hello giant vintage fabric haul

Today is that magical day that comes once a year, where I play hooky from work and drive to Longmont for Quilt-a-fair, a fabric and quilting market held at the fairgrounds.

And then I buy a giant stack of vintage fabric that I don't need for crazy low prices. Seriously, when fat quarters of brand new fabrics are $2.75, a fat quarter of vintage fabric for a buck or buck and a half is totally awesome.

here's the overview.


while I often try to constrain my fabric shopping to Things I Actually Need or Fabrics That Go With My Next Project, I decided this year to just buy Stuff That I Liked, as buying stuff I like generally means that it goes with my stash, and I actually have been doing a pretty good job using my stash in quilts lately. So it was kind of rad when I got home and laid out my haul and realized that not only did it fit in with what I already own, it also kind of all went together.





















Six or seven yards of vintage fabric for about $25? Totally awesome.