It was very cold at the bus stops!

Well yesterday didn't go so well. Lots of delays at all my stops. A couple of places I didn't get to after all. I'll go again on Thursday.... maybe. At the library I quickly found one book and a couple of CD books to bring home then hurried to catch the next bus. When I finally arrived at the fabric store I had about 30 minutes to quickly pick out some fat quarters before my daughter picked me up. She had classes last night so I had to go.

Here's the book from the library. I picked it to learn about lights and shadows in quilts. I didn't have enough time to look for other helpful books.

Here's the fat quarters. I decided to stay with cottons instead of batiks. Batiks are very tightly woven fabrics and I need a looser weave for the quilting ideas I have. I think these colors will make some nice roses.

For such a tiny bundle these were pretty expensive. $2.50 per fat quarter. If I had the time I would have looked for yardage and had it cut. On the bolt some fabrics would have been $7.50 or $8.00 a yard instead of $10 as a fat quarter. Oooo.... that's not very thrifty of me. I have to make better "time" plans for my next shopping trip.

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As you can see too, there aren't a lot of mottled fabrics. I didn't see many. Either they didn't have many or I just didn't spot them on the shelves. I think these fabrics have enough light and dark areas to work for me anyway.

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Ok, a full day of house cleaning and laundry awaits me. Time to get started.