Category: Fabric

I stopped by my local quilt shop on the way home from work yesterday.  Oh my, they certainly had a lovely selection of batiks.  I just had to have these yummy greens. And the blues. And bless me, the reds too.

  I am kidding about getting Sloppy.  One of my favorite quilting designers is a woman with the challenging name of Evelyn Sloppy.  Her books are terrific and I have made several quilts from them.  She must have a great sense of humor with that last name. The book of Evelyn's that I have used […]

  I dislike novelty fabrics.  I never buy them.   I find novelty fabrics to be gimmicky and way too cutesy for my taste.  How on earth could you decorate with them?   I never buy them ever.   They are so unsophisticated.  I certainly can't imagine having a quilt made up of them.  I really […]

  I have been on a budget enforced fabric diet for three or four months now.  It has not been fun, but simply necessary.  I don't know about the rest of you, but my spending has really been restricted in this "economic downturn".   I am lucky I can still scrape together enough cash to have […]