I made my first garment. This is the third pair of underwear I’ve sewn. You may laugh, but this is quite an accomplishment for me. I’ve sewn straight lines for years. I’ve never embraced curves, and I’ve only sewn with right angle pieces of cotton quilting fabric.

I’ve recently discovered a new marking pen that I love. I 100% understand the majority of you have likely already been using a water soluable fabric marker for years, but I have not. In case you have not found this little gem, I figured it’d be worth while to mention it here.

Since the modern quilting movement is so huge now, there are always new lines and new fabrics coming out, but that also means turnover is fast. Lines come and go so fast that fabrics disappear off shelves. Once they’re gone, you can’t always find them again.

I found a new little gadget that was entirely worth the cost. It’s called a bias tape maker. They’ve been around for a while, but I’m usually not a gadget type person. I’ve made my quilt bindings and bias tape with a ruler and an iron for ten years. It takes time, but everything with quilting takes time. I didn’t mind the process.

It is a fun line, friends. If you like the vintage linens or retro flower power patterns, you’ll enjoy this line. It’s bright and cheerful and full of floral prints. It’s mixed well, though, with a few stripes and ginghams.

So what’s the moral of this post? I guess we all need to impulse buy fabric. Because if we don’t, someone else does and we can’t buy it anymore.