Small Prints

 I think small prints are great for hand applique and paper piecing, both of which I plan on doing lots of this year. 

Small prints were pretty scarce in my stash, so a few weeks ago, I walked through a quilting store and bought 1/3 yard of every small print that I liked.   I found 36 of them.

If you bend your head downward at a 90-degree angle toward your left shoulder, you'll see elephants in the white and yellow fabric. 

Do the same thing toward your right shoulder and you'll see foxes.

I had these in a bag on the floor for three weeks, along with a bunch of other fabric I didn't know what to do with.  But now all of these new small prints live on the 4th shelf of my dollhouse bookcase.  And the entire floor piggy pile is gone, after the sewing room redo last week.

This was my previous collection of small prints, mostly 1930s reproductions.  I could put them in with the new ones, but I like them on this cake stand instead.