Monday, February 21, 2011

Pretty fabric, what to make?

I'm asking for ideas. Sorry for the wrinkles-- this is straight from the shopping bag to the clothes line the largest display space I could find.

I bought this fabric from Fabrics R Us on San Jose. This piece is 5 panels long (a little longer than 3 1/2 yards), 60 inches wide. The white floral sections are an almost square-- 23 by 22 1/2 inches ( 58.5 by 57 cm) with a 3 inch (7.5 cm) border lengthwise (6 inches (15 cm) between motifs) and 3 inches crosswise. It's a woven, not a knit--fiber content unknown. The fabric is thin and drapey. Maybe a blouse? Or doing the squares on the bias, or maybe creative piecing or color blocking?

I admit, I bought this in another colorway (royal purple) earlier this season. That piece is still in the stash. that I'm delusional. I checked my stash and I must have been imagining the purple colorway. I love the bright colors. Orange/coral is going to be a big color for spring.

Friday, February 11, 2011



"But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963

Please let the transition continue to be peaceful.