I was so excited yesterday to discover and sign up for this Block Swap! I've always been nervous about swapping, but this is going to yield charity quilts along with stuff for me, so I'm very excited.

I can't believe it's March 3 and I'm already ready to order fabrics - AGAIN! Lately I've been mostly purchasing fabrics for aprons, and that's because they really do require quit a bit of fabric. But now that I'm committed to this swap, and because I'd like to do some tea towels, it's time to make another order. Crazy!

Dots!

I went a little crazy at the equilter spots and dots sale a while ago, and now that my fabric is here, I'm glad I did! I'm in the process of designing a quilt for the county fair, and I know I want it to be very, very dotty!

Shopping!

In honor of me getting a new studio space (goodbye, old dining room!) I decided to pick up a few cute things from Loloko to cutify my desk.

I guess, theoretically, getting a new studio space means I shouldn't need to buy myself presents beyond that, but I did. Thankfully, in addition to being beyond cute, they are wonderfully inexpensive.

I was feeling really energized after visiting the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles yesterday. Usually I try to avoid doing too much craft-related stuff over the weekends, because I don't want my whole life to be about sewing. But then going back to the grind on Monday is so tough after all the socializing and partying and eating out and movie-watching. But seeing the exhibit there was a good reminder that I did choose the path I'm taking now, and for good reasons.

I really like the word "eponymous."

So I decided to post a picture of my eponymous quilt.

I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude this holiday season to people like the lovely Deborah of Chic Cosas for letting me sell my wares at small home shows. After all the hefty fees of the big summer street festivals in the city, it's a lot more fun (and completely free!) to eat cupcakes and show off aprons to somebody's book club friends and Mary Kay lady.

In between shows, I'm putting together some last-minute holiday gift sets, like this eye shade and lavender pillow combo that really is a literal vision of sugarplums...

So many aprons!

And this isn't even all of them! I can't even fit them all on the table I made them on!



And here I am modeling one so you can see the style: