Shopping spree, but blocks done

I started the morning of with sort of a sleep in – except that I wasn’t sleeping, I was ironing. I finished stitching the siggie blocks last night, but it got to late to iron them, so I did that after breakfast. My plan for the start of today was to stop by the craft shop – opens at 10.00, and if anyone wonders I have sort of flexible work hours – and buy a textile pen in green. Seeing as I’m doing my blocks in green I thought it would be nice to sign them with a green pen. The problem as always was to leave the shop buying only what I had in mind going in. So sort of preventing myself from picking up anything other than the pen I strolled right past the shopping baskets at the entrance. Well you can see for yourself what I brought with me to the counter, all bundled up in my arms…:

Can I say to my defense: I know exactly what I’m going to do with it? …at least most of it… The fabric with the butterflies was so pretty I just had to have a piece, and the silver stars, I’m sure I’ll think of something! And I have plans for everything else.

I’ve been invited to celebrate a friend from university’s 30th birthday on Sunday, and I was thinking of using the black fabric with the silver swirls and the lightest of the two purples to make her a holder/case/mini bag/”mobile-house” for her mobile phone. In the Christmas extra of the member’s magazine of the Norwegian Quilter’s association there was this really great pattern by AnnAKa, and it is a lot of fun to make – I made 12 of them as Christmas gifts, and then why not make one as a birthday gift to someone who didn't get one at Christmas. And I was thinking of making sort of a collage of the same two fabrics and use in one of the key chain frames, maybe also a small purse of some sort as a whole set – I'll have to figure out a small thing to make her twin sister as well, seeing as we are all going out together on Sunday. Wow, I hope I get a lot of free time untill then!

The white and the dark purple need to be washed, and then I’m planning to try to hand piece some Quilted Diamonds. I bought Linda Franz’ books a couple of weeks ago and have been flipping through them, and watching the DVD that came with QD2, and I feel my fingers itching to have a go. Jeanne from Luv2stitch told me she thinks I’ll enjoy making them – she has pictures in her webshots of some really beautiful diamonds she has made. I do enjoy English paper piecing – and Linda Franz’ technique looks more comfortable – no stiff paper between my fingers – just soft, soft fabric. Sigh..!!! Jeanne, to answer your question: I have seen the InkLingo on Linda Franz’ web site, but unfortunately the product is no good for me at the moment, as I don’t have a printer, ink jet or other. But one day, perhaps...

The pens and the rubber stamps will be used to decorate my siggie blocks – some time tomorrow evening. I have trimmed them tonight, and they look like this:

But now I feel like turning in...