Take one woman, work her to death and then let her stumble across a great online quilt along. Said woman will then obsess over the great quilts that are in the Flickr! group associated with the quilt along, and start plotting the quilt that she wants to make. She might even steal some inspiration from one of the quilts included in the quilt-along, and shamelessly copy the color scheme.

I never claimed to be original. Just crafty.

I ventured out with my two year old in tow today to the local Joann's to scope out fabric choices. This is the equivalent of stabbing yourself in the face repeatedly with a spoon while trying to retile your floors; the two things just don't go well together. The liberal application of a sheet of stickers calmed her down enough so that we could get down to business. We are moving Sarah into her toddler bed next week when we move into the apartment, and while she will be able to use the bedding she already has, we are going to need something new for the house. This quilt along looks to be the perfect excuse to throw together something bright and girly for Little Miss Thing. So after a few minutes of sticker-induced bliss, we had already snagged some SUPER BRIGHT SOLIDS.

Exhibit A:

HI! I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME OVER HOW LOUD THESE COLORS ARE.

Solids chosen, the real fun began: picking out the coordinating patterns. I wanted something still very bright and happy, but I wanted tone on tone fabrics. I like what I have chosen, but I do reserve the right to change any of them at any time based on my whims.

And then again, all together:

I will return later and get sashing and all of that, and I bought twice the amount of fabric required for the project because I will need to make curtains and pillows to coordinate; overall, I'm very happy with what I've got. I'll probably use white sashing and get more of the pink for backing/binding. That is all way in the future, though, because I still have to work my way through an Accounting test and moving into our apartment before I can even start on this thing. 

SO. EXCITED. TO. QUILT.

MUST. ABSTAIN.

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