Princess Stuff

This morning an update from Luana Rubin was in my inbox. Soon I'm sailing along in eQuilter adding things to my wish list, browsing my favorite fabric categories and twitching towards my credit card. I have been in love for years with autumnal rusts, oranges and purples but this spring I am infatuated with the pastels and chalky brights that many of the Free Spirit designers are using. I'm also fascinated by the flattened, layered patterns that are the latest evolutionary version of the collaged prints of the past few seasons.

But, shockingly, I ended up, as I have recently, looking at the fairy prints by Michael Miller. Flowered, faintly sparkly dainty children with wings. I can't seem to help my attraction to Cicely Mary Barker's illustrations. I also still want a canopy bed, or at least a tall, dramatic one. That's part of the reason we don't have a new one yet. I fear it is all a symptom of the same problem: not enough princess stuff as a child!