Fabric Stashing

 The past week has seen the arrival of some bright and beautiful new fabrics here......

 .............an exciting package came for me from the talented and creative designer holly holderman of lakehouse drygoods...........such adorable fabrics from the brand new pam kitty garden line...............you can find them all at the fat quarter shop here........

 .............they are all adorable and i am so looking forward to making a new quilt very soon......

 .............i just had to sew a little bit with them straight away though, and as i had two partly completed bunnies being made for gifts, i made them sweet dresses with the apple prints.....

 ...............and little checked pantaloons from the sunrise studio fabric which was also in the package..

 ..............the colours are just the colours i love to work with and the fabric mixes perfectly with the earlier pam kitty morning collections as well as other manufacturers' lines......

 ...........top left is the sunrise studio scallop and fence fabrics......perfect to use for borders on quilts and pillows..... i decided to use the cheater print to make a pillow.........so quick :)

 .............and after the pillow i made a very speedy doll quilt by layering the cheater fabric with a piece of wadding and a piece of the aqua garden toile fabric for the back, then i hand quilted along the edges of the printed squares one evening while watching a movie...........i bound the doll quilt next day with the aqua daisy and vine print.................here it is on the blue doll's bed, waiting for a bunny......

                                                     .................or maybe two?...........

 ................these new little rabbits are called poppy (in the red dress) and pippin.......

 ............the tiny buttons i found a while ago to fill up my crafty stash were just right for this bunny dress.........

 ..............this week i am still painting and illustrating, but i'm enjoying a bit of sewing too.....having new fabrics in your stash is surely one of the most inspiring things for a crafter and quilter isn't it?.............

...............thank you for visiting me here, lovely readers, and for sharing my crafty adventures and inspirations with me.....it is always a pleasure to hear from you and to read your sweet comments......wishing you a wonderful crafty week and if you are in the colder parts of our wonderful blogging world....keep nice and cosy :)......................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx