September 22nd 2007 04:48 pm
Ron and I in the fabric store
We took an impromptu road trip today, and wound up in my favorite huge fabric store. One I don’t go to very often (like once every couple of years) because I’m either not sewing or I know I’d spend money. I’ve got a few sewing projects coming up - namely, heavy window coverings for our old and draft single-pane huge windows. So we went looking for suitable fabric.
I actually like taking Ron into a fabric store. He’s got a good eye and good taste and he piles on more bolts than I would. 
He was the one who found the *quilted* burgundy fabirc just wide enough for the windows and 3.5 meters left for $2. Yeah, that said TWO DOLLARS a metre.
I was rifling through a bin of discounted flannel when I mused out loud how great he is. The lady next to me said she wouldn’t ever get her husband in the store unless they sold guns. I confess I gushed a little about Ron, and right when I grabbed a bolt and fawned over this *cute* retro pinup girl stuff, he popped his head around the corner with another bolt of the same fabric in hand. She turned to me and said, “Oooo, he’s gooood.” I know.
More pics and stuff later. I’m still recovering from the constant chatter all the way home.
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2 Comments »
Carol on 22 Sep 2007 at 5:39 pm #
Weaver on 22 Sep 2007 at 10:59 pm #
What a great fabric trip! I always have a hard time resisting those $1 and $2 a yard finds. I had to make a stop at my local yarn store the other day and my husband came with me. Instead of leaving with the one skein that I needed to finish a sweater I was almost finished with, he found a skein of sock yarn that “just looked like” me and a merino/tencel blend of roving to spin. Boy, do I love that guy!