I caught myself looking at on-line fabric selling outlets the other day, enjoying new stuff that I haven't seen before. I backed out before I started reaching for the debit card -- I find "cool backs" really hard to resist...
I'm still not unpacked but I'm getting closer. We haven't heard back from the contractor on the estimate to build the closets in my sewing room of the new house, but this week the floor contractor has been working on refinishing the hardwood floors that had (badly) been painted white.
I'm hoping to actually sew some this coming Tuesday at my group. It will be my first sewing project in 18 months or so, I've selected a string quilt variation not so fussy on seams or precision
I think it will be a good getting started again and portable project. It will also be a great small strip and pieces option. I have some prep work to do first and some prewashing but I now have a washer and dryer at the house instead of the laundromat.
I've saved this project for quite a long time, is from a Quilters Newsletter dated December 1996! It is a variation that uses an odd shaped piece to form a secondary pattern and I will generally be following the directions and paper piecing. I will be using collected Christmas fabrics in true red/green/white. 10 or so years ago I went from over 2 boxes of Christmas fabric to under 1 box. I purged out the non-true red/green/white fabrics and gave them to the Forgotten Children's Fund that had placed a Craig's List ad looking for donations to make Christmas Stockings. LOL, they got some donations from me! I know they met their desired quota for that year.