Sunday Stash: winter infinity scarf

I have a very elaborate excuse for buying this fabric the other day even though I'm following the Fabriholics Anonymous fabric fast:

1. After seeing the beautiful 1 Hour Floral and Lace Infinity Scarf on Flamingo Toes and many others around Blogland (see my friend Jenn's lovely one at A Quarter Inch from the Edge) I couldn't resist making one myself;

2. I needed another medium weight winter scarf, so rather than buying one I decided to try making an infinity scarf myself, at last. It's cheaper and I get to choose fabrics I really like;

3. My Fabriholics Anonymous fabric fast has been a choice made in (large) part because of the very high cost of fabric in Italy, as I actually have a small stash. I'd have to pay 22 Euro for a metre of quilting quality (and design) fabric, which is about 30 Dollars for 1.094 yards. Last year I bought some fabric on-line from Canada and I still spent less than I would have had to spend here even after shipping costs and a surprise extra for customs. Of course I have to buy more fabric to cover the shipping/customs costs. I still haven't understood why sometimes I have to pay customs on fabric orders for the States or Canada and sometimes I don't. Maybe someday I will find out why!

4. I have a kit for making an infinity scarf for my daughter Ella, I bought a couple of years ago, but wanted to test making one before cutting into the beautiful fabric in this kit;

5. The fabric isn't for quilting but for an essential clothes item!

O.K. Was that excuse elaborate enough? I didn't have to pay the model either. This is... myself trying to keep a straight face while Ella has the impossible task of taking a photo of me. I always pull funny faces when I'm having my photo taken! I realised afterwards you can't see the second knit fabric I used, which is a light linen colour, but the model refuses to pose again!

Here I'm about to start laughing!

Flamingo Toes also had a great post some time ago with a list of 30 Fabulous DIY Scarf Tutorials, if you'd like to check it out. Flamingo Toes has about three tutorials every week and Beverly comes up with the most brilliant ideas in different craft areas. Her style is so inspiring. Love following her work.

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Linking up with: Sunday Stash at Sarah Quilts, Fabriholics Anonymous January Check-in at Making Rebecca Lynne and Think Pink Sundays at Flamingo Toes

New Year Quilting Challenges: Barn Door Quilt-a-long at Sarah Quilts, including tutorials

I'm ready to start with this year's quilting challenges! The first challenge starts today and is Sarah's Barn Door Quilt-A-Long at Sarah Quilts:

Sono pronta per le sfide quilting di quest'anno! La prima sfida inizia oggi ed è il Barn Door Quilt-A-Long (porta del fienile!) sul blog Sarah Quilts:

Isn't it striking?! I fell in love with this quilt as soon as I saw it. 

And this is where we are starting, right from the middle of the hourglass!

Non ti colpisce?! Io mi sono innamorata di questo quilt appena l'ho visto. E questo è il punto dal quale iniziamo, proprio il centro della clessidra!

Examples in two different versions

Esempi con due versioni diverse

As I've decided to join the Fabriholics Anonymous over at Rebecca's blog Making Rebecca Lynne (more about this fabric fast in another post...), I had a look at my stash and decided to use some Japanese fabrics. Here are a few photos of my fabric, all printed by Lecien: 

Dato che ho deciso di aderire al Fabriholics Anonymous (per stoffe-dipendenti!) presso il blog Making Rebeca Lynne di Rebecca (scriverò di questo digiuno dell'acquisto di stoffe in un'altro post...), ho guardato tra la mia scorta di stoffe ed ho deciso di usare delle stoffe giapponesi. Ecco alcune foto della mia stoffa, tutte stampate da Lecien:

Now I have to start cutting!

Adesso devo iniziare a tagliare!

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