My Holy Grail Fabric Haul

I am willing to guess that you, dear reader, are a fabric lover. Am I right? Thought so. It takes one to know one. So, I am going to tell you about my greatest Ebay bargain, a black sack full of quilting fabrics which cost me about £7 plus postage. That was about 7 years ago and I have been looking for another deal like that one ever since.

The sack of fabric was massive and heavy, it had fat quarters, large pieces, medium & small scrap pieces and some yardage. I know, you probably don't believe me but its true, I hit the fabric stash jackpot. A lot of the fabric was very pretty, this person obviously liked maroon and autumnal colours but there was a wide range of other shades too, including 30's and feedsack repros, William Morris and liberty prints. I washed and ironed the whole lot as soon as I got it. It filled the washing machine and took me 2 days to process. I was in heaven. The bad news is I forgot to take a photo of this massive haul when it was all in one place. The fabric filled 3 drawers.

Fat Quarters.

Larger pieces.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. There were also some triangles that had obviously been cut for a project. They filled an ice cream tub.

 

The smaller scraps were put into my scrap bag and used as needed, until I got my Sizzix Big Shot machine and quilting dies about 2 years ago, then I spent a few days running the scraps through the machine. I'll tell you more about that in my next post.