Don't tell the hubby...but I found some great stuff!
I visited a little shop on Chinden Road called Quilt Expressions. I wasn't a quilter when I lived there, so it was kind of a fun new find. They have a ton of stuff. If you're ever in town - I recommend stopping by.
They had a couple people quilting on long-arm machines on one side of the building while I was there. I stopped to admire in awe for a while, before I remembered there were shelves upon shelves of glorious fabric that needed some attention.
They had some individual fat quarters arranged by color. I picked a few of my favorites in blue, orange, and gray.
Michael Miller - Stitch Square
Art Gallery - Floral Elements
Happy Go Lucky - Penny Dot
Legacy - Geneology
Scrumptious - Bias Stripe
- Something Moda - not sure what...
Lotta Jansdotter - Moira
Happy Go Lucky - Skip
Squared Elements - Gray
- No selvedge so I'm really not sure...
Urban Mod - Pointelle
There were also a couple lovely bins of discounted fabric (likely bolt ends). Each of these is between 1 and 1.5 yrds. Not sure what I'll do with these yet, but they were just so pretty! (If you have any good ideas, feel free to speak up!)
Robert Kaufman - Playday - Screen Print
Mama Said Sew - Text Words Dictionary
Henry Glass - Deck the Halls dot
Scrumptious Dot - Aqua
Dear Stella - Sari
And guess what? I ran into an old acquaintance while I was there - my sophomore English teacher from high school. And she remembered my name. Seriously?! I recognized her too, but couldn't remember how. Sophomore year was over 10 years ago...amazing!! I am terrible with names, so I really admire that talent in others.
I'd say the shopping trip was a success! Pretty new fabric and ran into an old friend. :)
I hope, before long, to have enough variety in my stash that it will be workable, and then maybe get up the courage to join a quilting bee. Any suggestions for a relatively new quilter? I've looked into a couple, but I'm open to your ideas.
Linking up with Molli Sparkles.
That's a good haul!! Great selection of pretty fabrics! That's amazing that your old teacher remembered your name, imagine how many she has taught over the years! Lou (coming over from Molli Sparkles)
ReplyDeleteWow! You really cleaned up on that haul! That fabric shop has such range, and you obviously knew how to pick the good ones. Congrats! I learned a lot by joining quilting bees and I would highly recommend it!
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