These fabrics arrived in the mail Tuesday from Pink Chalk Fabrics, which I ordered using the gift certificate I won during the Quilt Festival hosted by Park City Girl. Pink Chalk Fabrics’ mailing charges to Canada are among the least expensive I’ve found. The package arrived quite quickly too.
Along with these 3 half-yard cuts, I ordered a yard of Kona Snow, which is a fabric I’ve been wanting to try out. I love the feel of it.
We were outside on the roof garden for a while Tuesday. The crab apple trees are blooming and the scent is absolutely fabulous! Just standing underneath this tree was wonderful.
The other crab apple tree on the roof garden isn’t quite as fragrant, but is still glorious. As you can see from the cranes in the picture, there’s a lot of construction going on around us. More and more high-rise condos being built. Traffic congestion is bad enough now. I can’t imagine what it will be like when the new condo towers are up and full.
Lester in his normal spot — on the windowsill. The robins are definitely keeping him entertained.
Smudge was very busy watching the robins early Tuesday morning. He was sitting on the windowsill, his tail was swishing and he was chattering away. It went on for at least 5 minutes. It’s so funny to listen to them when they start chattering at the birds. I think it must have been exhausting — he had to have a rest afterwards with Raggedy Ann.
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beautiful fabrics. they look just like the cherry blossom pictures.I am using kona snow for the center of the JA quilt. It is washed and ready to cut.-that reminds me-where did I leave that fabric.hmmmmm
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Ahhhh…Beautiful roof garden… that one must be wonderful.. love the fabrics too!!! :o)
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So beautiful and very welcome I know. Love your new fabrics and the Kona is wonderful to work with and my only complaint is it sometimes acts ravely when I have to unpick! LOL
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Ooo, fun mail! The crabapple tree is just gorgeous! I’ve never smelled them before, but would love to. My daughter’s cats love to chatter at the birds, too–such a funny sound.
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Congratulations on your win! I see you used the certificate wisely. Those cats just crack me up. The robins must look like quite the meal.
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Beautiful fabric. I can smell the crabapple tree from here. 🙂
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the trees are beautiful. The redbuds are losing their flowers here in the rain. The Kona Snow is a really soft white that goes great with the 30’s fabric repos.
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Those fabrics are just too delicious, Cathi!Yes, quilt motif books are great resources for brainstorming on how to quilt a quilt. They are great designs for handquilting too. You can order them at:http://www.quiltersvillage.com/store/products/quilting_motifs_vol_7
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Oh,what gorgeous fabrics! Looking forward to see what you make with them! Beautiful flowers on the roof garden!
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Pretty fabrics! I love Kathy’s Pinkchalkfabric shop. She has the most gorgeous fabrics!
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Very cool to get stuff in the mail, Cathi! A crabapple tree, ha? I’m not sure if I’ve smelled those or not. Memory doesn’t serve!!! :{ Hope you’re having a good day and got some good nap time in like Smudge did. He’s such a lounge lizard.
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Very pretty fabrics Cathi. The Kona does feel wonderful but as a hand piecer, I don’t recommend it. It’s a lot more loosly woven than other fabrics and ravels real easy…always clip, don’t pull on the ravels. Save it for larger blocks that won’t be handled too much. Of course this is all IMHO LOL.Crispy
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