fabrics to have and to hold

Do I need more fabric? No, of course not. But it does make me smile when I some that is just right for a project or that will coordinate with another print I already have.

Honestly, sometimes it's just nice to have a bit of pretty fabric to have and to hold. To match up with other fabrics and make grand plans for quilts you will make one day in the far off land of "someday" or "eventually".




But I'm also happy to say that many of these are already becoming things. In fact, I'm surrounded by several of those things as I type.

Many are secret for now, and there are lots of things I'm in the midst of working on. So I'm just gonna leave these fabrics here for now, and once I get a few things checked off of my to-do list, I'll be back.

With any luck, next week...

eight days a week epp block // pulling fabric

In a month of octagons, I decided that I could not resist making a true EPP project with this shape. I needed to start another project. Right? But for some reason, I had a hard time finding a design that I liked. Surely there are more options than what I found?

Not wanting to waste any more time, I drew up a pattern of my own.

But let's go back. Do I need another project? Do I have time for another project? Not unless I suddenly find that there are now eight days in a week. Which is what I'm calling my new block: Eight Days a Week. I'm sharing it bit by bit this week, working in near real-time.

Today you get to see the fabric I've pulled.

My goal is to make a pillow with the finished panel, and I want to keep it for myself. So I selected colors and fabrics that I'm excited about. Originally I thought I'd go with something more rainbow in nature, but as I looked at my fabrics, I knew I needed to go another way.

Since the design (which you'll see tomorrow!) features octagons, I needed colors or patterns that would be in multiples of twos, fours, and/or eights. I selected four main colors: red, navy, pink, and blue. Then I added in a floral that coordinates and some low-volume prints that also coordinate.



Since I have more reds than others right now, I'm not sure if I'll use them all. Once I start actually cutting and assembling, I might adjust this some, or even add in some others (any excuse to go fabric shopping?).

Eight or nine of these prints are Cotton + Steel, which really helps hold it all together, I think. Then there are a couple from other designers and some JoAnn fabrics from my stash.

Pulling fabric absolutely brings me joy. Which sometimes gets me into trouble because I start grabbing fabrics for projects that I'm not really ready to start yet, and then I just little stacks of fabric everywhere. But I think I might just need to share them here on occasion.

For now, I'm going to start cutting out my Eight Days a Week pieces so I can show you the next step tomorrow!