Christmas isn’t for another 11 months but sometimes it’s good to prepare ahead. For example, I recently ordered some Christmas fabric (on sale). I’m determined to make stockings for Conor and I in time for Christmas ‘08. I found a fabric that I absolutely and completely fell in love with.

It’s the holly berry fabric on the left. Cute, eh? But the place I ordered it from only had one fat quarter left!! I panicked. The fabric is by April Cornell, “Christmas Presence” collection for Moda and so I was to my computer in a jiffy searching for it. No luck. I haven’t found that same fabric with the exception of European sites (no way!). I did however find a very similar one, same designer, same everything! So I ordered a yard and was impressed with the price of shipping. It’s off of a website called Abbi Mays. Phew! That saved the day. I also love that plaid and am so excited for October to roll on through! This fabric is so lush; way better quality than what I usually work with and will definitely be a pleasure to sew!

Are there any other kooks like me out there? Share your post-season, pre-season buys!