Weekly update: quilt shops, the stash report, Christmas braid flimsy, and OMG

 I brought souvenirs back from New England--two t-shirts, a tea towel, refrigerator magnets -- and fabric!  I went to four quilt shops and a thrift shop.  

A Quilter's Garden is in Montpelier, VT. 

Sew Far North is in Littleton, NH. 

The Golden Gese [taken from the owner's surname] is in Concord, NH.   

The late Victoria Carroll-Parkhill, whose blog was Park Hill Farm, patronized this shop. When we were in New Hampshire in 2018 I met her there.  

I had a wonderful six-degrees-of-separation experience at Haphazard Quilting in Canaan, NH. 

I mentioned to Deb, the show owner, that I was from suburban Chicago. "I used to live in Lindenhurst," she said.  It turned out that that was when I lived in Lindenhurst, too.  She was a crafter more than a quilter back then and she did not belong to the guild, but we did know a number of people in common.  When her husband retired from Great Lakes Naval Training Center they moved to Canaan.

The card catalog holds FQs.  The selection of M&S Australian prints is extensive.

The thrift shop was between Canaan and Enfield (the Shaker Museum).  Some good yardage at bargain prices.  

Left: thrift shop -- $1.24 per yard.

Quilt shop purchases.  A lot more than $1.24 per yard. <grin>

That leads to the August stash report.  The short version:  a lot more came in than went out.  

IN, August:  246-1/2 yards for $175.00. Average $1.40 per yard. (I got a nice destash as well as that thrift shop.)   OUT, August:  95-1/4 yards. (I shared with friends.)

YTD IN: 1034 yards, $460, average $2.24 per yard.  YTD OUT:  732 yards.

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I put some of the new fabric to use right away. I got the green check at Golden Gese.  It's brighter than it looks.  This will be the AAUW holiday raffle quilt. 

My goals for September are to make this month's RSC projects (light blue and light green) and figure out what I'll do with the guild BOM blocks.  

I've started the RSC Ohio Stars.  9-1/2" unfinished. There will be 20 in all.

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