My beautiful fabrics!

Finally I got my fabrics from Purl Soho.
I feel like I've been waiting forever for them.
I couldn't stop oohing and aahing over the fabrics.

Steph to husband: "Can we go to NYC?"
Husband: "Why?"
Steph: "Because I want to go to a fabric store in Soho!"
Husband: "You mean to tell me that you want to go to New York to go to a fabric store?!?!?"
Steph: Sigh.

Coincidence?

I received my book orders from Amazon last Thursday. I happened to get the new Blueprint on the same day.
I was admiring Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing book and happened to look through the new Blueprint at the same time. What do I come across? A feature on Lotta Jansdotter's home in Blueprint! Weird.
The funny thing is this happened to me on the last issue too. I had been admiring and reading the Purl Bee blog and she was featured in the last Blueprint.
Coincidence? I think not!
Here is the other book I purchased on Amazon, Sew U by Wendy Mullin with Eviana Hartman:

100 things

After you read this you'll know everything there is to know about me… I think.

1. I am married.
2. I have had 2 Yorkshire Terriers in my life.
3. My condo is named after my first first Yorkie. He died when he was 5. RIP.
4. My 2nd Yorkie's name rhymes with my first Yorkie's name.
5. I love cotton candy.
6. I talk in my sleep. A lot.
7. I love to sleep. If I don't get enough of it you'll know it.
8. I have a twin.
9. I'm 5 minutes older than my twin.
10. I look younger than my twin.
11. I'm addicted to RPG. That and playing shooting games. My husband thinks I'm part of the nerd herd.
12. I love making 'to-do' lists. Without it I feel like I'm living in chaos.
13. I love soup-y things. I can eat soups for the rest of my life and be content.
14. My current Starbucks addiction is a tall, non-fat London Fog (Earl Grey tea with steamed milk and 2 shots of vanilla).
15. My secret wish is to open my own shop. What would I sell? Anything I fancy of course.
16. I get annoyed when people use inch marks instead of the proper quotation mark.
17. I get envious of people and their talents.
18. I want to try everything and anything.
19. I'm deathly afraid of public speaking.
20. Oddly I'm a Leo. I'm the opposite of what Leo's should be.
21. My favourite magazine is Blueprint. RIP.
22. I love watching hockey.
23. I used to collect hockey cards when I was 18!
24. I love watching 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' when it's raining outside. That and 'Something's Gotta Give.'
25. I'm a sucker for butter tarts. That with chocolate milk.
26. I was born in Seoul, South Korea.
27. I came to Canada when I was 7.
28. I love perusing through paper stores. I once spent an hour at a paper store in Vancouver while my husband waited outside.
29. I love food. I love eating it too.
30. I'm a keeper. I keep everything. My husband likes to throw things out. We fight about that a lot.
31. My favourite number is 31. My favourite hockey player used to be Curtis Joseph.
32. I'm very competitive.
33. I get jealous of my dog's relationship with my husband.
34. I would like to go back to school.
35. I love tofu.
36. I love snowboarding.
37. I would like to travel to as many places I can before I die.
38. History and Art were my favourite subjects in school.
39. I would love to go to any of the Nordic countries.
40. I wish I were 5 inches taller.
41. I have a bad habit of biting my nails.
42. I've always wanted to have curly hair. My hair is neither straight nor curly.
43. My sisters think I'm a bit strange at times. They have nicknamed me 'NCTAM' for 'Never Ceases to Amaze Me.' Don't ask.
44. I seem to get more afraid of things as I get older. I'm scared of driving on the highway.
45. I love Taco Bell.
46. I played 3rd base for the girls softball team.
47. I want to retire when I'm 35.
48. I used to play the piano and cello.
49. I travelled to Korea with my orchestra when I was 19.
50. I don't have a middle name.
51. I still haven't changed my last name to my husband's name. I put my maiden name as my middle name and my husband's name as my last name.
52. I want to be more of a risk taker.
53. I love eating cheese.
54. I'm allergic to horses and cats.
55. I love chairs. I would one day love to have Phillipe Starck's Ghost Chair, Eames' RAR Rocking Chair or Eames' LCW Plywood Lounge Chair.
56. 'Less is More.'
57. I don't like cursive fonts.
58. I love watching spelling bees.
59. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'm never happy with the end results.
60. I'm my worst critic.
61. When I first came to Canada when I was 7 I looked for Green Gables (from Anne of Green Gables). I didn't realize it was in PEI. I live in Ontario.
62. I am double jointed. I can bend my fingers all the way backwards.
63. I get annoyed when people confuse 'your' and 'you're.'
64. Little people fascinate me.
65. I'm horrible with numbers. I couldn't tell you what 7 x 8 is. Really.
66. I believe in God.
67. I believe in Satan.
68. My favourite Disney movie is Beauty and the Beast.
69. I think Scarlett Johansson is beautiful.
70. People used to compare my twin and I to the twins in Sweet Valley High. I was sensible Elizabeth and my sister was popular Jessica.
71. I'm very practical.
72. I love it when people enjoy my food.
73. I used to be addicted to Agatha Christie books.
74. I want to get laser eye surgery.
75. I want to go on Amazing Race.
76. I'm addicted to 24. I love Kiefer Sutherland. My ringtone is the CTU ringtone.
77. My favourite holiday is Thanksgiving. I love eating turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce. Mmmmmmm.
78. I would like to go into a different industry. I love textiles, architecture, photography, illustration. You name it all.
79. I'm starting to get wrinkles on my forehead. Somehow they disappeared after I started using good anti-aging products.
80. I'm very animated when I talk.
81. I like chocolate-covered pretzels. I like yogurt-covered pretzels better.
82. I love watching the Food Network. I adore Giada De Laurentiis and Ina Garten.
83. I love watching HGTV as well. I love Sarah Richardson.
84. I used to attend type conferences. I used to want to become a Typographer.
85. I wanted to be an artist or a teacher when I grew up.
86. I hardly get sick.
87. I always sneeze twice.
88. I know the secret to getting rid of hiccups. It works! (Ask me if you are really interested).
89. I get the hiccups a lot.
90. I used to have the weirdest pets when I was growing up. I once rescued a pigeon with a broken leg. It lived in my house for a bit.
91. I bite my lower lip when I'm upset.
92. I love road trips.
93. I love McDonalds breakfast.
94. I have interest in everything- cooking, fashion, décor, art, music... that is, everything that has to do with the creative field.
95. I love getting letters in the post. Not bills or junk mail, but personal letters from friends.
96. I love children's stores. I don't have kids.
97. My favourite fruits are pineapple and nectarines.
98. I love getting surprises.
99. I always try to be optimistic.
100. 'purple star' refers to my last dog, Cosmo. 'purple star' was also referred to Aaliyah in the remix version of 'I Miss You' with Jay Z. Aaliyah used to be my favourite singer.