A Few New Purchases

I have made a few purchases and thought I would share with you all. 

A few bolts of fabric.  

That amazing butterfly fabric from Michael Miller, 2 colors of Sketch, 

some Narwhals and some Kona Indigo.

A couple of sale books and a few sample cards that I forgot to photograph!

I got this die for my GO! Cutter

I also bought this adorable tooth fairy pillow.  

I got the Nordic Christmas pattern and even got it autographed by Gudrun.  

I love the Scandinavian feel to this pattern, especially since I am of Swedish blood!

I did buy a few things at the GR quilt show as well. 

I love the patterns by this woman. 

 I had to contain myself and only buy these two but her stuff is fantastic!

 I could totally see this as a medallion in a red and white quilt.  

How adorable!

I had looked at this pattern last year and finally decided to make the purchase.  

I have a person or 2 in mind to make this for.

Last but certainly not least, lookie lookie what i found in the wild!

NEPTUNE!!!

I bought all she had, which was 2 yards of this one and only print

As I was paying, the owner asked me if I knew what this was.

Pffft of course I know!

 = )

I have another finish too but need to get a few photos.  

Hope to have that to share soon.

~XOP~

Some Purchases

I thought I would share with you a few cute things I found while out and about recently.

 First off were these adorable note cards. 

 Just one dollar at Michaels!

 Seems like I am always looking for note cards to send out with swap stuff, aren't you? 

Then I went to JAF to get the blue and yellow and the dark green for the tumbler quilts when I happened to go past the novelty fabric and this bolt just jumped into my cart. 

Well 3 yards of it anyway. 

 Since DD1 raises peacocks I am always on the look out for cute peacock fabrics.  

She loves purple too so this one was perfect.  

Although I am looking for the Hoffman peacocks 

 if anyone knows anyone that has them for a decent price.  

As an added extra bonus DD1 told me she loves this print!

I need to talk with Cori but

 we will probably be drawing names for prizes soon for the sliced apples QAL. 

I will talk with her tonight to decide a date and let you know but please

 be sure to post your photos in the Flickr group.  

We will be drawing from all the names of people that have posted photos of their progress 

(you need to have at least cut the quilt out). 

I have been sewing so much lately the cats are feeling neglected.  

Here is Jack, sleeping on my sewing chair just so he can be near me when I am cutting!  

Isn't he cute?  

Almost camouflaged on that chair isn't he?

Getting ready to leave work and go home.  

Quilting tonight with the "ladies", then over to Cori's to lay out a quilt top.  

Never a dull moment! 

 Have a wonderful day!!

~XOP~

PS:  If you haven't checked out Cori's online fabric shop in awhile take a look! 
She has Flea Market Fancy, and Lush (running stitch) listed with more coming in every day!! 
These are 2 of my favorites!!!

PPS:  No one answered me about another QAL. 
Christmas in July anyone? 
It's a cute quilt...just sayin'

North Carolina Shop Hop

I can't believe how far behind I am in still telling you about my trip!  

On Saturday I got to meet Freda and Sara and her son, Ayden.  

These are some seriously nice folks! 

Freda picked me up and we met Sara at Wish Upon a Quilt. 

 I have to say this is a fabulous shop!! 

I have decided that I really need to work on a quilt my DD1 drew and 

so I needed some specific batik fabrics for this.  

Not my usual "go to" fabrics so those were on my list of things to look for and look what I found!  These will be perfect for "Prismata"! 

 (More on him another time)

I did happen to buy just 2 additional fabrics at this shop and these are more my typical style.  Although I don't have a lot of Kaffe,

 I love this feather print and it will blend with some other grays I have on hand.

Next on the travel stop was Bernina World of Sewing.  

Also a very nice shop!

Where I happened to find these beauties. 

 Not that I needed any of them but...

Who can resist some Joel Dewberry and some Curious Nature? 

 Not me that's who!

Next in line was lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. 

 I had never eaten at one and was stunned to see how HUGE the lunch salads were! 

 STUNNED!!!  

I can't imagine a dinner salad.

The one on the left was Freda's and the one on the right was mine 

(Sara helped me finish mine!)

Sara and Ayden's lunch was

amazing too. 

Lettuce wraps and a pepperoni pizza with little tiny pepperonies on it!

Next stop was Elegant Stitches. 

I found some real treasures there like 4 1/4 yards of this OOP print!!!  

(On sale too, isn't that Swell?)

I also found some Laurie Wisburn and the cutest whip stitch piping! 

