Let's start this holiday with new fabric

Today is the first day of my summer-holiday and it's gonna last for no less than 5 weeks. There are some trips planned but nothing longer than 1 day, so there's gonna be lots of time left to spend sewing. (And reading, and cooking, and gardening, and doing nothing, and shopping, and sleeping in, and cuddling/playing with my brave little cat-friend). At least that's the plan. But sewing will only happen if the temperatures are gonna drop a bit because it's too hot for me to even move. The 14-day forecast however doesn't show any signs of dropping temperatures. I was allright with that when I was younger but with a certain age comes a dislike of being too hot. I'm sure some of you ladies out there know what I mean, right?

There's hardly any green grass left to find. It all looks yellow. Nature is in desperate need of rain. Lots of rain.

Nevertheless I really wanted to buy some fabric at the beginning of my holiday and today I received 2 packages with fabric at the same time. Talking about planning!

In my head I'm already focussing on fall-sewing but there are some fabrics in my purchase that scream summer.

Well, let me talk you through the pile of goodies.

First, a loose woven, boucle-ish soft pink fabric. It was not showing on the picture on the website (nor is it here) but there is a little hinge of silver thread in it. Not in a way that i don't like though.

Then a viscose fabric, with vibrant blue and green in it. Beautiful but slippery. 

Another viscose fabric, quite thin, see-through and flowy, with beautiful colours.  

The colours are actually even more intense in real life.

A crincled, softblue/purple viscose with beautiful flowerprint. 95% of the fabric is as light as you can see at the top of this picture. The darker colours are only on one side at the end, so I can play with that and use it as a design-feature.

This fabric was a drag to photograph but I think I nailed it.....a lovely pink crepe fabric.

Talking about fall-sewing. This piece I réally like. It's a brick-coloured knitted fluffy fabric and I will be making a long cardigan out of it. 

And finally, a grey jersey with little black spots. With this I'll make a pair of comfy loungepants to wear at home. 

I think I've added enough to my fabric-stash to last me a while. I have more than enough fabric lying around but it's just fun to buy some new stuff now and then. And there are so many beautiful new fall- and winterfabrics coming out, I just want them all!! 

Little update on my cat-friend for anyone who's interested.

Last week I went back to the veterinarian because I still had some questions about this artrose-condition in combination with the painkiller-medication. He said it would be best to do a blood-test to check the function of his kidneys and liver. My cat behaved just as bad as the last time but with the help of 2 assistants he managed to draw some blood without sedation. Which was great because now I could feed him right after we got home and he didn't have to deal with any side-effects. The blood-test showed that the kidneys are at a point where they are starting to deteriorate. Nothing abnormal for a cat his age, but a concern in combination with the painmedication he's having right now. So I have to give him half of the dose for 6 weeks and then go back for another blood-test. In the meantime I will have lots of time to spend with my little terror-cat ;-)

Well, I guess this is all I have to share right now. If there will be any sewing going on in the coming weeks, I'll let you know.

And I'll talk to you next time.

Lilian