patchwork fabrics

I just love a little quilting shop now and again.  I especially love it when they have samples made up of different things to inspire you.  Today I bought a pattern for an eye-spy discovery bag, a bit like this sample I found…

eye spy discovery bag

These are the fabrics I found to make it in…

patchwork fabrics

and now I will be on the hunt for trinkets to put in it.  I’ll have to order the clear plastic pellets- I’m sure Tomni design will be able to help me here. 

The other day Ben went to Bunnings for some bits and came back with these- I love pansies and violas!

violas

Actually, when we got married we had icecubes with these “Johnny jump ups” frozen into each triangular ice cube, a cute idea that I saw somewhere…