Hi Quilty Friends! Earlier in the week me and my friend Judy went on a little shopping trip to our local quilt shop, Back Door Quilts. I had a list of needed items...Thimblepads, iron cleaner and Superior Threads Mono-poly thread. The rest was impulse purchases that we will call Merry Christmas to me!
When I saw the new Cory Yoder line called Cali & Co I couldn't resist the 3 low volume prints.
I grabbed a few more low volume fat quarters because you can never have too many. The top two prints are Lori Holt prints. The third print is by Christopher Thompson, and the last print in the stack is by J. Wecker Frisch.
A couple more low volume prints with no information on the selvage. And a half yard of a beautiful real red print from the Smitten line of fabric by Bonnie and Camille. A good red print is hard to find these days, so I snatch this one up with no hesitation. Most so called reds are not red. They are tomato soup, cranberry or raspberry. The blue print is by Edyta Sitar and was just too pretty to leave behind.
The shop was having a sale on Christmas and Halloween fabrics, I had no plan on buying either. As you all know I'm not a big fan of novelty prints. Sometimes I need to break my own rules. This Sugar Coated Northcott print was just too darn cute. It would make an adorable accent on tea towel or maybe a set of potholders for next Christmas.
The last impulse buy was this Scalloped Metal quilt stand. I've had my eye on it for a year or two. It's the same shape as my blog logo and it was also my business logo.
The small quilts are held onto the metal stand with magnets. The quilt designs are cute and made with wool. I'm allergic to wool clothing so I don't plan on taking the chance of using quilting wool. I might eventually make the two below with raw edge applique and quilting cotton but for now I'm excited to try my hand at designing at least one of my own.
Now for the other reason we went to the quilt shop. We wanted to see the new 2 bucks a block quilt for 2025. It's made with Lori Holt prints. Judy and I both loved the quilt and decided to sign up for a year's worth of quilty fun. We will pick up our first blocks sometime next month.
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Your purchased some beautiful fabrics, I would have succumbed also! I participated in buck-a-blocks for several years, the fabrics look very nice in this year's quilt. Also, you have to visit Back Door every month now, such a hardship! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteQuilty Christmas gifts for yourself are always such fun. You'll have lots of stitching fun with all your new finds.
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