Maybe it was a shame that I only got to visit one fabric shop in New York, but to be fair that wasn’t really why we were there. But I made sure we made it to Purl Patchwork, which is on a lovely, lovely street in Soho, with a great sandwich shop and bakery just a few doors down – I had the most delicious chicken sandwich from there and the two shops combined make Sullivan Street a must go destination next time I go. (Oh yes, I’ll be back.) One of the nicest things was seeing the colour-wheel quilt from Last-minute Patchwork and Quilted Gifts hanging up in the shop.

Isaac turned out to be an excellent companion for fabric shopping (who knew?), tirelessly pulling down fabric after fabric, and saying ‘what about this one?’. He loved it, which is just as well, since it was his wallet getting an airing. I think that in the end I was quite restrained, don’t you? I could easily have come back with twice this amount, especially considering the exchange rate and the just general ‘cheaper than the UK’ vibe.

I have to take some of it out today for someone to choose fabric for a bag, and I have an inkling they will choose this lovely red fabric on the top here. If that’s the case I might have to order another half yard for myself because I love it. In fact I love the whole bundle as it is, tied up with string so it’s going to be difficult to take it out at all.

My plan is to pre-wash the lot (!) and then do more detailed photos as I put it away, but it looked too delicious piled up in a rainbow not to take a photo.

P.S. Thank you all for your kind wishes and congratulations – we were both very touched that you took the time to say so.