1 reel of cotton? Hmmm. . .

As I was in Truro for a check up at the dentist I thought I'd pop into the fabric shop and pick up another reel of the green quilting cotton as I appear to have lost mine. I have been having a good clear out this week so there's a possibility it may have mistakenly been lost forever. Having had a good search I concluded the only way to avoid putting the very hungry caterpillar project on hold was to go buy another reel (I'm sure if I find the original I'll use it anyway). 

So I popped in to pick up 1 reel of cotton  . . . or so I thought!


Stepping into the fabric shop is for me a bit like stepping into a sweet shop for a child, the jars are simply replaced by rolls of fabric. 

One reel of green quilting cotton turned into 2 - 1 green (as planned) and 1 purple (I figured get it now and the option is there, without having to make another trip). 


It didn't stop there though.  . .


Yesterday whilst having a look at another blog I picked up the idea of baby bunting to hang along the front of a crib or in a nursery - cool I thought and stashed it away in my brain. Seeing some lovely dusty blue polka dot fabric the idea came dashing back to the attention of my brain.

I loved the colours and so picked out 1/2 a metre of the blue and 30cm of the green to work with (with the green I was thinking it would working well in my patchwork quilting project in between some floral fabrics) 

Still with the bunting thought dominating I checked out the shops bias binding range (I can't say there was the greatest range) nothing seemed to jump out at me as the perfect fit for what I had in mind. Although, with the theme of spots on my mind this did catch my eye and had to come home with me (looking more closely at the fabrics i want to use at home, it might just work)

Again it didn't stop here, knowing full well that my 'normal'/machine cotton collection can hardly be called a collection I went in search of some blues (blues happening in a couple of projects just now) I managed to end up with 4 reels of varying shades that should cover most bases between baby blue and navy. 


One final item caught my eye as we were stood at the counter having fabrics and bias binding measured out and that was this little book . . .

OK so I couldn't resist, I need all the help I can get if I'm going to improve my skills and still love my sewing. Have had a little read and so far loving the tips! Might even share one I've put into practise already with you tomorrow.