Wednesday, January 27, 2021

I made this card awhile ago but I’ve been waiting until it was closer to my friend’s birthday to deliver it. Barb, a quilter from Texada, works in the new quilt shop and her birthday is on Sunday.

I took advantage of “having” to go to the shop to have my first peek at the new store. It is lovely. Not a lot of fabric but it is a bright and spacious area so maybe it just looks like there isn’t much. I’m not fond of most of the fabrics she has been getting in but it has been suggested that the fabric arriving now may have been choices Deb made several months ago.

That being said I managed to find what I was looking for. I got backings for two quilt tops that were recently finished and are on my UFO Challenge list for this year. There wasn’t enough of the first two fabrics I picked but I’m okay with what I got. I have also been looking at my Guild Log Cabin pattern and picked up a couple of pieces; only one will go into the top but I wasn’t sure which one would be better. When it doubt, get both!

I wasn’t there long enough to be tempted by anything that wasn’t on my list. Consider this trip a reconnoiter – I’ll be back!

I wanted 108″ wide fabric for my Guild Mystery Quilt but the new shop doesn’t carry it; I guess a decision was made somewhere along the line that Deb would continue to stock the extra wide backing fabric and the batting. Makes sense as Deb has a long-arm quilting business. I stopped in at Deb’s on my way home and purchased the purple on the bottom.

I’ve been working on Valentine cards today. I don’t know if I’ll get them done but tomorrow is a UFO Challenge day and the Splendid Sampler blocks (my cards) are on the list so I’ll have more time.