Shirts and stash

Today I went to the hairdressers. I HATE going to the hairdressers, I would rather go to the dentist anyday. It was a catalogue of disasters, I got there only to be told that they had mixed up appointments and could I come back in 3/4 of an hour. My confidence was further eroded by the stylist announcing that she was leaving (as coincidence would have it to become a dental receptionist). Hairdressing not her vocation then! She then proceeded to cut my hair, finishing with a fringe (bangs to you in the US, I think). Not a straight fringe, oh no, but one sweeping across my forehead at a ski slope angle. She straightened it up a bit when she heard my gasp of dismay but it was cut totally blunt and I like mine feathered a bit. I asked her to do so and her reply was "I don't have the right implements". Apparently, scissors aren't good enough these days. She didn't get a tip and I will have to get my mum to sort out my fringe tomorrow. Good job hair grows, eh?

On the quilting front, I am not partaking in the August stash buying embargo as you can see. I do not feel guilty about this - I allow myself a certain amount of money every month to buy fabric and I usually order it from the US because it's cheaper. Other than that, the only way that I buy on impulse is shirts from charity shops. The top pic is shirts all cut up and ready to use. There aren't any really good quilt shops near to me and the couple that are near are so expensive that I wouldn't be tempted to buy on impulse anyway.

The next pic is my fabric for this month (although strictly speaking it is out of last month's salary. I don't have many brights in my stash but I love the look of them so I ordered some of those from Thousands of Bolts. Other than that I just buy what I like the look of and worry about how to use it later. I figure that if I buy it because I like it, at some point or other it will fit together with other fabric that I've bought for the same reason.

And lastly, here is part of what I have been cutting up for my floral quilt - it is going to be part-applique, but fused and machined applique of course! I was hoping to get all the bay leaves cut out today but I ran out of bondaweb (steam a seam) and though I nipped into town at half past four to try and get some, neither of the two places that stock it had any. Cutting the pieces is my least favourite part of the quiltmaking process.