A bright sunny afternoon took us off on a road trip to the next town of Cochrane last Thursday. What a fun afternoon we had, poor hubby usually gets a bit bored when I go off shopping for fabrics however he did enjoy his afternoon too having found a little cheese shop, a co-op kitchen and delicatessen and Sweet Sensations where he had a delicious gelato icecream. Then on the way home we had an extra stop at the wine shop on the outskirts of the town, can you tell he is a foodie.
Ok back to my afternoon of fun at the quilt shop. The ladies were delightful, friendly and welcoming, with a little bantering thrown in for good measure, I had a great time. Often I tell the ladies at our class never go to a quilt shop without a project in mind - well as usual I wasn't listening to my own advice. Since visiting the shop last September it has been rearranged.
The yarns are in the back room where I started my foray. Two skeins of sock wool and some little bamboo needles were on my list - check! I'm not going to be knitting socks this time - I'm going to try my hand at gloves (oops sorry no pun intended!).
Next I was looking for the little clips everyone is talking about to hold your bindings - check! I laid these aside on the counter and stepped into the Aladdin's cave of fabrics. Rows and rows of bolts, all colourfully arranged, a very good variety of prints, plains, modern, traditional, batiks, flannel, you name it - it was there. One particular fabric line caught my eye immediately. As always I need to chop and change add in extras then take them away. Poor B was I think getting a bit fed up with me but was very good humoured and in the end just left me to my own devices. Here is some of the selection I eventually decided on.
The shop is full of sample quilts which greet you as soon as you open the door. Colourful quilts change each time I visit, all made up and adorning the walls to give would be quilters lots of interesting ideas and suggestions. I spotted a colourful twister quilt, I've looked at these for a while and thought I might try it out sometime in the future so I bought the templates.
With my purse a little lighter and a singing heart I left to return another day hopefully in the not too distant future. If you are ever passing through the area I would suggest you make a stop off here, in a lovely little town which has something for everyone.
Have a great quilty week.
2 comments:
sounds like a good day out, wish we had large quilt shops to browse in, well maybe have a spend too!
Hey Twinny guess what I bought at the Edinburgh Quilt Show yesterday?! Kx
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