Fabric Stashing

I haven’t done any sewing since my last post, but I have been shopping. A new hobby requires a new stash, right?

On Wednesday I took my Paypal debit card for a ride to Among Friends Quilt Shop, where I browsed and debated and browsed and debated some more, before coming home with these lovelies:

A beautiful stack of various fat quarters.

Some fabulous backing fabric.

The ladies at Among Friends were super nice and totally helped this newbie quilter. In fact, I was chatting with Rusty while she rang up my purchases and she gave me a bit of advice that I sorely needed: It isn’t always necessary to buy lots of yardage. Most of the time, unless it’s backing, a quarter yard or a half yard is plenty. This is exactly the kind of information I needed, because I tend to overbuy. In fact, I wish I’d heard this a few days ago, before I went and bought a yard and a half of Insul-Bright to make some potholders. Live and learn. (Thankfully it was on sale.)

I also entered a giveaway a couple of weeks ago during Sew Mama Sew’s May giveaway day, and I was the winner! Kate from The Quilting Professor sent me some gorgeous fat quarters that I absolutely love:

Aren’t those cherries fantastic?

I also ordered a few more fabric items online that have yet to arrive, and then I’ll be done stashing for awhile. When I first started knitting, I went a little overboard buying yarn without really knowing what I was doing, and ended up with some not-so-great items that I didn’t really like. I’d really like to learn from that, and move forward a little bit more deliberately and selectively.

I say that now. Feel free to remind me of this when I’m knee deep in Moda jelly rolls and fat quarter stacks, wondering where it all came from.