Tuesday, January 18, 2011

I’ve been bad.

I’ve been scrimping and saving to make sure that I have enough money for my new house and I haven’t bought fabric in a long time. Well, I fell off the wagon the other night. What’s my excuse? Well, it was late and I was alone and bored and well, my new house has a hot tub (woot!!!) so the kids will need swimsuits, and I was bored, and well, there is no good excuse (did I mention I was bored?).

Here’s the haul.

I’ve been into making kid jammies lately so I thought I’d but some of this thermal waffle knit. It’s black and white so it’s great for The Boy too. I often find that I buy a lot of girl prints instead of neutral or boy prints.
Thermal Knit Owls White/Black Thermal Knit Elephants White/Navy

 

Seeing as my new place has a hot tub (***squeeeeeeeeee***) I’ll be needing little girl swimsuits. I have made them before when we went to Hawaii and they are super fast and easy to make. These are not prints that I would pick for myself but they are cute and the girls will love them. You will especially never see this French Canadian/Blackfoot Indian mutt (me) in yellow. I have olive, olive, olive skin that looks horrible in yellow.
Nylon Lycra Tricot Swimwear/Activewear Floral Black/White/Green Nylon Lycra Tricot Swimwear/Activewear Cadence Yellow/Brown Nylon Lycra Tricot Swimwear/Activewear Floral Black/White/Blue

Nylon Lycra Tricot Swimwear/Activewear Gabrielle Royal/Pink

 

I also ordered a swatch of this Jersey ITY. They have lots of fun prints. I sometimes don’t get the best knits from Fabric.com so I wanted to try out a swatch. I almost didn’t tell you ladies because there is only a few yards of some of them and I really like them all!
Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Strokes Magenta/Maroon

I also liked these colors.
Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Dot Daisies Orange/Green Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Panel Paisley Purple Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Strokes Royal/OrangeStretch Jersey ITY Knit Abstract Purple/Turquoise/Grey Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Geo Border Purple/Black Stretch Jersey ITY Knit Electron Stripe Yellow/Turquoise

 

I also got a swatch of this Rayon Stretch Jersey because I really liked it. We’ll see if it’s too thin for tops.
Stretch Rayon Jersey Knit Dash Lilac