The last fabric purchase of '08...

I dragged Mom to the local quilt shop (maybe that's too strong -- she goes willingly now) just before I left town the other day. The store had relocated since the last time I'd visited from a tiny, cramped dark house not without its charm but a little depressing to the spacious old pharmacy up the street. Now it's bright and airy, and it looks like they've doubled, if not tripled, their inventory. The staff even seems more buoyant, the quilts on the walls cheerier.

I could live there now, right over under the blues and purples...maybe move over by the greens every once in a while for a change of season. Put the piano in the corner with the blacks and whites and hope they won't notice.

There was SO much great fabric, it was a little overwhelming. Faced with so many fantastic options, the project ideas just start rushing into my head and I get a little tipsy thinking about all the possibilities.

Who needs alcohol when fabric can do the trick? Not necessarily a cheaper addiction, but it's much easier on the liver.

They've always had a great collection of Kaffee Fassett fabrics, and it looks like Westminster has jumped on the pre-cut bandwagon with "Westies," 6.5" strips packaged in different color ways. I'd never seen them before, and found the greens and purples hard to resist. Besides, it would have been rude to leave empty-handed after drinking in all that color...

I feel a Log Cabin coming on!

Happy New Year, everybody!