New Year SewAlong...I'm Committed

 Your only assignment for this week in the sewalong is to pick out your fabrics.

I was glad to see the cheat sheet before I began pulling out fabrics from my stash, photographing and posting on Facebook my choices for this...my First Internet SewAlong.  Yep, I had already thrown open the curtain covering the shelves that house my Fabric Stash and was contemplating which BOLTS to pull when I saw the word FAT QUARTER.

Okay, I can CUT Fat Quarters off the Bolts....It won't be easy though!

I've known and petted some of these Bolts longer than I've known my youngest grandson...he's three.

For instance, the Focus Fabric for this Group is from a Bolt of Fabric by designer Michael Miller.  It's called 'Aztec' and I've been hoarding saving it for at least nine years....probably more like ten, but who's counting!  I must admit to only having ONE yard of it left.  What was I thinking selling all but this ONE yard.  I should have kept at least THREE...Five would have been better. 

You can't really tell that a couple of these are NOT Fat Quarters, can you?

I tried to arrange them so the Bolts weren't obvious.

I'm working on my 'Parting with Yardage' issues.

I am sure Caroline of Sew Can She, is not expecting this New Years SewAlong to turn into

SewAlong PsychoAnalysis 101 2013.



 In her introduction, Caroline, who BTW is the coordinator for this SewAlong, showed TWO Groups of fabrics she plans to use.  So while I was at it...pulling Bolts Fat Quarters...I came across another couple of yards of this Focus Butterfly Fabric.  It's going to be really hard to 'Part' with, but won't it be stunning with these other Stashed Fabrics?  Since all I'm doing this week is selecting fabrics, I'm not Totally Committed to having to CUT anything into FQ's or Strips. 

 

I'm OKAY with that...it gives me some time to get use to the idea of being Committed....To Cutting, of course!  

If you would like to know more about The New Year SewAlong here are the links:

Caroline's Introduction on Sew Can She 

The Sew Can She 'It's A New Year SewAlong on FACEBOOK
 To show my Committment to 'Parting with Yardage'... I'm having a
New Years SewAlong GiveAway
It includes

A Bolt FAT QUARTER Bundle of 

The Butterfly Bundle...7 FQ's

The Aztec Bundle...7 FQ's

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Winners Announced on January 29th

Happy New Year Sewing!