I guess it was always there, just lying dormant, waiting to be unleashed.
Recently, my fabulous friend Kathryn sent me a gift that had some wonderful and unique fabrics in the package. My guess is that she procured them on her recent travels. I fully support her supporting my fabric habit. So you'd think my fabric itch would be scratched, right? Right?
Wrong.
Probably doesn't help that I subscribe to several craft/fabric blogs so I often get to look at new and lovely fabrics.
What do I make with this fabric? Well, you never know what I might be inspired to make. For a long time, I mostly just did home dec: covers for throw pillows, curtains, etc. Then I found out how to make baby carriers. Oh, the lovely fabric you can put on a baby carrier! I've since branched out into the occassional item for Sierra, as well as purses/bags (that's what I did for Christmas presents for my family this year). I'm currently working on a patchwork diaper bag for myself.
Not once, but TWICE this week, I had added fabric to an online shopping cart and then bailed, telling myself that I didn't "need" it; that I should be saving that money. Then, one of my favorite online fabric stores announced on their blog that not only were they offering a 10% discount on one of my lusted-after fabrics, they are also giving 3% of their proceeds for the next week only to Doctors Without Borders to help with the relief effort in Haiti. Fine, Fabricworm, you win. I could not resist a third time, and you got me. Happy? (Because I am!)
Fabricworm got me, but I got (or rather, soon will have):
Momo Wonderland Tea time in tomato
Momo wonderland Tweedle Dee in sugar
Patty Young Flora and Fauna Dandelions in Raspberry
Patty Young Flora and Fauna Hummingbirds in Lime
Riley Blake Bloom and Grow Birds in Blue
and Robert Kaufman Dill Blossoms Flower Blossom in Red
Sadly (or thankfully), they were sold out of Carolyn Gavin Wild Thyme Birds in Chocolate, or I would have probably bought that one too!
Just so you know I didn't go completely overboard, I managed to resist these and more!
Don't you want to go fabric shopping now??
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