Drooling on the new fabric...

It's a good thing I'm a rabid pre-washer. Not only does it force me to actually do laundry, but sometimes my drool ends up all over the pretty new fabric. My Moda Sunshine arrived today and it's so lovely. The paisleys are just the prettiest thing I've ever seen!

WARNING! Purchasing this fabric line is contagious!! (Thank you, Nancy for the shout out!) I agree with you that I'll purchase from Desperate Quilters again. They sent me tea!

Ok...less talking. More pictures! This is the entire haul:

And the Sunshine line that started the whole thing.

In addition to the tea, they sent me a bunch of free Moda patterns and some adorable Moda U postcards with block instructions on the back. The best is the back of their business card which has handy info on FQs:

I also purchased a FQ assortment of Moda Barefoot Batiks. The flip flops were just too adorable to pass up, and I adore the sea turtles.

Finally, a quilt blogger pointed out a chili pepper sale at Sew Thankful last week, and I had to get some for my DH.

So that is my fabric binge shopping. I really, really, really am going on a fabric diet for the rest of 07. This is the most fabric I've ever bought at once and I swear I have projects in mind for most of it.

Plus, I've had tonsillitis, so I totally deserve it, right??

Yearly Recommended Dose of Purple

I've had a diverse quilty day. I started by purchasing 2 yards of this darling black and white fabric for a FQ swap.

I also worked a bit on all purple blocks for row robin. I'm not really a purple kind of girl, so this was new to me. After making 4 all purple blocks, I feel as if I have met my yearly quota for the color. :)




Finally, I did a bit of hand quilting on my queen-size bed quilt. I'm using wool batting for the first time and am really enjoying it. I think it is fairly forgiving and shows the quilting really well. It's just very comfy-looking. I figure I can reasonably quilt 7-8 blocks per week, so I should (could) be done by the end of the year...