Leaving the fabric shop on Saturday, I heard my oldest granddaughter mutter….”Well, there’s goes my inheritance ……………. but at least I’ll be warm.”   Mind you when I paid for her purchases of clothing, I received a big “thank you Mam.”
I love the little fabric shop Christmas Crab quiltery in Woodstock.   The owner carries a good selection of patterns. This visit I purchased “Tee Time Pincushions” to make these little sweeties.  A golf tee glued to the bottom of each pin cushion enables it to stand in the thread spool. Andrea plans to make the tea pot without the golf tee.Â
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I treated my daughter to fabric as well. She chose a charm pack of Heirloom garden by Marie Osmond.  A yard of Robert Kaufman Over the Rainbow guarantees me at least one visit when I’m in the old age home.  This evening when I telephoned Andrea this evening she was too busy sewing a disappearing 9 patch quilt with the charm pack to talk.  She plans to go back and buy more of the Kaufman fabric to make tote bags.
Dianne you did good. The pincushion is as cute as can be and I live the Kaufman fabric.
Don’t forget to tell her to cut the selvages.
Betsy – she sat there and went through half my stash, as well as the new stuff, getting as many selvages as possible.
Between the two of us, Andrea and I have enough fabric to open our own shop. We have visiting fabric, it stays awhile at my house, Andrea admires it, takes it home, then I go to her house, decided I need to use it in a quilt, and on and on.
Sounds like a great time, you are lucky to have a daughter to quilt with!
I’ve been blessed with a terrific daughter and step daughter , both who can sew, knit and make crafts much better than I.