I restrained myself ...

from cutting a bit of this Dutch wax print for myself when my 18-year-old nephew,

newly home from a trip to Burkina Faso,

asked for some help in hemming this 60 inch piece of yardage

leftover from an outfit he had made.

Note: next time family member goes to Africa, ask for fabric.

He bought this entire piece of 12 yards for about $14.

I also restrained myself from not buying too much fabric

at the local discount store, which cuts half metres on Wednesdays.

The rest of the time we have to buy at least one metre.

I got four different Kona greens,

and some yardage for backing baby quilts, at left.

I didn't restrain myself at the guild meeting gift exchange

when I stole this bag of goodies

with a great bag, dishcloth and potholders

from another member.

For the record, all the gifts were great.

We decided to bring gifts from our sewing room

and several of us made gift bags from our Christmas prints.

I'm not restraining myself from admiring these two baby quilt tops

that I recently finished.

One will find a home up with a new baby up the street.

The word fabric at the left in the picture earlier

goes on the back of this quilt.