 Anyone know where this piping is available wholesale??

Then we went to the Whistle Stop.  

I didn't buy anything there but their shop was cute and this pillow was amazing.

Last stop was The Quilter's Nest. 

 I did a little damage here too.

This day was wonderful! 

 I met some new friends IRL which was awesome.

 Freda, thank you from the bottom of my heart for driving me around!!  

You were more than generous.  

Sara, thank you for the beautiful dish towel 

(that is actually too pretty to use and may be made into an apron.)

And Ayden, thank you for th entertainment!

 I wish we lived closer!!!

Aren't blogging friends just the BEST??!! 

 I have a lot more stuff to share, although not too much more from the trip, but quilt related. 

Enough of a tease for everyone?? 

 LOL

~XOP~

Finally...My Purchases

I finally managed to take some photos of the things I bought along the way to, in and on the way home from NYC.  Grab a cuppa and let's take a look see shall we?

First up on the way to NYC.  I managed to snag some of the orange Sebastian (of Ghastly fame) and a JR of Sweet!!  WOO HOO

Next up was the visit to The City Quilter and some more Ghastlies.

I also found some Wee Wonderfuls patterns packed up with some dish towels. I also got a little of this odd plant print. Can't remember who makes it but I loved it!

I put all my Liberty purchases together here and I found some Jansdotter fabric too.

At B & J Fabrics I found some FFA and another beautiful Liberty print, don't you think?

Next trip was down to the Garment District to look for silk and other stuff. I found leather scraps to make thimbles with.

Then I did find some silk. See that one on the right, that was the one we ended up going back for b/c I couldn't live without it!! The fabric on the left is the linen I spoke of.

I know you are dying to see my pearls right? Well here they are and doesn't that turquoise silk show them off well?

Well, time for the ride home and the spoils from that ride. I loved this roof fabric and DH thought the calendar was GREAT!

It's a little difficult to see the fabric on the left well but it is striped with aqua and green.

I was so excited to find some Swell at one of the shops too!!

The shop in Montourville had a lot of Civil War and reproduction fabrics but this one reminded me of Christmas peppermints.

I needed to find some fall fabric for a project with one of the groups I belong to, but at the same time I was intriqued with the nave and orange combo fabrics I found too! What do you think of these?

So there you have it, my haul from the trip!! Now I have to find somewhere to put it all, lol. I am anxious to do some sewing but am still digging out from the trip. I did go back to Zumba today and that felt good. I did a lot of cleaning and laundry and I still need to get to the grocery store. I hope you are having a good weekend too. Did any of you have a chance to make the block I designed? I would love your feed back. Have a great weekend! ~XOP~

Quilty Purchases

OK, you asked for it, you got it, my purchases from the shop hop we did with Annie.  I was very happy with my "finds" too.  The first purchases I made were some yummy Holiday Happy FQs.

I managed to find some of this awesome Pat Bravo fabric too

I'm not sure who these are by but I loved the gray, it reminds me of some tone on tone I used to have an loved with the dandelions on it.

I'm pretty sure the most amazing score was at Broadbents. I found some of these Tamis Keefe kitties

As well as a HUGE score of Sweet!!! This one is so difficult to still find. Not only did I get some FQ I also scored some yardage...SWEET!!

Well, if you know me at all you know about my fetish for creepy things, especially owls. I have a pattern that this mouse fabric would fit in perfectly too.

These beauties were in the orphan bin at one of the shops. Now, how could I leave them there??

Lastly I scored some Nest. I don't have any and thought this was a good find too. I had seen it in some other colors but liked these the best.

So there you have it, my purchases from our shop hop.

Next up is telling you all about the next market day. On Wed before market, Anne Sutton asked Pauline and I to help set up her Bunny Hill booth! It was a lot of fun and a lot of work too!

I have sooooo much to share with all of you but you will have to be patient. My computer really is dead  = (   My DD1 managed to get it to boot up but it is so incredibly slow and I can't access the internet. Awful, I know, right? Just how did I become so dependent on my laptop?? ACK!! Anyway, this means blogging and email only from work (GASP) and nothing on the weekends unless I can borrow a computer from one of my kids. I am still receiving email on my phone so I can read what you say it is just difficult to respond (I have an old Blackberry, which is the n

ext thing to get upgraded! LOL).  I have to call in tonight about potential jury duty tomorrow too, sigh, I feel like I will never catch up.  I am going to try to write and make them post later, so wish me luck with that!!  Stay tuned there will be more later!  ~XOP~