Stash Augmentation

I've added to the fabric and bead stash today.  There was both a quilt and a yarn show today in my home town and I attended both events, coming away with two lengths of fabric and four packs of beads.  I was very good and didn't come back with any yarn at all (though I was tempted by some very luscious purple alpaca and some lime green merino).  I also managed to ignore the siren call of a rather fine jelly roll pack in red, black and white prints though the only reason I left it behind was because I really do have an extraordinary number of projects in the works and certainly don't have the time for making a quilt as well.  So I felt reasonably virtuous, or at least not too greedy.

The beads were very reasonable.  I think they are mainly size 11 beads with maybe some 14's in there,  so possibly a bit small for adding to knitting, though I must admit I was hoping to perform some sort of a miracle and use them for super fine laceweight, if I can work out how to get them onto the yarn.   Mixed in are some feature beads and sequins and I think some of the feature beads may become some sets of super light stitch markers for use when knitting lace. 

The fabrics both came from Rosenbergs.  I can't tell you how fabulous this man's fabric stall is.  You have to experience it to really appreciate it.  He had some totally amazing fabrics including two or three really stunning large scale prints on a silky base that would have made THE most stunning evening dresses.  Since I have nowhere to wear evening dresses, I wasn't able to adopt any.  However, I did adopt these two very lovely shirting fabrics.  The plain white is a really heavy stretch cotton sateen which could be used for a dress or shirt, and the striped is a linen/cotton/lycra mix. I don't think the photo does the stripy one justice. There are silver shiny stripes in it and its not printed it is completely woven. Superb quality, both of them and both are destined to become fitted shirts, possibly fulfilling their destiny as early as next week, since mum got two Liberty-esque cotton prints for shirts, also from Rosenbergs,  so we may well have a shirt sewing day later this week if we get chance and I don't decide to begin the mad project this week. 

 And for those of you who were trying to guess my mad mystery project; sorry guys, no one guessed right yet.