The Growing Stash

Oops! The stash is supposed to be shrinking, right? I have an excuse. I always will! Late last week I learned I need to make a purple/blue/red quilt. It also needed some background fabric. I hastily went through my stash and nothing jumped out at me. I was feeling rushed so I talked Vince into driving up to to the quilt shop with me Saturday. There wasn't anything there that really thrilled me but I had to make this quilt. I bought fabric, knowing that it looked way too "red hat". The blue was more of a violet so I ended up with red, pale purple and violet. The background was from the red hat line . . ecru, red, purple and violet. By Monday, I knew that combination was not going to work. Once again, I began digging through the stash. I could almost get the combination I wanted using batiks so I got online and ordered fabric from Big Horn. Because it is hard to be sure about the colors, I ordered a couple of reds, and a purple (maybe two) . . 3 yards of each! The thought kept occuring that there had to be something in the stash that would work. I began to dig more and came up with this combination. I've actually added about 20 yards to the stash that I didn't need to add. Lesson learned: Don't panic and rush out and buy fabric til I am positively sure there isn't something here that will work.