Recent Stash Additions

Due to my tight schedule, I've been bookmarking projects online, dreaming up my own creations, and doing a little stash building. Today, I thought I would share some of my recent additions. I do have some more things coming later this week too, including my fabrics for the Dead Simple QAL. Like I mentioned before, I'm shifting some priorities around so I have more time to create, so soon I should be doing some stash busting.

First, I'll start with some patterns. A mix of vintage and modern, as well as a doll pattern that I searched for quite a while to find.

Now onto the fabric...

This is a swatch that I got from Spoonflower on their free swatch day. I know they are all the craze right now, but I'm not that impressed with the quality of the fabric, especially for the price they charge. I will either stick with prints from someone else of good quality, or make my own printed fabrics. I'm just glad this was free.

A very lovely plaid I bought from Mena at The Sew Weekly. I'm thinking I may make a skirt (or two) out of it, or maybe see if I can squeeze out a dress. I love that she included some buttons and matching piping with the fabric.

This is a very large piece of linen that I got from an Asian eBay seller. I'm going to embroider parts of it and then frame it. This is going into the future pile until I decide what parts I'm going to fill in with embroidery.

More linen from the same seller I got the large map piece from. I love Red Riding Hood so that fabric was a must-have for me.

I have a project in mind for these florals, as well as some others I already have and some that are coming to me.

After working with 1001 Peeps, I fell in love with the quality of Lizzy House's fabrics and love her designs. This print is going to become an apron.

A mish-mash of fabrics.

And finally, some holiday themed prints. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, but I had to snatch them up before I couldn't get them anymore. I had to hunt a little for the beige Scandinanvian print and bought out the last 1 1/2 yards from the seller.

With fall coming, I'm craving some new yarn projects (and really need to finish some things I didn't last winter). I have plenty of yarn though, so I won't buy any of that until there's a good sale or I start something new that requires it. I've been approached to make some items for an old high school classmate, which is pretty exciting. I don't make it a secret to anyone that I do want to be working for myself and supporting myself through craft.

Tomorrow, I will be sharing my travel watercolor kit and a sketch of a project I'm doing for my ceramics class. I am also working on a quilt design and will be making a sample block for it before I reveal the pattern. I did some searching online and didn't find anything like it. It will include regular piecing, applique, and a little embroidery. I've been working on some other WIPs as well, most of which have been centered on finishing my kaleidoscope quilt. Once I have the top finished, I will show it off.

I hope you enjoyed seeinga little of my stash. Is anyone interested in seeing more of these posts?