unbelievable purchases in 24 hours.
I've been itching, itching I tell ya, to do some sewing. I spent at least 3 hours online last night looking for the perfect fabric for a tote bag swap I was asked to be a part of. Besides finding the perfect fabrics for the tote bag--I narrowed it down to 4--I found several other beauties just for me. Then, as if that wasn't enough goodness, today I found a stack of decorator fabrics super cheap. 11 yards total for about $35. I could just faint from the thrill of it all. I topped the whole thing off with some new patterns, a couple of sweet girly (seersucker!) fabrics for $2/yd, and a few journaling supplies. Then home to iron the freshly washed vintage fabrics a sweet friend sent me.
Oh, the washclothes will be monogramed a la mollycoddle. Molly has the greatest ideas. I plan on making Maisey some summer clothes with the girly fabrics. Usually I would rather make my own patterns because others just confuse me and make me want to throw the sewing machine out the window. But these look pretty straight forward and should save me some time having to trace it all out--I hope. I'd like to make some shorts for my son but do you know how hard it is to find fabrics for boys that my husband wouldn't forbid our son to wear?? I mean, that's besides fabric with comic book characters.
The next step will be to turn this small studio space overflowing with paper into a sewing room.
John will be working late tonight so I'll have plenty of time to get started on a few things. That is, if I don't decide to sit on the couch and play spider solitaire all night. With my bag of goodies by my side, of course.
Wow! Love all your new treasures :)
Posted by: Felicia | July 02, 2007 at 02:35 PM
yep, a good score always gets the creative juices going again, doesn't it!?
Posted by: melissa@yummygoods | July 02, 2007 at 07:38 PM