Yessir, Yessir, Three Bags Full!

By the time we arrived home last night, it was too late,and I was too tired to unpack my suitcases, get laundry going, and put things in some semblance of order. 

This often happens when I arrive home in the evening, but I do better with it in the summer when it is still LIGHT outside ----as it was, it was 2 hours past dark when I stumbled through the front door, and that meant that suitcase unpacking could wait ---

It was time for jammies, some visiting, a huge mug of hot tea ---simply to wrap my cold hands around and feel the warmth, more than to drink!

Sleep came early, and I woke up this morning NOT knowing what day it is!  Why is it that travel days just create this big void --- making a short week even shorter?

Upon talking to DH & son ----it turns out that THEY have plans to go motorcycle riding with buddies this weekend, which in all essence, would leave me home ALONE the entirety of Saturday.  Do I want to stay here ALONE while my bee-friends are RETREATING just a ways down the road?  Oh no, this simply won’t do! 

As if my mind weren’t made up already! ((Yes, it already was, but this cinches it!))  I am now headed to retreat --- but wait…which day??  TODAY is THURSDAY!  I thought it was only WEDNESDAY..that means that I have to do all this stuff today and be ready basically to pack up and leave for San Diego on Monday, before I leave for retreat tomorrow morning!  AAACKKKKI!

I jumped out of bed and started unpacking to repack!

These are the three bags full of scraps at the top of the blog…the three that I packed from the scrap bins at Fabric Fanatics!  Poor things, they were falling apart from being wedged in the bottom of my suit case!  But LOOK at what I got into them!

This might not look like a whole lot, but do you see how they are rolled up in tight little wads?  Watch!

Holy. Cannoli! THIS is a scrap?!  Yep!  If it was less than 1/4 yard, or less than a Fat Quarter…in the bin it went.  And from there, right into my bags!

Would YOU consider this a scrap?  Well, THEY did --- so I guess I did too!  Even if I did feel a bit guilty filling these bags to the gills.  It was like robbing a candy store!

Love the richness of the colors and the fun textures on these fabrics!  I never really collected batiks much, because I was always dealing with the other “prints” and stuff in my stash, and I knew if I started on a collection of these……it would be the equivalent of having a whole “nuther” stash that would get out of control. 

But I have an IMMEDIATE plan for these ---they have to make an appearance in next New Year’s Eve/Day Mystery for my return to Plano!  My brain is working on just what I want to do with this…

Folded, Sorted, Stacked.  Three bags of scraps.  $6.00 a bag.  $18.00 worth of scraps --- could you resist?  Of course I couldn’t!  What I love bout this is the variety I found.  It’s hard for me to buy off a bolt --- not enough variety can be gathered in a short amount of time, but this way?  It worked just the way that *I* work…a bit of everything and then some!

These stacks are TALL!  I love these black and whites…FUN!

From every angle it looks better and better!  Do you see that tall neutral stack in the back?  Neutral batiks are one thing that is hard for me to find ---so I dug through and found as much as I could to go with all the other colors.  Neutrals are boring, but we NEED THEM!

Along with the batiks, some gifted goodies came home with me!  One of my sweet students gave me this whole big piece of black pindot yardage!  I love pindots and polka dots…this is going to be a fun background for something down the road!

Sock Monkey Scraps!  Yes, there are sock monkeys in my Orca Bay, and in some of the other scrap quilts I’ve done….and they are fun to see peeking out amongst the other fabrics now and again.  This one is going right into the string bin.

A beautiful piece of pink with brown from Janet who said “TAKE IT!!” when I admired it….and I did!  ((I don’t have to be told twice! LOL!!))

A beautiful FQ that came in a tote bag gift at my lecture in Garland --- along with a magazine to keep myself occupied on the flight home, as a thank you for coming.  That came from “Happiness is Quilting” in Mc Kinney.

Gifted bonus triangles that will find themselves into a new project ((At some point --- the crumb bins ARE threatening to mutiny if I don’t do something with them soon!))

And a darling pin dot vintage apron from Janet!  I love vintage aprons!!  Just look how cute this one is:

Polka dots & Tulips!  It’s SO CUTE!!  Thanks Janet!!  ((Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on…..hehehhehe))

And with that…it’s time to get a move on.  I’ve got a ton load of stuff to do today if I’m heading to retreat in the morning!

Toodles!