🐣 Pastel Chicks 🐣

Pastel chick fabric from the Nana Mae II line is lovely and may be a little tough to find since IV was just released. I don't know about you, but I miss actual fabric shopping in a little mom and pop brick and mortar store. It's great to get mail but there's something so special about an actual shopping trip for goodies and in finding things that you wouldn't have even thought to search for online. Maybe later this summer a road trip will be in order. 

Packages Keep Arriving

SCORE! Polka dots are my absolute favorite basic to work with and these are so super cute with the rings of dots...they go with nearly everything! Lizzy House's Mini Pearl Bracelet line is the perfect size print for smaller scale piecing and it arrived today in a rainbow of colors. I also managed to scoop up some of the original in teal & navy. 💙

Mr. Fabulous & our mail carrier are just SO excited about all the packages arriving daily. 😆

I'm figuring the saved cost of my commute to work the past 2.5 months more than covers the online fabric spree...but I don't think everyone is a fan of this new budget math. 

Surprise Fun Mail Arrived

Not much tops Fun Mail...but Surprise Fun Mail is super fun! 

30s reproduction fabrics in some bright, happy colors just for me from my mom. Thank you, this made my day. 

Browsing over the photos from the "shoe organizer", better known as the 30s repros bin around here, it looks a little shabby compared to the new cubes. A refresh is in order: a little reorganization & some serious refolding will do nicely. 

I pull from this section all the time and just took out all the yardage and bits stuck in there awaiting the arrival of the cubes. Now that the second row of cubes is dedicated to 30s prints, arranged by color (of course!) and the old Dear Jane storage cleaned out, it's time. 

This will make a decent, fairly quick project to keep me busy for the last week of school meetings and/or a break from grading this final week of school. YESSSSS my friends, it's been such a long year---and we're ready for summer like never before. 

Piece,

Heather

More Than a Minute, I Suppose...

A few more bits of the Aneela Hoey are arriving, slowly but surely. I can't wait to add this to the modern fabric section! Fussy cut goodness just waiting to be added to...honestly, I'm not sure yet. You may remember an old post about modern fabric goodness and some hexies. A spare bit was used for a Farmer's Wife block but munchkin claimed it immediately...

and who could blame her---there's a pink hedgehog in it, after all.

Piece & Fussy Cut Goodness,

Heather

Momma Goes Modern for a Minute

Did I really say it was impossible to find Aneela Hoey fabrics? Fun mail arrived all at once from various corners of the world today...ok, there are still a couple packages en route but we'll keep that between us. There's even a tiny bit of Sherbet Pips coming soon----oooh yes, happy dancing! For the fussy cutters among us, this is a truly spectacular find. Meanwhile, the Heather Ross is on hold until I snatch up a couple more pieces of this incredibly difficult to find fabric. Her 20th anniversary collection is due out any moment and the refresh button is getting a workout since it was coming out "mid month". 

I'm pleased to report there are some amazing 30s reproductions still available but it requires a little digging. Twiddletails is probably the best source I've found so far other than the Fat Quarter Shop and Grandma's Attic Quilting. The local shop is back open, it's not terribly close but they may get a visit in a week or two, as well. Also, if you love Judie Rothermel's beautiful prints as much as I do, her shop is located in Ohio and it's called the Schoolhouse Quilt Shoppe. It's fantastic!

Happy Fussy Cutting & Fabric Hunting!
Piece, Heather