. lol
Haha, MadQuilter, we have in the past actually brought newborn's into the house if there were problems with baby and/or mama... or if it was extremely cold. And when we first got married, he would "park" his motorcycle in the kitchen in the winter so it would crank easily for his drive to work the next morning. Mostly what's in here now is a welder, welding "consumables", and several different kinds of power tools. Hubby has his own version of "quilting" - it's called "machine shop stuff".
Originally Posted by
oksewglad
Leta, I think we need to recognize what we like when we quilt. Scrappy isn't a part your quilting experience so why try to make scrappy quilts. I saw a scrap quilt on a blog this last week that defined the term "looks like dog vomit". And even though I like scrappy, this one didn't cut it for me. And yes, Teen hit the nail on the head with her comment. I've bought some lovely fabric in the past...now is the time to use it.
When helping hubby today, I "rediscovered" some more fabrics, and that was another reason why Foust's just didn't appeal today. I found quite a bit of fabric... more than just scraps, more even than FQ's, but not any significant yardage, and that part of me that just "doesn't do scrappy" was thinking "now what?" But the part of me that is frugal said "dig out those patterns in binders!!" So I did! There's quite a bit of the same color groupings (I didn't realize how much I like purple!!!), so altogether, it's kind of scrappy yet kind of organized. And in my binder was three patterns that I've pulled out. So, my organization OCD part of me will be ok with this kind of scrappy.
Now all I have to do is finish helping hubby with the ductwork so my sewing room can go from "disaster area status" back to "moderately cluttered". Tomorrow should see that completed, so I will working on binding the commission, load the vintage, and frog the Lone Star (and use the black fabric purchased today to fix a problem).
And bummer - they quit carrying prewound bobbins. So, I guess I'll have to shop Amazon for that.
