While interneting this spring, I realized that I need to make a low volume quilt (thank you
Red Pepper Quilts and a double-gauze quilt (thank you
Made by Rae). Since I'm further along in the process of my double-gauze, I'll chronicle that fabric-hoarding shame spiral.
I've actually gotten so far as to actually piecing some HST but need more fabric to have enough for a full size quilt. I'm planning to use this on the full size bed in the nursery, though I seem to vaguely remember preordering a briar rose collectors pack from Heather Ross for the same purpose. Oops.
Plans. I think maybe they've changed since this?
So anyway, double-gauze isn't something I usually work with so I'm excited to see how this turns out. It also means I didn't have much to pull from my stash going into this project- just some Heather Ross & Japanese imports I had unintentionally collected.
Pretty Heather Ross
I started off at
Super Buzzy, my FAVORITE for Japanese imports & got some ridiculously cute panda & honey bear prints as well as some odds & ends I thought might work. At this point I thought it would be a yellow, pink, etc quilt though I have since decided to use the pinks on a separate double-gauze quilt.*
Just a few new fabrics... I might've gotten some extras for a different project.
After my super buzzy order arrived, I reevaluated my fabric choices (decided to make 2 different project) & made some basic guesstimates as to how much fabric I needed.
not sure why this last pic is so blurry
Then it was off to etsy, my 2d favorite source for Japanese imports. My first order is a good example of why etsy is a distant 2d- it never arrived. So I try tried again with a few other sellers & patiently awaited the arrival of my fun "kawaii" packages. At this point I had decided my quilt was going to be yellow, grey & maybe some blue. I had also decided to use some Heather Ross nursery versery even though it's not double gauze because why not. And I ordered some other odds & ends because why not.
for a future project... couldn't resist adding them to my order.
Once my 3rd round of orders arrived, I started cutting & matching up fabrics. I stopped about 3/4 of the way through piecing to count up my squares & realized I only had about 1/2 as much fabric as I need total so it was back to etsy.
I'm currently stalled out waiting for this 4th round of fabric to arrive & keeping my fingers crossed that it actually will. I'm pretty proud of how well I did only buying for this project (& the other future double-gauze project...) considering how full my etsy cart was when I went to check out.
*this is another one of my problems- the inability go just make one thing at a time. I always buy extra in case I like my project enough I want to make another or use the fabric in another project.
