Last Saturday, I popped into amitié textiles on my way to wish my niece happy birthday. I needed some medium-weigh fusible wadding, that neither Spotlight nor Lincraft carried, and the bill, less a refund I had coming, came to around $7.00. Now, I didn’t have any cash on me, and since the minimum spend on credit card at Amitié was more than that (I think it might have been $15.00), I took a look around the shop to see what else I could add to my purchase. I wasn’t leaving without my wadding. I had my Pea Green Boat Wristlet to finish, remember?

I really didn’t want to buy more quilting fabric. A half-metre of this, a fat quarter of that. Not so much. I have plenty of quilting projects in the works already to keep me busy for a while, and my cupboard is rather full. BUT! As I walked around the shop, I found myself in front of those lovely, pretty, gorgeous voiles, and there was Anna Maria Horner’s Lou Lou Thi Clippings in Dusk calling out to me! And that was it. Two metres of this gorgeousness walked out the door with me…

Lou Lou Thi Clippings

I’m not entirely sure what I’m going to use it for, but it’ll most likely end up as a blouse or shirt of some kind. Maybe a longer shirt, with some summer blue denim capri pants, like these. What do you think?

On an almost completely separate note, I received an email yesterday morning from the lovely Tasia from Sewaholic (I subscribe to her mailing list), telling me that her new Minoru Jacket pattern is ready for pre-sale ordering, and that as a special mailing-list offer, postage for this pattern plus one other, if I’d like, is free. Yes, even to Australia.

Minoru	Pendrell
the above images are published her with Tasia from Sewaholic‘s permission

I bought the Pendrell blouse. It’s one I’ve had my eye on for a while now, and this was the perfect opportunity. By the way, Sewaholic‘s “free shipping anywhere” offer for the Minoru plus any other pattern of hers you’d like to buy, and if you’re not already a newsletter subscriber, no problem, just join up now and the offers good for you too.