I am sitting here bubbling with excitement, listening to Ben Lee sing “Catch My Disease” and today my disease is pure fabric-love. I have finished putting together the string quilt top, “New House Quilt” that I started at the quilt retreat back in August, when we had just signed the paperwork on our new house. I am extremely happy with how it looks.
I was trying to capture the full width of it, and so I laid it on the lounge room floor. Sadly the light is a little grey today, so it is a pretty ordinary photo, but it did make me stop and think – what an awesome rug this would make!
I changed the planned format a little, it is 10 blocks by 6 blocks, (instead of the planned 8 x 8 ) because I am going to hang it on this wall.
Early this morning (7:30am – which is early, because it is still the school holidays) there was a ring on the door bell. It was delivery of a lovely box of fabric happiness, which was ordered weeks ago from the States.
Initially I was just going to order these Kona Cotton packs, ( 44 x 2 1/2″ strips in the Dusty colour-way, and 21 fat quarters in the Greener Pastures colour-way) but then I found some more delights to tempt me – it was all 35% off.
Some Kaffe – Roman Glass in Leafy, Pastel, Gold and Jewel (actually my first purchase of Kaffe fabric).
and finally, some beautiful “Wildwood”by Erin McMorris – Sophie’s Garden in orange, Forest in lime, Pressed Leaves in fuchsia and Forest in green. Don’t they all look wonderful together.
Looking at them I realised that the Wildwood and my previously purchased Far Far Away and Meadowsweet were going to play really nicely together (they look more harmonious in better light – it is very overcast today).
I think I have bought enough fabric to last me all year. What prompted it all was Elizabeth of Oh Fransson!’s “Paintbox Quilt Along” ( for which I bought the Kona Cotton Roll Up) which I plan to get to eventually – go and check it out, it looks fantastic.
So, have you caught my fabric-love “disease”?
I’m trying to be good this year, and not buy more crafty supplies, since, technically, I’m not actually *making* anything lately! But I do have a pile of fat quarters from that Wildwood range – it’s so lovely 🙂 I think perhaps this might be the year I *have* to finish a quilt, don’t you?!
I love your fabrics and the colours are devine. Im so tempted to join in the Paint box quilt along, looks so fun. Good to see your going to “sew Together ” we can finally meet! Have fun with your fabrics
oooh yummy!!! the quilt looks stunning and yes i agree, it would look lovely as a rug design!.
the fabrics would have been a lovely way to start the day
I think I’m well and truly infected with that disease…. I love the excitement of a new parcel of fabric arriving. There are worse diseases to have, non?
Great job with the quilt top.
(And yes… it wWOULD look great as a rug!!!)