Fabric Friday

Before I do my fabric Friday segment, I have a few other things on my mind. I spent most of yesterday at Laurena's Longarm quilting studio - I finished two more quilts - woohoo! I will post those soon but couldn't resist showing this picture of my little guy who was literally hurling himself onto his "big boy" blanket when I came home. (I hope this is a good sign that he will actually like this one!) This week I have also been catching up on bee blocks. I don't know how people participate in multiple bees - two is about all that I can handle. I have never been late before - but I did get a bit behind. Monet requested huge spider web blocks for our Boston Modern Quilt Guild bee. She made starting easy with sending precut fabrics. I have to admit that I was really intimidated by this block for some reason but now I am really interested in doing one of these for myself one day. It's hanging on my design wall right now and people who have come over have really loved it - it's a big hit with Nick too. Monet's fabric choices are impeccable . Patchwork Duck (Nicole) asked for simple square in square blocks with batik and bright cottons. I am about a week late with these, so I went ahead and made two.

Mary asked that we use the vase fabric as our focus to make a square or a rectangular block of any size. No size requirements made my day - I am SO bad at figuring out the math on even the simplest of blocks.

OKAY - onto Fabric Friday:

For the first time ever, I cut up one of my son's baby shirts! I was so scared to cut into this darling little button-up shirt, but he's long outgrown it and it's perfect for the little project I am doing for him. When I bought this shirt, I knew I was going to cut it up eventually because the print is SO cute - you can't see it in the picture, but those little spots are teeny tricycles.

Even though I love crazy, multi-colored prints, I have been thinking about how I really love simple fabrics too - particularly monochromatic fabrics or simply one color with white. I also love basic fabrics - you all know I love me some polka dots- but when I can find a basic that is not a dot or a stripe - I totally go for it.

This first picture is Wishing Flowers by Andrea Victoria:

Henna Garden by Sandi Henderson:

Sanctuary by Patty Young:

I hope everyone has a great weekend!