Kim and Ncole both chided me for not sharing the fiber bounty. All I can say in my defense is that they are for surprises guys! You’re all gonna get me in trouble…you’ve got me out trying to take pictures behind peoples backs and makin’ sure no ones in the room when I’m uploading photos and being all sneaky and stuff…

While it was a rather big shopping trip (for me anyway), it really isn’t anything all that interesting. Not like those beautiful, dainty, fabulously feminine, bird prints I came across….and didn’t come home with….and haven’t stopped dreaming about and coveting and lusting after since…why didn’t I just get myself a little bit, just a little? Half a yard at $4.25 a piece….but no, I was spending too much already….and it wasn’t what I went there for…and the only reason I would buy them would be to make them into something for me to enjoy….frivolous…with their sweet, sweet, soft colors and charming coordinating fabrics. No, I have nothing to share like that.

But it’s still all good stuff…

Including some birds of a different sort,
destined to be holiday pajamas…
I actually bought this a little while ago, but I just washed it with the new fabrics.

A sneak peak at Iain’s future quilt…
and the binding for Elijah’s quilt…
for Halloween…The brown batik was of my choosing, the orange-y stuff, decidedly not.

And, in the interest of full disclosure (I don’t want to be accused of holding back here!)…
blue and gray felt, thread, natural muslin, chocolate brown ribbon, batting, stone blue binding, beige lace, and a marking pencil rounded out the trip.

Then there are the fabrics that the boys bought. Piggy banks were raided before our trip and the kidlets had a bit of shopping excursion, before being whisked away to the park by Steve, while I set to my top secret mission. They are, uhm, interesting, but, uh, perhaps in a different way….

It was really funny to watch them chose. They came at it from such different angles. Elijah picked the one fabric that he especially wanted for the one project he had in mind. Iain on the other hand, wanted nearly every fabric he came in contact with. And only stopped when he ran out of money. And even then he struck a deal, ransoming off putting away a load of laundry, in exchange for one last fat quarter.

These are for bedding for the bunk beds that Iain plans on building for Elijah’s and his dolls…
And these are for Christmas presents…I’m not sure exactly what they are intended for, but I was told I had my choice of fabrics. I’m thinking the batik, possibly the purple with the swirls… Try as I might, I just can’t get behind the pineapples though. But can I tell you how much I love his off-beat, unique sense of style!

The stripes belong to Mr. Elijah Rain, and I’m told it’s to be coupled with a sweet bunny print from my stash, in the form of a bag.