Pepper top done!

This is by far the loudest quilt I have ever, ever done. It's a bit shocking, really. I had a bit of trouble with the borders because I am not very smart and kept messing up the math. New rule: calculate twice, cut once. The pattern is Caribbean Nights by Barbara Persing from the January 2006 Fons and Porter. Here is a close-up of some of the fabrics:

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??

Hot! Hot! Hot!

It's about to get warmer here in Indiana. So, I think it's a perfect day to stay inside and work on a hot pepper quilt. It's going to be a very loud quilt for my DH. Because the fabrics are so busy, I 've chosen a simple pattern.My cat, Bernie wanted to get in on the cutting action.

I tend to end up with the dreaded "v" when I cut a lot of strips, so I decided to fold along the selvage edge, rather than selvage to selvage. It's harder for me to figure out how to fold it properly along the cut lines that might not be straight. This method seemed to work well.
200 squares cut (with Bernie's help!)


Here is a preview....more to come!