Adding to my Material / Resource Collection, Part Three.

Next, I went to a shop that specialised in quilting, and had a look at their selection - they had plenty of fabrics that came in 'fat quarters', smaller pieces that you could buy a couple of to use in your appliqué and quilting when a whole metre length would be excessive. I bought seven small pieces, choosing them only with regard to my own likes and dislikes. Like the designer fabrics I bought earlier this week, I picked fabric that had colour shifts, some metallic elements, and bold colours. I surprised myself when I reviewed my selection at home, realising that four of the pieces I'd chosen were more or less floral. The three pieces unfolded to show their larger repeat areas, and the top left folded scrap, were those four. However, I chose them because I was reminded of Kimono fabrics when I saw them. These prints - and they are true prints - are going to be a little less precious than my other recently acquired woven material, as the shop apparently has a large stock of many of these designs. So I can be a little freer in the rest of the section, should they come in handy.