etc.

Not quite sure when it happened, or why for that matter, but it appears as though I am now the type of person who buys large-print fabrics. To wit:

This is what I walked away with from the Textile Museum of Canada’s annual “More Than Just a Yardage Sale” sale. It’s a fundraising sale they have every year and most of the fabric is donated from some local big-name fabric stores that probably use it as an opportunity to clean house & get rid of large samples and bolt-ends. Their spring-cleaning = good deals for us little guys = funds for the museum. Everyone wins!

I usually find myself drawn to smaller, more subtle prints, but seeing piles upon piles of these wonderfully colourful prints made me step well outside my comfort zone. I have no plans for any of it (except that bundle of grey wool at the top of the picture, that is destined to become some owls), but right now I’m very much enjoying the over-stimulation of it all. This little fellow, for example, I can’t stop cooing over:

Hugely impractical, but I just couldn’t leave him behind! The sale continues tomorrow; if you’re in the area, I highly recommend a visit.