Thursday, July 18, 2013

A Few Purples

I know there are many quilters who never met a purple fabric they didn't like, but somehow when I am at the store I never come home with anything purple. It is like a blind spot! The final straw was this week, when I was searching my embroidery floss stash for purple thread, and there were only two in the whole box! I want to use some purples in Best Friends Forever, so today I hit the store. My main purpose was just to buy floss, but of course I came home with fabric too:


This is all from Art of Fabric in Pickering, Ontario. Fortunately the owner is a big fan of purple!

I think these will be perfect. Now that they've had their "beauty shot," it's time to throw them in the wash!
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  1. margaretJuly 19, 2013 at 1:16 AM

    some nice fabrics here to add to your stash. See you use stranded cotton, not a thread I use , should do though as I have a large collection of DMC.I like to work with just one strand and it is a bit fine,

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    1. MonicaJuly 19, 2013 at 9:34 AM

      Thanks Margaret. Since I discovered the loop knot, I use two strands for pretty much everything. I'll even look for ways to adapt patterns so I can still use two strands!

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  2. RachaeldaisyJuly 19, 2013 at 2:19 AM

    That's a lovely bundle to come home with!!

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    1. MonicaJuly 19, 2013 at 9:36 AM

      Thanks, Rachael! I hope to put it to good use. :)

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  3. KatherineJuly 19, 2013 at 6:49 AM

    You know it was hard to find just the right purples for Grace's puff quilt. I still have to wait until we decide exactly what she would like for borders before I can finish it lol. Purples are hard to find.

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    1. MonicaJuly 19, 2013 at 9:41 AM

      You had some great fabrics in that quilt, Katherine! Around here, I think there are lots of purples available, I just don't tend to notice them.

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  4. JillianJuly 23, 2013 at 11:01 PM

    In for a penny, in for a pound, I say! Now you can work up a plethora of purple projects. I'm partial to purple. I tend not to notice yellows.

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    1. MonicaJuly 24, 2013 at 9:53 AM

      You are right, Jillian. Now that I have this perceived "need" for purple, I see it everywhere!

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