Here’s some fabric I bought last weekend. My DH said he thought I should go fabric shopping, so of course how could I say no? Here’s the result:

I’ve already found a use for the dark red on the far right. It’s going in the border of my basket sampler. I came up with this border last night after watching the drag queen challenge on Project Runway.

Was it hearing Tim Gunn repeatedly tell the designers they needed to go over the top that made me lay the border out like that or just that I rarely buy enough of any single fabric to make a border without piecing it? Either way I still love it even in the morning light and will piece it together as soon as I wash that new red fabric. What do you think?

If you scroll down my blog you’ll find 3 new gadgets in the left column. They’re not the typical thing you’d expect on a quilting blog. I put them there because they’re useful to me, although I hope that some of you will find them interesting as well.

You might know that I make jewelry. It’s nice to know when the market’s down. That makes purchasing supplies much less painful if you know the right time to buy. Imagine if the price of fabric and thread fluctuated up and down on a daily basis!

The sudoku is for fun and inspiration. If you’ve never tried it, don’t let the numbers scare you away. It’s not so much about math as it is about logic and discovering the solution. Working on a design problem is the same thing, at least for me.

happy quilting! ^_^