The Traveling Quilter Goes To Berlin Ohio

We went on our last camping trip for 2017 and we went to Berlin Ohio. 

For anyone that doesn't know this is Amish country so LOTS of quilt shops.  I

 spent wayyyyy more than I should have of fabric, partly because I found some long out of print fabrics that I could NOT resist buying. 

 I am hoping to sell some in the near future and make some of that money back though.

Alrighty, who wants to go on a trip?

 We start out with kittens in the truck!!! 

 You can see Finn on my husband's lap and Cole on the console.

Once we were set up in the camper it was business as usual and Cole the sponge thief!

We went to downtown Berlin and shopped at Country Gatherings and many of the shops in town.

There are a couple of quilt shops right downtown and I can't remember all of their names.

This one was so cute! 

The Country Craft Cupboard.  

I was on the hunt for some very specific things.  

I needed red and green fabric for a swap. 

 I also needed greens for a MSU quilt for the camper.  

Additionally I was looking for some skin tone fabric and some aqua/mint ish fabricsand gold and silver metallic for another project

(I can't tell you as *someone* reads this and can't know what I am using them for).  

I found some red and green fabric here that I could use.  

I also bought some wool for a Christmas project for my husband. 

(I forgot to take pictures of this)

We went on to Millersburg and Miller's Dry Goods.  Another of my favorites!

That ended the first day.  

We spent the night in the camper as it rained almost the entire time we were there. 

 I brought a quilt to bind and Finn and Cole were my helper cats.

So I guess I need to take better notes for blogging but in no particular order are the rest of the stops.

We found a cute little market and the broccoli and cauliflower were the size of your head!

 The clouds were spectacular and made for some good photos as we were driving places too.

Many a hilly or winding road were found.

 More quilt shops.  This one was called Anything Sews.  Not a big shop but many nice things!

I loved the Lone Star shop.  The Amish ladies running the place were super friendly and helpful!

Mercantile on Main.  This shop was really nice and had a very nice selection!

There were a few more shops but I didn't take any more photos.

 If you are anything like me you probably want to see what I bought right?  

OK here you go.  

Most of this was half yard cuts or less.

For my swaps, 1.5 yard cuts.

Bought this adorable pattern and more red for my Happy Christmas project

Hubby wanted these tea towels which just need the sides hemmed.

Skin tone and some for the secret project

I loved these appliques, but probably won't make the little quilts.  

After making the other fox quilt I think they would be cute appliqued on other pieced quilts.

Hubby wants me to make the camper placemats.

I loved the idea of that cat for a pillow for the camper.

Happy Christmas/MSU fabrics

Happy Christmas/MSU fabrics and striped binding!

Secret projects

More secret projects

Happy Christmas/MSU quilt

 We stopped at a cheese shop on our last full day in the area

So. much. cheese!

On the road home Cole was at home on the console.

Finny seems to like to be by my feet!

One last quilt shop, Country Charm Fabircs in Jeromesville, Ohio, when we were on the road.

I also bought some OOP fabric but will not be showing that as I think it is 

more fun for everyone to 

find it in the "wild" just like I did!

I hope you enjoyed our trip, I know we sure did!

~XOP~

OBX Continued

The next trip was to Jockey's Ridge.  

It is a state park and there are multiple sand dunes there.  

 This was the lead up to the ridge.

These were the dunes.  

Thank goodness the day was overcast or the sand would have burnt our feet!

Such a great view once we were up on top of the ridges

The people walking on top of one of the ridges reminded me of what 

I think it would look like in Egypt.  

You can see father and daughter sitting on the ridge, in the distance.

We took a photo of the three of us on ridge too.

I thought this pinecone was amazing with all of the colors.

Next up was Kitty Hawk and the Wright Borther's Memorial. 

 This rock was the starting point for their flights and many famous aviators 

have touched this exact rock 

(Including my husband). 

 Both of the Wright brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and Chuck Yeager to name a few.

These stones represent the first 4 flights of the Wright brothers.  

The first of which lasted only 12 seconds!

This is looking the other direction to Kill Devil Hill. 

This is the hill the Wright brothers took their glider up to work on it's flight.  

That hill is NO JOKE, I thought I would die before I got to the top!

I can NOT imagine walking up that hill carrying a gigantic glider like the brothers had to. 

 Makes me sweat just thinking about it, LOL.  

This is the road leading up to the hill and the monument.

This was the back side of the monument.  It was super impressive!

You can see this is the path we walked to get up to the monument.

While standing taking the photo of the path, 

I turned around toward the monument and this is what it looks like on this side.

We headed back to the camper after that and let the boys outside to play in their tent.

I thought you might like seeing them play in the tent too.

 Then when we came inside they were lounging about on the table and the bench.  

It was difficult to see Cole in the photo above as he is so dark and blends into the shadows.

Lazy boy Finn.  He thinks he owns the camper!

This is our daughter and her boyfriend and their dog, Max on the beach.

She took this of me when I was not paying attention.  

Beach finds.  Hubby found the one on the right and I found the one on the left.  

My daughter and I found the Mermaid Purses.

Hubby and I walked over to the other side of the road to watch the sunset one night.

The next day we got up to watch the sunrise together.

Last day on the beach before heading home.  It was a wonderful time!

So now you will have to endure some more traveling kitten photos.

Funny story.  We stopped for gas and I got out to use the bathroom while hubby pumped the gas.  

A few minutes later he was in the store at the gas station and was asking me if I had the keys.  

Well, no, why would I have the keys?  

We walked back to the truck only to find a 

certain 2 somebodies standing on the arm of the door, and we were locked out!!! 

 Luckily, the gas station let us use their phone and we have On-Star so they were able to unlock the truck and we were on our way in a matter of minutes.  

Thanks On-Star!

Finn thought his shoulder would be a good vantage point

I hope you have enjoyed our trip to the OBX.  You may consider going there sometime.  

Off season was great, just listen for hurricanes prior to traveling in the fall!

~XOP~