Midweek: quilt show haul and under the needle

 

When you take your own car on vacation you tend to pack more -- "I'll just toss this in since there's plenty of room."  Same goes with driving to a big quilt show.   I needed a magnetic pincushion (to replace the one that was badly cracked (about 20 yrs old)) and I wanted a needle-threader (the kind that sits on the table).  I got those.  

I also got a new cutting mat, half price.  My table (by Tracy's) is big and the 40 x 72 mat isn't carried in stores.  

The bright LED light has an articulated neck so it can be positioned in many directions when mounted on a sewing machine.  It came from the same vendor where I bought an LED bulb for my Featherweight. (What a difference LED makes -- you could use it as a slide projector!)   

Another set of Kai scissors because they are great.  

The wooden sign is just fun! 

 I splurged and bought a sterling silver open thimble.  I have had a hard time using a thimble; turns out the ones I've had are too big for my finger.  Maybe I'll be able to do more handwork now.

And, yes there was fabric.   I sought bargains, of course.  

Kaffe/Free Spirit for $10/yd and some FQs to spark up the stash.

Top:   The Most Beautiful Fabric in the World -- I found some of the last of it!  I'm referring to the bundle of half-yard Lida Enche prints I got from a vendor from Vashon, WA.  Enche is an artist from the Seattle area. The vendor said that Enche designed three collections for In the Beginning (also Seattle) and that was it.  He added that this was their last bundle of the fabric. Lucky me!

Bottom:  The second Most Beautiful Fabric in the World is from Serious Whimsey.  The designer, P. Carter Carpin, sells only at shows and through Etsy. I was not alone in mobbing her booth.  

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This is what I worked on in the hotel lounge.  A rummage-sale bounty earlier this year included a ziploc bag full of Free Spirit (mostly Kaffe) prints cut into wedges.  From the pinked edges, I deduced that they were cut from a layer cake (10" squares).  I had no idea what she had had in mind  (why do all that cutting and then give them away?).  

At home I found a 2-yard piece of a Marcia Derse print that worked perfectly for the sashes. There was exactly enough to cut seven lengthwise 6" strips.

The wedge bands are 8" finished and the sashes are 5.5" finished. 

And now it's under the needle! 

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