Monday, September 9, 2019

My friend Gail has been working on a fabric de-stashing sale for a few weeks. On Thursdays she is kind enough to let Jessie and I have a first look at what she has put out for sale. Tomorrow the sale will start for the general public but she said I could come over today and have a look at what she had.

I started thinking about what I could make that might require new fabric. The Guild challenge this year is a circus theme and I’ve already picked out an elephant appliqué that I will use. I only had one suitable fabric for the elephants (I want to use grey florals) so that went to the top of my list. Sadly I left the list in my purse so forgot all about this fabric; I’ll look again on Thursday when I’m there for sewing.

Next I thought of the Jen Kingwell pattern I plan to start when Stacia and Deloise and I go sewing in October. I dug out the pattern and it doesn’t give actual fabric colours but it mentions neutrals and small prints. I was able to pick up a number of lovely fat quarters and neutrals that will work.

And I’ve had my eye on some really nice blue fabric for quite awhile but never really had anything in mind for it. I decided I’d get enough for a 3-Yard quilt; I had a bit of trouble finding the patterns that Stacia and Deloise picked in Houston but eventually found them in my computer filing system. I picked up some red that will go with the blue and I’ll add a third colour from my own stash.

Once I was thinking about the October sewing trip I started thinking about all the prep work that is going to be required. I bought a quilt pattern at CQA in Vancouver that I need to cut the fabric for, and I have a Cake Recipe (a technique I’ve never used) that requires some neutral fabric to be cut. The Jen Kingwell pattern makes use of templates so there is a lot of work to be done before I can even think about colours and colour placement, but having some of the fabrics is a start.