start of a stash

I went to JoAnn's Fabric and Craft Store yesterday to check prices on cutting boards and other stuff I will need for quilting. They were having a big sale, with some cotton as low as $2 a yard. I started picking up bolts that I liked and pretty soon had to get a cart! I only bought cheap stuff (none more than $4 a yard, because I'll be experimenting with this fabric. Who knows how my first attempts on my own (i.e., without Kate's guidance) will come out. Anyway, I probably overdid it, but Kate will get half of each piece, so it isn't quite as much as it looks. I also picked up a few little items, just because they looked cute. I have no specific plans for either the fabric or the bits. As you can see, the fabric is mostly browns and greens. Just what happened to appeal to me and was cheap! I'll be looking in thrift stores for garments that I can take apart for fabric. I already have an expensive hobby (ceramics) so I'm trying to keep this one under control. Craft and fabric stores, like JoAnn's, are so tempting. There is so much cute stuff!

Today is another warm day, although the sun is behind clouds just now. I'm going out now to clean up the back yard a bit. All those tall plants that I didn't cut back in the fall are still there, waiting to be trimmed. Gardening is my other passion, but I'm going to try this year not to buy so many annuals. (I can hear my neighbors laughing. They know how irresistible I find the flowers that bloom in the spring, and in the summer, and in the fall.)