I’ve had such a busy week. Â If you haven’t by to my blog you might not know my good news…
I had a quilt featured on Moda Bake Shop! Â You can follow this link to check it out…..
Back to the stash report….
On Thursday I took the day off and “ran away” with a friend of mine. Â It was her birthday and I thought it would be fun to just “go where the wind took us”. Â We ended up finding a new quilt shop, Merry’s Stitchins in Jessup, Iowa.
Jessup is a small town so I didn’t have a lot of hope for a great quilt shop. Â Once we got into town, I drove on main street and didn’t see a quilt shop. Â Finally we stopped and asked. Â We were told drive out of town, two miles north and two miles west….UGH! Â Now I was fairly certain it was a dud quilt shop….especially when the lady said GRAVEL road. Â We drove in and saw there were five cars there, so I had a bit of hope. Â Then as we walked up it looked like the owner had converted her garage into a quilt shop. Â We walked and WOW…. Â I was TOTALLY impressed. Â The shop is VERY nice.
They didn’t have Civil War print fabric so I didn’t purchase fabric but did purchase a few items I hadn’t seen before.
Heat Press Batting Together-
It comes on a roll and quilters use it to connect batting pieces. Â Typically I zig zag my batting scraps together but often end up with a wavey seam….I am hoping this will be a good alternative. Â Here’s a link to their website if you want to know more.
I was also happy to find Steam a Seam. Â It’s an adhesive product like Heat n Bond, but it’s recommended for wool projects.
I caved in and bought a new wool kit from Lily Anna Stitches. Â The pinwheels are so cute. Â They shop had several wool sample done…they were beautiful and it was very hard to choose one kit. Â I had talked myself out of purchasing one, but they I started talking to the clerk. Â They had different thread weights so I chatted with her asking what she recommended. Â They she told me that a couple of the shop’s wool samples were done on machine. Â She showed me Wool Auriful thread and explained that it works great for wool projects….just put it in your machine with regular thread on the bottom. Â I was sold. Â I have a couple wool projects that I am to the point I would like to finish up and this thread might be just what I need.
So for my stash report….
fabric in-0
fabric out-0
I’m still sewing but until the whole remodeling gets finished there is just not enough time to get a project in the quilting machine…I keep telling myself SOON.
It’s hard when you want to quilt and “life” gets in the way! :-)
Better luck this week on getting some sewing time.
Sounds like you had a great adventure!
Remodeling is awful, but nice when its done. Jessup? Sounds like it was a good day.
It’s so fun to find a new quilting spot! Even better when you can share the adventure with a friend.
I have used the batting tape, it’s pretty cool stuff and works well, I hope you find the same.
Yep, same going on in my house – lots of sewing but nothing to take off my stash report… Have fun with your remodeling!
That batting stuff looks really interesting so I just bought some.
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