One of the shop we went to was called "Backyard Fabrics". It was a small shop located next to the owners home. Now it may have been small, but oh my was it packed! Such a wonderful selection and so well arranged! I walked in, stopped, gazed at everything and just absorbed the "feeling" of the shop. Wow! But then again I live in a map dot with not much of anything around. Then LaDonna and I got down to business. We are collecting fabrics for a couple of different projects, one being a Christmas quilt. Now this project calls for an assortment of white/ black fabric and an assortment of greens. We found some to add to our stash. The other projects are kinda the same but different patterns. LaDonna is collecting bunny fabric and I am collecting cat fabric. One of the quilt shows that we went to had a quilt that LaDonna just fell for.
About a month ago, I received Keepsake Quilting in the mail and was "just looking" and found two books...one of them was the bunny book and the other was a cat book. Each bunny/cat is in a different fabric. So, I told LaDonna and ordered them. They came in while she was at my house. We had such a good time looking! We are slowly getting our collections together but at times it is not easy to find different prints.
Another quilt shop that we visited was .........
We had such a wonderful time in this shop! Most of us have heard of Eleanor Burns, maybe even watched her to TV, but oh the shop was a treasure trove ! We had to plan our strategy so we could see all the lovely fabrics...my,my.....the colors, prints, and feel! Of course we found way too much! A few bunny/cat fabrics but mostly just adding to our "collection"!
The last place we explored was.....
Once again, you just walk in and have to absorb and plan! This place is so mind boggling! We didn't even get 1/3 of the store covered! We were very put out with ourselves! We ran out of time!!...but we both added to our stash.
On all of our explorations, we had such a wonderful time not just adding to our collections, but being together and being sisters! (Our husbands just don't get it!) But our time together has now come to an end for a time. LaDonna is now in the process of heading toward her new home. It is far away...but at least it isn't in Germany like she was for 3-4 years! After all, that what phones, email, chatting, cars and planes are for! It would just be nice if everyone could stay in the same time zone!
The bunnies are awesome. No wonder she fell for them. :) And yeah - I totally agree with it taking a few moments just to absorb the plan at Paducah's! lol Got to stop there once while returning from delivering a kiddo to her college last August.
ReplyDeleteI stayed in Paducah in August when my husband had to be near there on business. It was such a wonderful area! I went to those same shops! In fact, my hotel was within walking distance of Hancocks of Paducah, so I made it through the entire store more than once!!! I had to empty a suitcase to bring my fabric home! I'm so glad you two sisters are having time together. There's not much as special as "sister time".
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love spending time with my sisters and it is even better when all seven of us can get together all at once (and with our two brothers too)! Thankfully with technology the world is a smaller place so the distances that used to be so great are now much closer!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to get an update!! Such a special time that you sisters share!! Looking forward to all your projects!! Wish I could have gone shopping with you!!
ReplyDeleteBlessings
I'm so glad you got to spend some real sister time together! Sweet! And what fun to go on a spree in those shops! FUN!
ReplyDeleteMy 3 year old Esther and I just spent a few minutes admiring the bunny quilt. Her favorite is the light blue hunkering down bunny and mine is the purple leaping bunny. Very cute, can't wait to see the one you make.
ReplyDeleteWell, if you two gals were going to go anywhere quilt related, you sure picked a good place! Paducah, KY is like mecca for quilters! Did you make it to the quilt museum? I love going to Paducah, but it's a three hour drive for me, so not someplace I get to on a regular basis! Thanks for sharing your adventure.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear from you both! What a wonderful time you had at all those wonderful shops!!! I doubt I could have kept up with you!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear the 2 of you had such a wonderful time together. Miss hearing from both of you. Hugs
ReplyDeleteAlright dear Sister, I have to fuss. I completely understand ya'll spending time together. I even encourage stash building. Just like LaDonna understands my acquisition of sharp pointy things and things that go bang. Just as a reminder, Germany was 4.5 years though I'm sure it seemed longer to LaDonna. I've not found many quilt shops in our new neck of the woods so she's got to get to the shops when she can.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful that you have been able to spend so much time together. You girls have been through a lot and nice that you can carry your new projects with you, remembering the good time you had buying all those fabrics.
ReplyDeleteThe bunnies are so cute :D
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful that you two girls have been able to spend time together.
Cute bunny quilt. And yeah, there's nothing like sisters, especially when it come to shopping!
ReplyDeletebest, nadia
I'm green with envy; I'd love love love to go to Paducah! Hope you had enough for me too!
ReplyDeleteKaren!