I promised I would tell you about this pile of goodness yesterday but I took a pretty fantastic slip on our fresh ice and by the time I could be writing I was so stiff all I wanted to do was nap. Today my shoulder is a little sore and my knee is Technicolor (yes I managed to bang both) but I am otherwise just fine - all the more so for a bunch of freshly washed and pressed new fabric residing on my shelves.

My parcel was from The Workroom in Toronto and I had mostly forgotten what I'd ordered so it was pretty exciting to open. Inside were two big pieces of bamboo jersey in black and a lavender grey (love!), another big piece of Nani Iro in a deep eggplant purple with polka dots, half a metre of a Denyse Schmidt Hope Valley print (more lovely grey), Stylish Dress Book No. 3, and a fat quarter of "The Owl and The Pussy Cat" from the new Far, Far Away Collection by Heather Ross that was a treat from Karyn (and is super cute!).

The jerseys are destined to become a few new tops; I'm hoping to copy out those patterns in what remains of this afternoon. The Nani Iro print will be October's sundress. I'm debating which pattern I'm going to use; the one I really like calls for a zipper down the back and the double gauze just seems too light to have a stiff zipper stuck in it. We'll see - maybe the dress will go over my head without needing the zipper. The Hope Valley print was just for fun and my charm quilt; I've already cut out my square (plus one from "The Owl and The Pussy Cat").

The Stylish Dress Book is part of a series that I've been eyeing for ages. I'm so happy to finally have one of them. Karyn had all three at the workroom when I called but I could only justify getting one at a time. You can see pictures from inside all three books on Karyn's blog. I picked this one because I particularly liked a dress with a cute, cowl-like neckline but now that I've looked through it there are several I'd like to make this year.