A few weeks ago, Craftsy had a free-shipping sale, and I was all over that, as shipping to Canada is surprisingly costly. So I got these two Fossil Fern 100-piece charm packs as I am planning to cut them up for hexies and make a large quilted tote bag. I have been checking out my books and cruising the internet, looking for that 'perfect' tote pattern! Does anyone have any ideas?
On payday, I headed on over to the Connecting Threads website, as I always have an open cart going! I had been hearing all about Amy Smart's book, Fabulously Fast Quilts all over blog-land, and since it was on sale, I bought it as well as two more copies of Katy Jones' 25 Quilt Blocks…to giveaway sometime soon!
I got 7 yards of this white-on-white print for my Impromptu quilt. I actually only need 6.5 yards, but as it was on sale for $3.56 a yard, I got extra. There is always a need for w-o-w prints here. Darn, as I think of it, I probably should have ordered more! I mean, how often do you see a w-o-w on sale?
Do you remember all the 4.5" squares I had started cutting with my Go Baby, for a paper bag quilt? I sort of stalled on it as I was kind of meh on having to cut a bunch of Kona-snow squares(I mean, how boring is that, anyway?). Then I got the Amy Smart book! The second pattern is this one(Fast Four Patch) and uses the same size squares, along with red and white strips, both of which I have on hand! Serendipity at it's best!
Lastly, I loaded up on the CT Essentials thread, which was on sale for $1.95 a spool. I use this for everyday sewing, machine piecing and English Paper Piecing. I never use my Aurifil thread for EPP shapes, as eventually, all the thread gets removed and thrown away.
As promised, here is a part picture of the purple Batik sheet I bought Saturday at the Caribbean Festival. You can see the Celtic cable border and hand-knotted fringe.
A close-up of the stencilled red turtles. I think they look happy!
My last bit of Happy Mail is from my sponsor, Paper Pieces. They sent me a small pack of hexagons and a small pack of tall triangles, as well as 2 mini charm packs, to be given away soon. You can click the logo on my upper left border to go straight to their online store. Don't forget to use the savings code!
I have more happy sponsor news, but you will have to wait till next post to find out!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
Jacqueline
Shopping is fun! Looks like you had a lot of fun!! Try the Swoon bag patterns... I'm sure you'll fall in love! I bought several last week and intend to make another soon.
ReplyDeleteBTW: I received my goodies!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! LOVE IT!!
Good Morning Jacqueline, I popped over to visit you to say thank you for becoming a new follower of Ivy, Phyllis and Me! and to say hello to you.
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely when we receive surprises in the post and I can see you are very excited to get going on your next project.
My friend is making a hexagan quilt at the moment.... it is slow going... but it certainly is beautiful and a fabulous way to use up scraps.
Have a lovely day today.
Best wishes
Daphne