As a reminder, here are the fabrics that I bought on my recent shopping trip to the Back Porch Quilt Shop:

I love the black and white, and gray fabrics! The faces print may be my favorite in this group. I love the way they look at me! The safety pins, in gray, will be fun to use. And, of course, the text is wonderful. This text print has more going on it—it's not as quiet as many of my text prints. But sometimes that is what is needed.

The blue/teal/periwinkle spotted fabric is one I really like—mostly because I am drawn to this combination of blues lately. There was a time when these colors together set my teeth on edge. Funny, isn't it, how your tastes change? The other three fabrics look nice with the spotted print but I would absolutely pull more from my stash to build this into a quilt.

I bought a yard of the map-of-Rome (not Paris) fabric. It's light and pretty and should be easy to use. I don't know where, but surely I will find a qult for it. 

It looks nice with the greens that I bought, although I didn't buy them to use together. 

And it's fun with the golds and that feminine floral print! 

When I shop for fabric, I buy what I know I can use. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but eventually. I stick to colors that are clearer, rather than really gray, because that's what I use 99% of the time. I find it easy to build quilts out of my stash because what I buy fits into my color palette.

Happy shopping!