Up until lately, I have shied away from red fabrics altogether. Funny — I love the look of red in quilts, but was always hesitant to buy or use any reds! I’m nervous they’ll bleed, I think, as the reds I’ve bought in the past have bled a lot.

Then I saw this on Wanda’s blog and fell in love with red!! So I’ve combed through my stash and found some reds. I’m really not sure where I’m heading with this other than the fact I’m playing with the idea of doing some postage stamp baskets and am thinking of making all the baskets red. The green is in there because I want to do something with it — maybe the handles for the baskets? And the cream — well, it’s just there ’cause I love it! There are, I know, a few more reds to be found in my stash and I’m going to dig them out in the next few days and see what I have.

This is all in preparation for the Creativ Festival later this month. I have a list of things I want to find this time: the Gypsy Gripper, which I’m told really helps hold a ruler steady; some red prints obviously; a few more Oriental prints and definitely some cream-coloured tone on tones. I was really disappointed in the fall when none of the usual U.S. vendors were at the Festival. I hope some of them make the trip up here for the spring festival!

Yesterday I thought spring was here. We had temperatures around 13 Celsius and it was heavenly. Short-lived, though. The wind picked up rather drastically and by the time night came we had a wind chill of about -7. We went for a walk yesterday afternoon and the air definitely had a feel of spring, although some of the wind gusts were incredibly strong.