I ‘needed’ a few things and hadn’t been to my 65 mile away LQS for quite a while, so we decided to go for a drive on Saturday. Sam dropped me off while he went to the book store. Thank goodness for Chapters, only a couple of blocks away.
I managed to do quite a bit of damage to my pocket book in a very short period of time. We arrived just after it opened so I was able to browse to my heart’s content.
I was looking for some Amy Butler fabric for a swap gift and was able to find what I needed straight away and without too much fuss.
I also bought two purse patterns. The first is a Melly & Me pattern by Rosalie Quinlan and Melanie Hurlston and...
the second is a real cutie from Quilt Plus.
I couldn’t live without this redwork “Winter Wonderland’ sampler pattern from Crabapple Hill.
I needed a black and a red permanent pen so I picked up one of each along with some flower head flat pins, a seam ripper and some Jeana Kimball straw needles for needle turn appliqué.
One of the gals in our stitching group is having a birthday this week and I picked up a pair of scissors for her to include with her other gifts.
And last but certainly not least, I found a copy of Quilts, an Australian quilting magazine featuring Lurline and Robyn, two great gals whose blogs I read on a regular basis.
I certainly did my part to help stimulate the economy on this trip. Sam didn’t do too badly in Chapters either!
Yesterday I spent from 7:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. working in our perennial gardens. I was literally exhausted when I was done and for the first time in a long while, I needed an afternoon nap. Later today I’ll try to get some photos of our Spring gardens.
Happy stitching!
Kaaren
Ahhh... what a lovely day spent shopping!!! Think you did good!! lol... Im so envy of you.. to be able to buy just ONE pigma pen...not a whole pack... aarggh...
ReplyDeleteHurray to shopping!!! :o)))
Looks like you had a great time! Love that green fabric and the bags patterns look yummy. Can't wait to see them done up.
ReplyDeleteNow that's what I call a good shopping trip, you have to make it worthwhile. Fancy finding the Down Under Quilts magazine.
ReplyDeleteI love all of your purchases!
ReplyDeleteKaaren, as I was reading I was going to scold you for being so naughty - then when I got to the end I thought 'hope you enjoy'! It's a small world after all!
ReplyDeleteHugs - Lurline♥
That's my kind of shopping - a little of this and a little of that and then you have a sack full of fun.
ReplyDeleteLots of goodness there! I love Melly and Me, everything they do. Have you seen the redwork pattern that is a tea themed one? Oh my goodness...if I only did stitchery. The Christmas one is awesome too.
ReplyDeleteYippee - you can join the rest of us who are making Winter Wonderland! Meg Hawkey lives in WA state and we drive by her place every time we visit the Squash House, Kaaren! I hope to take a class from her next year when she resumes teaching.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you picke up a lot of wonderful goodies! I also hope we get to see some photos of your perennials!
Cheers!
Hi Kaaren, looks like you had a busy day. Love all your finds
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun shopping trip. Especially love the Winter Wonderland stitchery. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteSeems we have that in common too...I'm also 65 miles away from any LQS's...so I know how great it is to be able to get to one! I love my Clover Seam Ripper...not that I like to have to use it...but it's better than any seam ripper I've ever had! Great goodies!
ReplyDeleteI have those scissors, they are nice. Good stuff there. I want some of it.
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