I meant to make something creative and fabulous to post for Cinco de Mayo, but I just had a complete block. No matter how hard I tried--I wasn't inspired. Booooooo. Gena over at Blubonnet in Beantown however, has a very clever and delightfully splendid Cinco de Mayo recipe for Mexican Quinoa Loaf with Roasted Tomatilla Salsa that I cannot wait to try. It's just that intriguing.
Instead of Cinco de Mayo deliciousness I present to you, the fabulous deliciousness that is Heather Bailey fabrics.
My friend Leslie made the cutest little quilt from the Tanya Whelan's Delilah fabrics for her own little Delilah, and it reminded me of summers in Iowa, icy lemonade, the sound of cicadas and lightening bugs lighting up the sky. Seriously, it actually did. I figured that fabric like that had to come live at my house...it would be my own "Summers in Iowa" quilt. Wouldn't you know it...the charm packs for that fabric line are no longer available. Since my quilt has to have the exact same fabrics as Leslie's quilt in order for my OCD to be satisfied, I put it off for my next quilt...so I have time to study Leslie's quilt in detail.
With Summers in Iowa being moved to a 'deferred' status, I headed to this new fabric shop, Sew Obsessed that just opened here a couple of months ago. I say "just" kind of like I've lived here longer than a few weeks myself eh? What's so exciting about this store is their collection of Amy Butler and Heather Bailey...in stock! To some that may not seem like much, but I've been in waaaay too many stores where the only fabric I could find were the more traditional quilting calicos. And what's better than a store that stocks Amy Butler and Heather Bailey? Why hearing the words, "I have about 200 more bolts coming soon..." More Amy Butler? More Heather Bailey? More other fun fabrics? Yes please. If you live in Vegas, know that such places do exist...right over in Henderson. Henderson...what a magical kind of place.
So Heather Bailey Pop Garden and Smiley Jane fabrics came home with me, were promptly laundered and cut and now sit patiently waiting for the sewing extravaganza to begin this weekend. After piling over 300 squares though, I'm thinking I might have considered a bit of strip quilting...individual blocks is going to make for a lot of sewing...
Hopefully quilt does not go the way of the tangerine margaritas I was going to make you. This is as far as I made it....Happy Cinco de Mayo. ;)
So preeeeeettttty! I love me some Heather Bailey but have never seen it anywhere except online. Since I happen to just be Henderson, I'll have to head over----thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteSo dreamy, reminds me of a summer picnic in the park.
ReplyDeleteDid the limes eventually turn into tangerine margaritas, because you know I'd love to have one of those. :) Hope you are settling into Vegas life and your new job!!
So pretty, can't wait to see your quilt!
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous colors. Can't wait to see it. Makes me want to learn how to sew but don't think I'm patient enough. I'm def not patient enough to sew 300 blocks together
ReplyDeleteI love ice cold lemonade and fireflys...makes me think of summers in the midwest. And I haven't heard cicadas in years......great memories there too! I've always been in love with the HB Pop garden line of fabrics!
ReplyDeleteWe have a store near us that sells some great sandi henderson(sp?) fabric and it's very similar. that will be such a lovely quilt.
ReplyDeletehope you at least got to drinnk the margs...... :)
Tangerine margaritas? Yummmmmmmy!
ReplyDeleteLove this fabric line (and the delilah ones were way cute too!)
Love, love, love those fabrics! My breakfast room desperately needs some cafe curtains, and I love those gorgeous lime colors. By the way, I love Amy Butler too. Our tastes are eerily similar!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the finished quilt. I wish I could sew, but I can't even hem. That's how sewing impaired I am.
Many thanks for the nice shout out. A perfect way to wind up my day (that and my margarita).
Can't wait to see how it turns out. The Parker quilt store now has about 2 shelves worth of heather Bailey and Amy Butler and I was happy with that. I think I'd pass out if I saw hundreds of bolts of their stuff! :)
ReplyDeleteoh my that fabric looks yummy. I just bought a bunch of the smiley jane fabrics myself. it will be fun to see how they turn out!
ReplyDeleteI have been looking for a fabric store here in LV that carries Amy Butler. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo when do we get to see some quilt love? :)
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