On a more recent note...

Payday usually means I add to my fabric stash and/or shop for fabric for a new project. This time I bought fabric for future projects - one of which was just added to my quilting To Do List yesterday while I was searching online shops for the tuxedo cat panels I saw in in the Fons & Porter Easy Quilts Summer 2011 magazine. I came across a panel of safari cats (kittens) and thought of my grandpa. He loves the big cats - lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, cheetahs. So I splurged and bought a panel to make a lap quilt for Grandpa. I also found a panel with adult big cats at another shop and ordered it as well.

I haven't ordered from a small online fabric shop before but I have ordered from JoAnn online and have been satisfied with the service (and convenience) of finding and ordering a fabric that is unavailable locally. I don't know how easy it is to find the variety one wants in fabric in a big city, but this small city has its limitations. I tend to find more fabric online that interests me than I find in stores, or the fabric I want simply isn't available at the local store. I was rather restless and bored today so after I went to the library's used book sale and didn't find a single quilting book, I drove to Jerome to check out the fabric at their Wal-Mart since the local one doesn't even have a fabric department. I found the fabrics I'm going to use for Grandpa's quilt and you can't beat Wal-Mart prices. Well, JoAnn is my favorite place to shop because they have frequent sales, but as long as I can find fabric I like for $5 or less I'm happy.

Lately I'm strangely attracted to lime green and orange and rust colors in fabric. I think this is why I have a Maple Leaf quilt (for me!) on the To Do List of quilting projects.