Recent Acquisitions

Disclaimer: this post is full of very poorly-lit photos. Sorry.

Stocked up again this week!

First, art materials. An art supply store was closing down and 

having a liquidation sale. So of course I had to go. By the time 

I got there, though, a lot of the really good stuff was gone. 

There was a full rack of art markers all at half price but I had 

the two younger kids with me so I didn't dare browse. I left 

with some entry-level oil pastels to replace the dried up bits 

I'd had since childhood.

When Christmas is over and we hunker down for that long 

frigid stretch before Spring, I should probably put aside 

sewing for a while to work on more art (and I use that term 

very loosely) for our very bare walls.

Next, fabric - but of course.

My first online purchase.

I much prefer the physical store experience but oilcloth 

was hard to find in stores. Plus, I didn't even know what 

oil cloth looked like. So many blogger folks are in love 

with it so I thought I'd buy some just to see what 

it was all about.

Hmmm. Plasticky. But soft. 

What in the world am I going to make from it? Still, that 

question has never stopped me hoarding fabric, so I'm 

not worried.

Some wool felt, in doll-skin colors. 

Again another miracle fabric that had captured the hearts 

of crafty folk everywhere. So I went and procured some on sale. 

Nice. And an extremely familiar texture. 

Came home and discovered that I had a large bag of 

remnants of this, in multiple colors, from when my 

grandmother used to make softies. Fun! So that's what it 

was called! Some of those remnants still retain the shapes 

where she'd cut animal heads and bodies years ago. 

Got a bit sentimental.

And some miscellaneous ribbon.

The Measuring Lady at the fabric store recognized me, 

unfortunately. She said, "I know you! You come a lot." 

Sigh - she doesn't know the half of it. I used to just 

be obsessed. Now I am also notorious.