It was a magnificent Monday!

It was a magnificent Monday!!! It began with breakfast with my quilty lady friends and a truly tasty coconut waffle -- with a yummy side of bacon. And then I said "I'm thinking of going up to the Fabric Shack. Want to join me?" And my partner in crime shopping, Stephie responded "Sure I'll go." So off we went. Now I'm lucky to live only 30 minutes or so from Fabric Shack . If you haven't checked them out in person or online, you should. They have a fabulous selection of fabrics and great prices. And they didn't pay me to say that - the people in the store are just as nice as their fabric!

So after a lovely drive, blue skies and sunshine, we arrive. Stephie urged me to ask if the new Kaffe Fasset collection had arrived. We are both BIG fans of his fabric and the buzz was there would be new fabrics this week. So I asked and they said "Wait a minute, Mandy will bring it over from the warehouse." In a flash, Mandy back up her BIG SUV and opened the back hatch and oh my goodness!!! It was absolutely stuffed with bolts of the new Collective by Kaffe Fasset, Brandon Mably and Phillip Jacobs. There were EIGHTY TWO bolts of gorgeous fabric! (If you want to check them out I put links on each of the designer's names and you can click on them. I'm not responsible for any damage to your keyboard from drool- LOL!)

So I know stop with the yammering and show me the fabric.... here it is...

Group photo!

I was GOOD, very very GOOD. There were 82 bolts and I only got a 1/3 yard cut from 24 of them. Such restraint! (Again with the disclaimer, I'm not responsible for your spewing your coffee on your keyboard from the absurdity of my statement regarding restraint.)

Here are the cool blues...

the hot pinks and reds...

and the wonderful wonderful yellows....

I was thrilled with how many yellows were in this collection. Now I can't wait to cut into these beauties and sew sew sew.

Getting these fabrics was a total surprise. My main intent when I decided to go to Fabric Shack yesterday was to get a yard of the rusty Moda Grunge that I need for my Hourglass quilt -- never fear, I did get it and 3 yds of the buttery yellow Moda Grunge too!

It was a magnificent Monday!

Happy stitching-
carol fun

I meant to behave...

Source: via Carol on Pinterest

Okay, who am I kidding, I didn't even try to be good. I went to the NQA show last week in Columbus on the hunt for Kaffe Fassett fat quarters and boy did I score!!



I came home with 40 Kaffe Fassett/Phillip Jacobs/Brandon Mably Westminster Fabrics. And I got a 2 yard piece of this....



it was marked down at Quilt Trends and was the end of the bolt.

Now I do have plans for this fabric. In fact I have plans in my head for at least 3 quilts. First, off I want to finish my Swoon blocks - I need 2 more. And then there is a string pieced quilt I saw that used Kaffe fabrics and black and white prints - love it. And then there is a 36 patch block variation that is talking to me too. Hopefully if I get all these tops made I will put a dent in my Kaffe/Phillip/Brandon stash. Right now it is escaping the bonds of its little (24 quarts is little isn't it?) plastic bin. My goal is to use enough of the fabrics to get the lid to snap on. I have no illusions that I will use all of them up, heck - I don't want to use all of them. They are so pretty that I need to have some around just to pet and admire.

PS- I've found in general that it is more fun to misbehave than behave at quilt shows so something like this is bound to happen again.

Happy stitching-
carol fun