Now that I’ve got my quilt inspiration,  it’s pattern time!  I’ve decided my next quilt will be similar to the broken dishes quilt on The Purl Bee.  It’s a simple design, which should be relatively easy for a beginner like myself.  Triangles aren’t so scary, right?

I drew out my pattern.

Now, time to think about fabric!  I headed to The Quilt Store here in Austin.  It’s tucked away in a little shopping center on Anderson Lane.

UPDATE: The Quilt Store has sadly closed up shop after 30 years in business.

Sometimes you need a little more selection than Hobby Lobby, and anywhere that advertises they have 5,000 bolts of fabric catches my eye.

So much to look at!  I’m glad I took the time to poke around, as I finally found some shot cotton solids tucked away in the back room of the store.  I chose a couple of colors from the Kaffe Fassett line, and took a picture of the label on a bolt so that I could search around online for even more colors.  So glad I did, because I found all the colors in that line HERE.  I chose my favorites, and put them together to make sure I liked the way they looked together:

I bought 1/4 yard each of the dark fabrics, and 3/4 yards each of the light, to make a twin-sized quilt.  I bought the fabric from gloriouscolor.com.  I haven’t decided which colors I will use for the border and back of the quilt, so that will have to wait for now!  I’d like to get my fabric in the mail, see which I like the most, and go from there.

Here are a couple examples of the Kaffe Fassett fabric I purchased from The Quilt Store:  blue jean, chartreuse, and a neutral not from the same line.

I also picked up a pair of these Gingher stork embroidery scissors, for all my thread-cutting needs.  I couldn’t resist, they are fabulous! Plus, they’ve got a lifetime guarantee. Niiiiice.

More to come soon on quilt #2’s progress!  I’m anxiously awaiting the arrival of my beautiful fabrics.