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September 4th, 2008
Yay!! My Joel Dewberry fabric is in! It arrived just before the baby shower preparations, & I haven’t had a chance to start on my quilt yet, but the plans are laid & waiting for me. Very simple plans, of course, because it is to be my first quilting experience, but it’s nice to know the plans are set.
I’d been unhealthily coveting that almond sparrow fabric there on the far right since this post. I started the search for what turned out to be the very mysteriously disappearing print & couldn’t find it in any online quilt shops. I called a store in a neighboring town to see if they would magically have any little birdies waiting for me. The woman sounded like she’d heard the question several times before. “If it has birds, I don’t have it. I’ve got Joel Dewberry, but only the turquoise stripes & dots. Usually when a print runs out, that’s it…the designer only runs so many…” Sigh. Eventually I turned to Ebay & in desperation actually considered buying the little sparrows for $25/yard. !!! Thankfully Anthony saw what I was doing & told me we’d find a way to work around the lack of sparrows. So we came up with a new color scheme, still in the aviary collection, but the line of yellowy fabrics instead of browns. I chose new prints, laid out my plans on Photoshop, & somewhat discouraged, went to order the new picks.
It turned out to be a wonderful day for fabric purchasing. The shop I’d planned to buy from magically had the little almond sparrow print in stock! I veered back to my original plans, upped the amount of my coveted print, & in very high spirits, placed my order as quickly as possible. I was so worried the little sparrows would fly away again, but I finally reined them in!
So there they wait for me. I’ve already cut into the sparrows & sent a bit off with my sister to San Francisco so she can begin working on Ella’s baby book. I’m thankful for that first cut that’s already been done. I tend to stash my most beloved fabrics as I feel they’re too beautiful to use. But these, oh these fine prints will look so much nicer once they’re bundling up a little girl named Ella.
