Quilt Shop Road Trip

 About 10 days ago, I drove 90 minutes and met up with this sweet friend.

Then we drove another 90 minutes to Lovington to visit a favorite quilt shop that was closing.

Every shop has it's own personality and this one was so good. They had something for everyone...novelties, western, 30's, Civil War reproduction, Kaffe, holidays, batiks, modern, and blenders. 

The sales had been going on for some time and much of the fabric was gone. Each week the owner put a different color of fabric on sale and that probably worked well for locals, but for those of us who lived out, it was not feasible to make multiple trips. But she finally put the fabric that was left on sale and we wanted to make one last visit.

We spent a lot of time perusing and discussing options for various projects. Neither of us bought a lot, but the point of the trip was really to spend the day together and catch up.

Here's what I came home with...this fabric for an apron

A small piece of the rocket ships for an I spy quilt and the blue check for my stash...possibly cornerstones for the I Spy quilt.

We both bought the 3 pieces in the middle because it was an unusual color combination for a western quilt. I pulled the other fabrics from my stash as possible coordinates

C had this pattern that we're thinking of using

I had shown her a plaid quilt I had made for a friend that she liked and I said I was ready to make another so we pulled plaids to begin her collection.

I have a healthy plaid stash so I only added a few. It's hard for me to turn down a plaid.

These 3 prints will make a cute quilt for a little girl and I may add a few more colors and prints from my stash to the mix depending on the pattern I select

C was also wanting to find fabrics to coordinate with this fabric she had. 

                                 

I have the same fabric. It's been in our stashes for a number of years, but we never came up with a good idea of how to use it so we put our heads together. She had recently made this quilt.

I love it. The square in a square is one of my favorite blocks and we're both thinking this may work.

I pulled my vintage piece when I got home and began to pull others from my stash and send her photos

Maybe I don't have too much fabric because while we were at the shop, I knew I had those pieces and I was positive they'd be a good match. I sent her pictures of what I had and will share my fabrics with her.

We enjoyed a leisurely lunch when we got too hungry to think and then returned to the shop to have everything cut.

6 hours of driving for me, 5 for her, but definitely worth it when you get to spend the day with someone that is such a joy. We've both been pretty busy. Texts back and forth looked like this

So I'm glad we were able to find a day that worked for both of us. Sometimes our busy-ness is self inflicted, but that has not been the case for either of us lately. We were both exhausted before we met, but our buckets were filled by spending the day together.