fabric fun

today was a great day.

i got to spend most of it with

a dear friend of mine 

(and her adorable 9 month  old baby),

 who flew in from seattle for a family event. 

(i managed to convince her to at least 

spend ONE night at my house!)

i picked her up

at the airport yesterday, and we got to hang

out and talk until late last night,

and then spent a good 

two hours at a fabric store today.

it was positively blissful.

my friend was trying to find some

inspiration for her daughters room.

here are some of what we pulled together:

too bad my phone doesn't take the best pictures...

PLUS, some of the colors are really off because of the 

awful lighting in the store.

in "real" life, the striped fabric is more of a 

periwinkle/sail blue,

and the floral fabric is a peachy pink/salmon color.

then, we switched gears, 

and went with a green and yellow scheme:

we liked this a lot too...

the yellow floral totally has this 

retro vibe going on, 

which i thought was really cool.

then, we saw this pink/brown/acid green floral fabric,

and pulled this together:

we liked this a lot, and thought it would be 

really fun with a pop of lemon yellow somewhere...

maybe a lamp base or some piping on pillows?

but then, we spotted this orange fabric, and

were hooked. 

here's what we pulled together:

by the way, the other fabrics are 

chocolate brown, not black...

loved the way this looked in person...

thought it would look great with a shot of blue-

like "robins nest"

by benjamin moore on the walls,

and some more blue/aqua on trim on pillows 

or bedskirt...

and we could purchase this duvet cover:

my friend ultimately bought a few yards of the

orange, and decided she would come back and

buy some of the brown fabrics later...

and continue looking in seattle

when she gets home.

***

of course, i got sidetracked, and started looking for some

fabric for my "someday" house...

maybe for my master bedroom?

i totally fell in love with the striped cut velvet,

and also LOVED this graphic fabric, but when i

put them together, i just wasn't "feeling it".

i pulled this herringbone fabric in, and loved

it, but then it made the graphic fabric look too green...

i loved the way this ikat fabric looked with it,

but just wasn't ready to commit to buying it.

not yet, anyway.

i'm kinda liking the idea of recovering that

bench in the striped cut velvet,

and using the ikat for a bedskirt and

maybe roman shades?

i would love the see some 

pillows in this...

with mushroom colored walls?

and a collection of round gold mirrors 

over the headboard?

i still need to mull it over for while.

i DID buy 3 yards of the striped velvet...

(at $7 a yard, i couldn't help myself!)

i'll just have to wait and see what i 

eventually want to use it for.

i also spotted this really pretty linen, 

for 5.99 a yard!

which i thought would look great as a

shower curtain in a kids bathroom.

i would have bought some, but i am holding out

until we actually BUY a house.

i don't want to have 29 bolts of

fabric in my basement, taking up space...

i did manage to get a

picture of my friend and me...

thank goodness i am a better

designer than i am a photographer.

gheesh...

and her cutie-pie baby!

***

like i said:

good friend

who makes you laugh

+

awesome and cheap fabric store

+

good natured,

cute, chubby baby

+

peanut m&m's

+

dr.pepper/coke zero

=

one blissful day!

i hope your day was blissful too!