The DOLL Dress That Could Have Been

Every time I look at this little sample I ordered a year ago from Mood Fabrics, I feel frustrated I didn't just go ahead and buy a yard.  Instead I have this tantalizing scrap, about four inches square.  It floats around my work area, getting stuck on a doll's bodice, or put on a head for a moment.  But then rejected, for some other yardage that I have more of.

 

 It has been tried on many doll outfits, but remains, alas, an unused scrap.  Isn't it pretty?  And the fabric store I bought it from, Mood Fabrics, hasn't carried it since I first saw it.  Sooo many people liked it.  Why can't they bring it back?  Oh, why?

The only lesson to be learned from this lil' scrap is to:  not to buy samples online.  If I like it, buy half a yard.  If you order a sample, by the time it gets to you, they will probably be out of the fabric.  That is what happened in this case. 

Signs of Spring

The backyard is coming awake again, not that it had much of a rest period.  Everything shut down in November, and there were a few cold weeks where I had to cover plants for frosts.  But now in early March.....

The lawn is surging and the grapevines by the posts are starting to leaf.

The pink 'redbud' tree is in bloom, 

The herbs are also coming back, oregano and spearmint, with some sage there in dinky pots I must re-pot.

 

Looks a little odd there, like positive and negative space. 

 Yes, the soil is warming up....