The fabric part of the trip

I chose one shop to go check out in New York. I picked The Calico Gals in Fayetteville, NY. It's a very cute shop. Located in an old barn which I should have taken a picture of. Sorry I didn't. There was 3 shops in the barn. A florist and stitchery store on the first floor and The Calico Gals occupied the upper levels. I should have shopped some in the stitchery place. They displayed some wonderful projects but I was so overwhelmed. I'm not a stitcher (but I can learn). They had some very cute ones for Easter and Christmas embellished with adorable buttons. Yup. I should have shopped some there too. Oh well.

Here's the few things I did get. I was hoping to get more off my list but I didn't see any of the fabric I wanted.

Cute little wallhangings in "Snap Sacks". I bought 2 of them. The cupcake one is so cute! They have about 10 different ones to chose from. Chris helped me chose the 2nd one. I was debating between 2 different ones (vase with flowers and Spring Break pictured below) and Chris found the fabrics in the flower one "too busy".

Next... A table runner. But not just ANY table runner. This one promotes CHOCOLATE! The fabric in the checkboard has mini chips on it. Perfect for a chocolate loving family!


Close up of the border fabric...

This table runner is my next project, by the way.

Other odds and ends...

They had a sample made of the Tahoe Tote in the shop. Nice size for a carry all. So of course I had to get the pattern. The "treats" green fabric and the blue swirl are going to be used for pot holders and kitchen stuff. Something cute.

Now THIS is cool. My MIL, Punkie and I went to an Amish country store to do some browsing. Their pamphlet said they had 10,000 bolts of fabric so OF COURSE I had to go! Must have been a typo. They had a little bit of fabric but not much. I did get some fat quarters but I found this really cool thing.

When flat, it can be used as a trivet on the table. Very nice star pattern.


Pull up on the handle and you get...


A really cool basket!

I really liked it so I bought it. Amelia thought it was cool and so did Chris when I showed it to him. Handmade of course and the bottom is signed and dated. There were a few different designs but we all voted on this one.

I actually got some sewing done when we got home! I finished piecing my SIL's quilt top. WOOHOO. Batting fabric needs to be pieced together and it will be going to Sharon for some quilting magic! I will show you the top tomorrow!

Enjoy your day!
Jen