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I found these great fabrics today in a collection from Michael Miller Fabrics called “Knitmare on Elm Street.” I particularly want the brown fabric with the pink skulls and knitting needle crossbones (it’s called Knit Pirate). –> Of course, I can’t find this particular fabric at any of my local quilting stores, even the ones listed on the Michael Miller website. I’ll have to keep a lookout for these online at a reasonable price. It figures I missed the eBay auctions I was watching while I was at dinner where a yard of this went for less than $2. Oh, well. The main fabric is really cute, though I seriously can’t think of what I’d actually do with it. The book by the skeleton’s feet reads “Quick and Easy Knitting Projects.” PRICELESS!

He also has a really funny collection called That’s Sew Wrong that has a scissors and skulls complimentary fabric called Quilt Pirates. I think the combination of the two would make excellent sock project bags.

In other fabric notes, I found a cute panel at the store today. It’s based on the old Rosie the Riveter from WWII. It’s called Rosie the Quilter and she’s got a rotary cutter! Once again, not really sure what I’ll do with it, but I knew I’d regret it if I passed it up.

As far as WIPs, I’ve got way too many projects started. I resolved today that I am not buying anything for new projects until I complete some things first. I stopped by Purls of Wisdom down in Parker yesterday for some help in interpreting the crocheted sunhat pattern that I’m doing. That should be my next finished project to share. I got stuck while on vacation and hadn’t touched it since. I did buy a book called Getting Started Knitting Socks while I was there and am starting my goal of learning to knit socks. I need to do my Boobie Socks and use the cool sock yarn I purchased in Kansas City. I am determined to have a first sock to show The Yarn Harlot the next time I see her! I’ve got a couple of dishcloths, a couple of bags, my alpaca scarf…the projects started are too many to list! That doesn’t even include the books I have to read, the cross stitch projects, the quilting projects…Man, I’m going to be a busy woman!

Last May I participated in The 30-Day Organizational Challenge on the OrgJunkie site and got my craft room in order. I was so proud of how it looked and I kept it clean and organized for quite awhile…until I needed to get to some fabric. My fabric stash is crammed into a couple of plastic totes and some drawers and unfortunately, I can’t find what I need when I need it. Around Thanksgiving, I needed a particular fabric that I knew I had, but just couldn’t find. I dumped all the contents of the totes and drawers out into the middle of the floor in a panic. It’s mid-March and they are still there (and I never did find that fabric I was trying to locate). It was the one straw that broke the whole proverbial camel’s back. Ever since then, my room became once again the dumping ground for anything that didn’t have a home.

I decided I needed to deal with this right away and while searching for fabric organizing solutions, I came across these neat little acid-free plastic fabric bolt organizers. They’re available in two sizes for both full cuts and fat quarters. It would be a little pricey to get enough of those to deal with my current stash, so I’m looking into some other plastic alternatives. It’s a shame they don’t sell those at quilting stores in 10 packs or something.

I was on a site called Oh! Crafty Me and she had the most wonderful piece of fabric that she had found at a place called Reprodepot. I’d love to have this wonderful pattern with sewing supplies pictured below. There are so many adorable patterns there. They are a little pricey, but I’ll definitely keep this site in mind when I’m looking for something special.