Is fabric a souvenir? I suppose not, though sometimes when I cut a particular piece I can remember when and where I bought it. On this trip I went to three shops -- Golden Gese in Concord, NH; Quilted Threads in Henniker, NH; and Fabricate in Bar Harbor, ME. I also went to Marden's . (Marden's is a surplus and salvage chain. I remember the very first time I heard about it -- my hairdresser in Auburn said she'd gotten wallpaper at "Maahd'ns" and I had no idea what she was talking about. I soon learned. I still have fabric and, I confess, needlework supplies, from those days. In the 24 years since I moved away they've expanded fabric departments tremendously -- imagine designer fabric (Kaufman, Michael Miller, Benartex, etc.) for $4.99/yd.!)
The Maine Quilts show had an extensive vendor mall. Some of the sellers were familiar -- Sew Batik from North Dakota, for example -- but there were many who were new to me.
Here's the entire haul. Batiks, novelties, some Australian prints, some typography prints, a few white-and-black prints.
Included in the stack are FQs of colorful shweshwe prints from South Africa. I have a collection of blue, red, and brown shweshwe. I didn't know it comes in other colors! (The vendor is Susan Sato of Easy Piecing . The website doesn't include the shweshwe, but she carries it!)
The stash report for July:
Fabric in (all from vacation): 43-3/8, $263.11 (avg. $6.06) (Is that all? It seemed like a lot more.)
Fabric out: 27-1/4
YTD in: 203-5/8, $706.37 (avg. $3.75/yd)
YTD out: 365-5/8
Net decrease: 162 yds.
It was far too hot to do anything outside this past weekend so I read and sewed. (Oh, yes, and spent much of Saturday writing the travelog blog posts.) When we left for New England I had six maple leaf blocks on the design wall. I used some of the new batiks in the additional blocks. The blocks are 6" and I don't think there will be a border. This will be a wall hanging or a runner for the silent auction at the quilt guild show in September. Finishing it is my One Monthly Goal for August. (Whew. I linked up just in time!)
Monday link ups:
Monday Making
Oh Scrap!
Design Wall Monday
Moving It Forward
So colorful with autumn backgrounds. I am anxious to get into my autumn stash which I seem to be collecting since last year, but need to finish some of these projects first. As always, you make the most interesting scrappy pieces. This will be a silent auction favorite.
ReplyDeleteGreat color choices for those leaves. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteLove the leaf blocks. Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and good luck with your project.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Seems we're all in agreement ... ready for Autumn! The colors are so rich in nature and in your quilts.
ReplyDeleteheaded for marden's myself in a few days...and i love your maple leaf blocks...been thinking about some of those myself but smaller, like 4" blocks...nice new stash!
ReplyDeleteNice haul from your vacation. You'll have lots of fun with them. I like your Maple leaves.
ReplyDeleteI bought a maple leaf pattern some years ago. I think my skill has grown to match it. Will have to look for it
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, Mardens! A trip through Maine isn’t complete without stopping there! Nice haul! Glad you enjoyed your vacation. I’m heading down there next month for a wedding. Love your maple leafs. I have to look again!
ReplyDelete365 5/8 yards out? Amazing! Astounding! Fabulous. Good work.
ReplyDeleteYour leaf blocks are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing with Moving it Forward.
ReplyDelete43 yds fabric a souvenir? I'd say absolutely. Would love to see them up close and personal. Love your maple leaves. Almost inspiring me to make another maple leaf quilt.
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