Monday, August 13, 2007

Oh My Gosh

I know what you are all thinking. Is that all that girl does -- shop!!!

Well there was a "Pieces by the Pound" sale in a quilt shop in Abbotsford, about 60 kms from me. So a friend and I went out on Saturday for the day. We had a great day. I bought 7.39 lbs of "pieces". We had lunch in a very good little restaurant - specializing in home cooked turkey and chicken and fries. potatoe salad etc. it was called " A little Farmhouse in the City" or something like that. Our lunch was good. I had a turkey melt with fries.
And to top off the day there is the largest bead store I have ever seen in my life!! I bought a couple of items there as well -- and I don't even do any beading - LOL!!




So this is what my 7.39 lbs looked like when I got home. The pieces are about 11 inches wide and various lengths. They are all sales sample pieces and most of them were in little piles of a particular line of fabric. I don't have much a batik collection at home so I really stocked up on the batiks. I also got a few samples for my Dear Jane. As well I got some plaids, Orientals and then a few odds and ends that I liked.


Here are the batiks all laid out and folded. Aren't they pretty. Such a great collection of them. Nice sized pieces for making a scrap quilt or using for applique. I also got a nice little pile of "hand dyed" fabric for applique as well.


The final picture of everything stacked and ready to be put away. I have been collecting a few bits of plaid over the years to make a plaid scrap quilt - so I am quite please with the plaids. I got a small sample of baby fabric - enough to make one baby quilt. And then a few pieces of co-ordinating fabrics that would be good for making small bags. It is really hard to tell from the piles how much fabric there is there - and all the variety. But I am pretty pleased with my choices.



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This is my "artsy" shot - LOL.
The sale is at "Quilt Essentials" and it is on all week for anyone in the Vancouver area. The shop is in downtown Abbotsford B.C. Great fun and well worth the trip.
And I promise -- I usually don't just shop, shop shop!!!

25 comments:

  1. A day very well spent! If you had'nt indulged we would have wondered about you, but no worries - that's terrific! I love the nice neat stacks, better than candy VBG

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  2. Well I think that's just far too much fabric for one person...lol.... Do you have a link for the store?

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  3. Oh, that row of batiks! Sometimes when I have fabric out like that, I just leave it for a week or two and look at it. Enjoy!

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  4. Pam,
    What a fun day you had- I am jealous of all those beautiful batiks - they are gorgeous:)
    It sounds like a great day with a good friend. I have a good friend who loves to bead and makes beautiful bracelets- I play :) with her often enough that I have collected my own box of beads to go along with my fabric collection.VBS Like I need to collect beads but they are fun to play with, just like fabric.

    Thanks for sharing your trip.
    Happy stitching,
    Anna

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  5. I love that artsy shot. Very professional!

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  6. Oh my...those batiks are wonderful!!!

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  7. Keep shopping!!! We all coming to ur house when we need fabric!!! lol Great artsy shot!!!

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  8. Just look at all those gorgeous fabrics--especially the batiks. And turkey melt for lunch! What a great day you must have had.

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  9. Love that stack of fabric. It looks perfect for so many projects. My philosophy is you have to buy when the opportunity presents itself.

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  10. Great shopping...you win the great shopper award..cant wait to see what you make with all those wonderful fabrics...I agree you have to buy when the opportunity is there...thats what I do...Have a great week..Toni

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  11. Sounds like a great sale! I love the FQs and small pieces of fabric. I don't even know what to do with a full yard in my stash! ;) That would be a perfect way to stock up with stuff for the paper pieced Cinco de Mayo that I want to make. Still waiting for the book!

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  12. I'm jealous too! I was drooling at shot after shot of beautiful fabric. Very nice.

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  13. Ohhh, I'm loving all that fabric! Nothing at all wrong with a little retail therapy - or a lot of retail therapy for that matter!
    *hugs*
    Tazzie
    :-)

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  14. Wow! Now that was a successful shopping spree. Great fabrics.

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  15. Now, that is what I call shopping ... what treasures you have there!

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  16. You certainly had a busy day. Lots of fabric to fondle when you got home.
    Very nice collection.

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  17. There used to be a place near here where you could go and buy blanketing by the pound, simply needed to bind it yourself. I like the concept of fabric for quilts bought the same way! Nice haul.

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  18. Your pictures are almost enough to make me get on a plane and fly to Abbotsford! I'm so jealous. Fabric by the pound is just my favorite thing.

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  19. What a great buy. I love little bits of fabric like that - it seems like you get so many colours.

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  20. Wow, Pam! What a great collection of batik pieces. I have the perfect pattern for that - it's Atkinson's Lucky Stars. It can be done scrappy.

    http://tinyurl.com/2edul6

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  21. Wow girl, you've been shopping! Or would that be "Gezzz you've had some great S.E.X.! lol I love batiks too! As for Jenny, I really don't know what to say! Have your talked to the vet? Perhaps s/he has a solution. Keep well!

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  22. gee wiz! if I came home with that much fabric, my huzban would have killed me! Glad you can do it! :-)

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  23. What a fun day you had and what beautiful batiks!
    Kind Regards,

    Sonnja

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  24. Hey, it's been a few days. Are you out shopping???? =)

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  25. Quilters are like squirrels, always storing for winter days. Nice fabrics Pam, great shopping :)

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