Even more fat quarters at zumzum.etsy.com. The first two are from Andover Fabrics and the rest are Robert Kaufman fabrics. 

Here is some more fabric that's available at zumzum.etsy.com now. 

We have done some remodeling on our house this year. We added a sunroom (it is our "playroom" - we had to have more space not because we have a child, but because the child has toys!), built two small decks, and remodeled the kitchen with new cabinets (go Ikea) and new appliances. We also rearranged rooms because Luka moved to a big boys room (we call it the "green" room because it has, well, green walls) and I needed more space for my hobbies and less for a home office. So my fabrics has been living in huge boxes since the summer. There is still a lot of things to do, remodeling does not just happen over night - it's an ongoing process, but recently I have started thinking about how to organize my craft room. And, I realized that I have way too much fabrics! Actually, I want to get more, but I have to clean up some of the stash to make room. I decided to offer the best fabrics for sale on etsy. I don't have a lot of yardage, it will mostly be 1/2 yards or fat quarters. Maybe I even add quilt squares... we'll see. It will be good for sash building for people like me who like to have a lot of variety vs a lot of yardage. Here is what I made available yesterday (all are Robert Kaufman prints except for 2). I will be posting more soon.

I spent a week in New Jersey for business a few years ago. All I can remember is trying to find the right exit of a highway. Everything was off of a highway - my hotel, the building where I worked, the restaurants... There was a grocery store on ther other side of the highway that I wanted to get to, but I couldn't get off the highway at just any exit, I had to find one that also had a u-turn bridge. It was frustrating. But, it seems that New Yersey is not all about highway exits (well, maybe I shouldn't go that far - check the name of the park!). Here is a beautiful hike that I have to check out the next time I am in Jersey or New York: Palisades Interstate Park (from NYTimes today). Also check the slide show. 

The winner of the 2007 Man Booker Prize - The Gathering by Anne Enright:

The Gathering is a family epic. It is also a sexual history: tracing the line of hurt and redemption through three generations - starting with the grandmother, Ada Merriman - showing how memories warp and family secrets fester. This is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.

I picked up a magazine today at the grocery store because I liked the front page! I don't do it often, especially without browsing through it - but I did not have much time. It is the winter issue of Do It Yourself - they really do have some interesting ideas and actual plans for some of the projects. Their website is also worth visiting - the picture above shows a storage bench they have free, downloadable plans for. And I was actually looking for a bench like this for our entry. All of the plans I have looked through are for beginner or beginner/intermediate woodworker, but they seem to require some heavy duty tools. But still, this will be on my to-do list.