Sunday, March 9, 2014

SS: K's Visit Edition.

I'm linking up late to the party today because one of my favoritest people came for a visit. My quilting sensei, K! And to make things even more awesome, the temps are finally starting to rise above freezing, and everything teamed up to make this weekend super awesome. (Yay!)

And, because I miss K's invaluable quilting advice and assistance, I immediately dragged her to the fabric store to help me pick out a fabric that would make friends with my January Stash Bee blocks. 


I think this will do nicely. I had expected a massive search for it, but we walked in, and within two or three bolts, had located this one. Not bad, not bad.


I heard a rumor that IKEA was discontinuing their super popular large scale text fabric. (Thanks for the warning, Sarah!) While I think this is a ridiculous idea--why would they do that???--I happened to visit Chicago last week and made a trip to pick up some yardage. I only cut three yards, mostly because I was trying to show restraint, but I figure I'll get two baby quilt backings out of it, so that's good, right?


And because I have two littles with birthdays in the very near future, some truck fabric was in order. I'll be making them pillowcases for their beds. This set is for Banzo.


And this set is for Lito. I'll also be appliqueing them some t-shirt goodness and making some other party decor. Oh, the trucks. (So many trucks.)

These are my spoils for the week. I'm linking up with Sunday Stash, this week hosted by Alisa at A Stitch in Between!

10 comments:

  1. Ooh, I have a little nephew who has an obsession with trucks and a birthday coming up! Pillow cases are a great idea!

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  2. I love that blue fabric!! Cute boys fabrics too! I've totally missed out on the IKEA text fabrics, as we don't have an IKEA near us. Probably a very good thing (for my wallet!).

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  3. That blue fabric looks so fun!! I'm yet to buy any of that Ikea fabric; though if they're discontinuing it, I might have to grab some next time I'm there...

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  4. Great haul! Glad you managed to get some of the Ikea fabric. :-)

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    1. THANK YOU for telling me the bad news. Even if it made me sad.

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  5. Ikea is breaking all our hearts recently- just when I finally start to re-do my sewing room, they discontinue the Expedit line. :-( Love your trucks!

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    1. Really? That's just rude. Why do they hate us? Maybe they're anti-quilters?

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  6. I do love that IKEA fabric - I've got a few metres of it (5 or 6) that I bought ages ago but have never used, so I guess at least I've got some put away for whenever I want it. It's a fun print!

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    1. Oooh, lucky duck. You'll be prepared for when you get a hankering! Either that, or you'll make a killing selling it off to crazed fans! :)

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