I didn’t buy any fabric from the shops this week, but I have been shopping in my stash.
This is my favourite-ever fabric, and my very first “expensive” quilt fabric. It’s “Kaleidoscope,” the Hoffman Challenge fabric from 1997. The Hoffman company still has the information on their website.
I’ve been collecting companion fabrics for years, just waiting for “the moment.”
My #1 Goal for 2010 is to make a quilt using this fabric. I’ve always been afraid to cut it. What if my “most gorgeous” fabric ended up in an awful quilt? Well, I think my self-confidence has grown enough now to try it. The moment has come. 🙂
My Stash Report totals are the same — I’m in the Positive column, with 67.5 yards used.
Please visit Judy Laquidara’s blog to see other quilters’ Stash Reports this week.
Happy Sewing!
Mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm! Those do look lovely! Can’t wait to see what you do with them.
I also have a hunk of fabric I haven’t cut into. A very pretty batik that I had to have 3 yards of… it just got prettier and prettier as she unrolled it from the bolt. I take it out and pet it on occasion – just haven’t found the right pattern for it… yet.
Love those colors – but I am saving them too for a special quilt. Maybe we should do a purple and green challenge!
I am getting ready to cut into some old favorite yardage to make covers for some large pillows. I have a lap quilt with the same fabric, so it will be a great set. But, I am sure my hand will be quivering when I do start cutting – is this the “right” project for this fabric?
Liz
Exactly! You both understand me perfectly! My husband just didn’t get it (poor man). 😉
Liz, do you have this Hoffman print, too? I have never seen it made up anywhere but would like to! 🙂
Howdy, when you do make something with your batik, we want to see that, too!
Thanks for your comments. I always look forward to “speaking” with you!
Those are beautiful fabrics. I’m sure you will have a fabulous quilt when you are done.
That’s a really nice fabric. And I would be a little nervous about cutting in to it and making the right quilt. If you have EQ6, you could design the quilt and plug in the fabrics to see what it would look like. Just a thought.
Thank you for commenting, Krista and Mary-Kay! I wish I had EQ6 — maybe someday, fingers crossed! But in the meantime, I have coloured pencils and graph paper! And sometimes a little computer picture of some sort, if I can figure it out. LOL
I know exactly what you mean about having fabric you can’t bear to cut. I have a few pieces that I have been hoarding for years. I take great pleasure in just taking them out and admiring it. It seems to glow when I tell it how pretty it is.
If you can be brave enough to cut yours in 2010; I will start searching for the perfect pattern for my perfect fabric and use it in 2010 also.
That would be great! I wonder if anyone would be interested in doing a challenge with us? I’ll do a post and see if anyone wants to join us, shall I?
Thanks for the brilliant idea, Katie! 🙂
I remember that fabric, the guild had a mini quilt challenge, and I had such a little piece of fabric! I still have it hanging on the wall.
Oooh Lori… please could we see it?
I don’t have that Hoffman fabric, though it is very pretty. So, we have a possibility for two challenges – a color based one and a “cut into that perfect fabric one”….
hmmm.. which one to do, or both?
That is going to be one gorgeous quilt – the fabric combination is stunning!