The two stops I always appreciate are Stitcher's Paradise - an absolutely fantastic LNS with a huge, awesome fabric room, and a back room chocked full of older and overstocked patterns and Quiltique, a really nice quilt shop. I could probably live without going to Quiltique, but I'm always excited to go. I haven't really found a quilt shop I like here, yet (sadly, my quilt shop in Chapel Hill closed last year).
I didn't purchase a terribly huge amount, and I'm happy to say almost everything was purchased with an actual plan ;)
Cross Stitch:
I purchased a bunch of tiny cuts for biscornus and other little projects I'd like to work on:
I (try to) do a biscornu for every year and stuff it with the previous year's ORTs as a keepsake. I am a bit backlogged, in part because I try to find something I like. Luckily! I have plans to get 2016 and 2017's biscornus done, and I've already started on what I'd like to use for 2018. I ended up picking up three Biscornu kits from Sweetheart tree to front load my biscornu needs :)
I'll actually be doing the Blackwork one for 2017's.
I purchased fabric for Mirabilia's Zenia, a piece I will stitch on this year (for the Year of WIPs, I was short a WIP, and decided to bite the bullet because I luff her :) )
And I also purchased Royal Games II (and the beads). I will be stitching each one as a full card and hanging them in the game room (since I won't be reno-ing that room until later this year, it's no rush; I'm thinking of starting them in 2019). Because of my FB break, I had totally missed that this one was being published! I absolutely ADORE the Queen of Diamonds.
I also bought a bunch of DMC. I realize I could've gotten them for cheaper from a local craft store, but I only needed a few to fill in a few holes where I didn't quite have everything for a project or two (a skein here, a skein there :) )
And here's what I got from Quiltique:
If you ever go with me into a fabric shop, you will quickly discover that I have an utter weakness for precuts, especially jelly rolls. Welp, this jelly-roll was half-off, and it's in my beloved monochromatic grays, so I had to have it. I'm thinking of a wild and crazy colored backing after I make it. And I'm going to cut some of these strips in half so that I get a strippier looking quilt. I think it'll be fun (in years if I ever get around to it ;) )
I grabbed a couple of fat quarters; the evergreen looking one is for my Hearts-Across-America wall hanging, I'll use it for California. I like it a lot better than one I picked up earlier (I was never sure I really wanted that one, this one felt right). And that gray. Because I like it ;)
I bought these fabrics (FQs) because I just thought they were beautiful. I plan on making a topper for my Lane chest (next to the bed). I bought a couple of yards of the backing fabric (way more than needed) because I love it, so pretty!
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So that was my fun for the trip. A few things purchased, nothing over the top, and I'm pleased with everything.
Sounds like a great trip. Love all your purchases.
ReplyDeleteThanks! :) I did have a lot of fun.
DeleteGreat purchases, your biscornu patterns are really pretty, as are all your fabrics :) Sounds like there will have to quite a bit of quilting this year!
ReplyDeleteI was looking at Just Nans for biscornus and ran across the Sweetheart Tree bin and got very excited. I forgot how pretty so many of them are!
DeleteI have decided I need to top everything (antique china hutch, 1940s dresser, my grandfather's mid century dresser, and the wine bar), and since those are fairly small surfaces, I think it'll be fun. Quilts feel overwhelming sometimes, but table toppers I can do!! :)
I think this year's shopping experiences were less stressful because of prior planning on my part. Now I know what I'll be doing with what I purchased. LOL
ReplyDeleteHaving a list definitely helped. The only thing I didn't have listed (other than a couple of FQs) was the Mirabilia, because I didn't know about it.
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