top secret

I'm making a quilt for a very good friend of mine, who may or may not read this. Since I'm trying to keep it a secret, I'll just show you the fabric I picked out:Also, I've been working on a variation of a stacked coin quilt for my brother, Max. Here's what I have so far, laid out in my upstairs hallway:
It's not nearly as wonky as it looks in this picture. There are 60 different fabrics, with each one repeated once. The sashing is the same khaki Kona that I show in the top picture. I bought a ton of it on sale about a year ago, and it's been sitting around, taking up precious space.

Quilting and creating for boys is a lot more difficult than quilting for women. I enjoy the challenge. It's a good thing to stretch myself, and to stay away from the overly girly prints (those will all go together in another scrappy quilt, maybe for myself). I hope these two guys like their quilts!

mystery fabric

My brother was kind enough to bring me back 3 yards of fabric from the UK. Besides my mother-in-law, this is the second time that anyone has ever chosen fabric for me, and I was really grateful, because these are not pieces that I would've chosen for myself. I was also happy because I had never seen these before. But that's where the mystery comes in: the selvage says "Kitty and the Muse" with a paw print after the word muse. I googled it, I etsy-ed it, I ebay-ed it, and I can't find any mention of this fabric anywhere. The selvage doesn't have the typical colour dots. I think it's 44-45 inches wide, so there's nothing out of the ordinary there. These are definitely 100% cotton, and the fabric is very high quality-- it feels as good as Free Spirit fabric (which, in my opinion, has the nicest hand). I don't think it's vintage. If anyone has ever seen this please drop me a line. In the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy it. The littlest yellow print would make a cute wrap skirt, wouldn't it?