November Fabric Splurges

I have been quite stressed the past few months what with finishing up school things.  Which will be coming to a close (with a little bit of luck) this week.  As a celebration for finishing my paper (I hope) I am doing a little blogging.  I haven't had any time to sew.  But apparently stress and time crunches don't stop people from buying fabric.  Or, well, at least it didn't stop me.

From Fabric Mart:

I couldn't pass up some great deals on these sale fabrics from Fabric Mart:

Back: Black wool suiting.
Middle: Periwinkle wool.
Front: Cotton-silk print.  It is fabulously soft, and still available.
All of these were less than $5/yard when I got them on sale.

Of course, I wasn't able to restrict myself to sale items when I saw these gorgeous fabrics:

Back: Royal blue wool.  This is destined to be the classic coat from the 2012 Burda Magazine.
Middle: Textured cotton boucle.  I plan to make a lightweight 3/4 sleeve jacket for summer
Front: Royal blue/gold cotton/poly brocade.  The photo does not do it justice.  I am planning to make an opulent coat.

After I bought these I saw the sad announcement that Fashionista Fabrics was closing.  They had been my source for Burda magazines until I finally got a subscription.  Although I am very sad that the site will be closing, I couldn't help but be a little excited to snag such beautiful fabrics at great sale prices.  Though most of the fabrics have sold they still have a few great pieces on sale - check it out before they are gone!

Back: brown/pink/white silk, and brown/teal ITY knit.
Front: Navy/white silk print.

I also did a little Black Friday shopping.  Which isn't something I do every year, but this year I was trying to eek out as much time with my sister as possible.  And since I was out helping her get ridiculously cheap camera memory cards (Black Friday - the favorite shopping day of photo majors everywhere) I figured I might as well get some shopping done for me too.  I didn't do too much, but I did pick up some fleece from Jo-Ann fabrics with plans of making the casual zip-up jackets from the December Burda.  No pictures (I mean, it's solid colored fleece...not that exciting), but with any luck I should be able to get to those before the end of the month.  Because I want a snuggley casual jacket that doesn't have cartoon characters or university logos on it.  Not that there is anything wrong with cartoon characters and university logos.  But sometimes I just want to wear something without a label, if you know what I mean.  Of course, while I was snagging some $2.99/yard fleece I also decided I couldn't pass up one of the Black Friday door-buster items.  And with a 25% off total purchase coupon, well, I think it was a Black Friday morning well spent.  So here is a look at my real Holiday splurge:

I bought the rainbow.
Oh, and it was like $45 with sales and coupons.
Ridiculous, I know.

So. Much. THREAD!  So many colors... I love it!  Sadly, I haven't had a chance to use it yet...  But just looking at it makes me happy.  And anxious to get back to sewing.  Which will happen soon.  I hope.