Fabric Crush Again

I always say I can visit my local quilt shop in 'a few minutes' but any one who has ever gone with me, or sat in the car while I run in, knows that it's more likely to take forty-five minutes to an hour. Time goes more quickly when you're having fun - so it's easy for me to lose track of time while I'm inside. Less easy for the people waiting on me...

So I was surprised when my husband suggested I stop by while we were out anyway. I hadn't been since August, but I promised I'd try my best to be quick.

Forty-five minutes later, after drooling over nearly everything in the place, I came back out with only two charm packs - but I can tell you, I'm already plotting how to get back and pick up some coordinating yardage.

I am absolutely in love with this collection. The colors are amazing, and I just want to pet them. There isn't any unusual texture, but don't they look like there should be?

It's impossible to choose a favorite color. The dark brown is perfect, not too red or too grey, and I just love the pairing of these louder orange and green colors.

I have a couple ideas of what I'd love to do with them, but everything I want to do - beyond just keep petting the blocks - requires a trip back for yardage. I knew this would be the case when I picked up the charms, but I also knew I needed some time to look at all the colors before I decided which one/s I wanted yardage of. Otherwise, I was very afraid I'd blow my whole paycheck on yardage...

See, my charm pack buying problem is really about saving... and giving me more time to look things over before committing to larger pieces... and... perfectly justifiable. Yep. No problem here. Not at all.

Which clearly means that I need to pick up a couple more while I'm there this week.