In the past few years, there have been some really nice prints that are designed to be used from selvage to selvage. I don't buy them all but this one, with the birds and the dots, is one I couldn't pass up. I like the collaged look of it. The birds only run along one selvage edge. I may end up using it on the back of a quilt which is fine. I like the back to be fun, too! (This is by Carrie Bloomston, Collage collection, for Such Designs.)

I don't use many prints with 'things' on them in but that doesn't mean I never buy 'thing' fabric. I just don't buy much of it.  

I bought the mushroom print because of an art professor (Mary) that I took printmaking from many years ago. She would sometimes talk about "art" that included polka-dot mushrooms made by crafters. I don't remember her being ugly about it—more that you shouldn't rely on kitsch in art.

I think about Mary every time I see dotted mushrooms :-). I think it would be fun to sneak a bit of this fabric into my quilts. Just because.

In the black and white section of the store I found more graduated prints. The gray zigzag is dark at both selvages, light at the fold. The two dots are stripe-y. I have no idea where I will use them, but these are good to have in the stash because they are rare.

And then I bought 1-1/2 yards of this: 

I do not know why I like it. I'll probably use it on a quilt back—or not. Who knows. The print feels big, the lamps (or onions? or beads?) are 2-1/2" wide. It is designed by Jane Dixon, the collection is called Poppy Modern, for Andover.

Wait… poppy? How about that! Turned upside down it does look like poppy seed heads—except that I still see the hanging lamps.

FYI: If you see any of these fabrics you like, contact The Quilt Asylum. They may have more.