New Stuff for the New Year

I was in Atlanta last weekend and finally had time to visit three area quilt stores: Tiny Stitches, Little Quilts and Intown Quilters.  I bought something a each, more at Intown Quilters, which is in Decatur and has a very modern vibe.

I did have a bit of a mission - finding light blue and green fabric for my niece Teyla's quilt.  I had some success and bought a few things for me, too!

 

 

At Little Quilts I found fabric based on Downton Abbey by Andover.  I bought a couple of pieces that I liked.  The Dowager's Paisley in black is really interesting up close.  And now I'm realizing that the bright blue one on the right isn't part of the Downton collection. It must have been in the collection next to it.  Oh well, it doesn't mean I like it any less.

All of this is being displayed on my new cutting table. It's a Galant desk with A-legs: birch top, silver legs.  I went to IKEA with the intent of getting a Norden gate-leg table, which has been mentioned on multiple crafting blogs and pinterest boards.  It would be a great table for crafting, with the drawers and compact, fold-up design, but it wasn't tall enough to be a cutting table and I didn't want to deal with figuring out how to make it work.  I looked at some table tops, but I couldn't get a big enough one with legs that would adjust to the waist-high height I needed.  One of the IKEA employees suggested I take a look at the desk combos around the corner.  Boy, she nailed it.  The top is large enough for a 23x36" cutting mat and leaves room on each side to lay cut fabric.  I just cut strips for a twin-size quilt and my back didn't hurt like it did when I was using the shorter dining room table this fall.  No drawers, but it's sturdy and easy for me to slide around the sunroom.  It also went together fairly quickly.

 

I also want to share a few faves from my stash.  The 3 similar prints are metre cuts I got at Liberty when I was in London in 2002.  It was all I could afford at the time, and haven't found anything worthy of cutting it up for.  The other print is a half-yard of Lodden B Tana Lawn from Liberty that I saw at Purl Soho in October.  Interesting how they seem to go well together.  Maybe there will be a project for this fabric in the future...after I get some more Liberty fabric :)  I did see a mini quilt that was really cute on Modern Cozy.

 Then when I was in Florence in 2008, I couldn't resist buying some trim at Passamaneria Toscana.  I have no idea what I'll do with it, but it called to me.  Not shockingly, it seems to look good next to the Liberty fabric.  Can you tell I like a certain shade of green?

Do you have anything in your stash that you can't bear to cut into?

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