Fabric. Over the past few years and especially recently, it has become one of the joys in my life.
Non-sewing/crafting people may not get it but there is something so joyful and beautiful about a crisp stack of fabric in fabulous colours, just begging to be unfurled and turned into something amazing.
I buy a lot of my fabrics online and seeing that
parcel waiting for me in the post box can turn a bad day good and a good day even
better.
There is something about the possibilities, the
potential that is so exciting. It could be turned into a bag, a hat, a snuggly quilt for a new bub or just about anything. The list is
endless.
Selecting fabrics for my projects is by far my
favourite part of the process. My problem then lies in that I love my fabric so much I get scared and don't want to use it. What if I cut it up and make a mistake. What if I pair those fabrics together but the finished product doesn't look good. what if I stuff up the sewing and kill the entire project. I guess I am just a chicken. I'm a little ashamed to admit that there is more than one bundle of fabric in my stash that I am yet to use because I can't bear to use it. What if...
what if...what if....!!
The other dark side of my fabric obsession is the
buying of the fabric.
I have used the excuse of my new "Blossom Jam" adventure to buy fabric and "build my stash'. But I have to stop, for no other reason than I'm running out of storage room!
I know that my fabric
stash is nowhere near the size of some of my more advanced sewing/quilting friends but I think I need to draw the line soon.
Saying that....I bought more fabric!
Ooops!!
I take comfort in the fact that I
know I am not the only one of my sewing/quilting/crafting friends that
repeatedly says 'I cannot buy any more fabric for a while....oohh look that is gorgeous, I'll have 2 yards'
It's a sickness!!
One of my most recent acquisitions in my stash building fever is the beautiful 'Color Theory' by V & Co. for Moda Fabrics from the Fat Quarter Shop.
Something about the
colours just called to me and I was not disappointed.
Now I just have to have the courage to cut it up and make something amazing!