I'm a copy cat...

My Tennessee friend Carol (no blog)...has been thrifting ALL things pink....and what isn't pink...she spray paints it...well within reason. So I picked up my favorite colors at Wal-mart and they had these glass jars on clearance...and well the rest is history. I can't wait to show the finished results..but here's the start......we'll see....my vacation ended so...with work and all it might be evening before they are done.

She's in the PINK...

I took some shots of Tennessee Carol's cute pink stuff....she's thrifted it all...those 5 containers cost her about $1.25..I kid you not. Oh and she had this....
And a lil' sewing machine decor.
She's just getting organized in her new house.

Vacation "finishes" and such...

I had a great time in Tennessee. Carol and I shopped til we dropped on that saturday and had a few self created detours. We were gone from 9am to 9pm! It was worth it. Anyhow, we sewed almost all day on sunday. This is what we worked on. Sandy Gervais christmas line Merry and Bright and this pattern. I just have to embroider the ornament hooks. I made a pincushion from an old jello mold Carol thrifted....it is soo cute. We couldn't find her stuffing so we cut up a hypo-allergenic ventilation filter that she thrifted a while back. It worked perfectly and it's hypo-allergenic! LOL

Have you had these? I could eat the whole box....and I'm not an M &M lover...these are really good though...try em' Oh and I made binding for some quilts that will be or are done so I am getting prepared...

I did work on a few other projects like Lynnette Anderson's Noah's Ark BOM and I have 2 of the months stitched but I don't have the borders on yet...that's for a future post. I worked on a Buck a Block BOM and stitched and cut the thangles on 10 of the 12 blocks. I started a quilt from the book Big Blocks Big Quilts...with a April Cornell Portugal layer cake...but it's not done yet....so I won't post it yet...but I was productive.

Berea KY...who knew?

While on my way home from Tennessee I made a pit-stop in Berea. I had read there was a quilt shop so I googled it with my Blackberry and found these shops. The quilt shop wasn't much but they a small amount of fabric and lots of already made quilts. I think the store fronts look cool.
While I walked around I spotted the Appalachian Fireside Gallery's window. A display of miniature 1930's style quilts...I was in awe. I LOVE 30's and these quilts were adorable.
My favorite was this one below which they just happened to have a poster made with this quilt...so the poster jumped into my hands...but it was only $3.

It was such eye candy for me. It made it a worthwhile stop.

A short vacation for ME!!!!

I visited 7 quilt shops during my mini vacation. I stopped first at the Fabric Shack in Waynesville, Ohio. I spent a bit there...on some civil war fat quarters and a few 1/2 yard pieces. Then Saturday my friend Carol (no blog) and I went to the Knitting Nest..I'll show what I got there in another post. Second we stopped at Mammaw's Thimble in Knoxville, Tennessee. Wow what a shop...the front window is but a taste of the interesting folk you meet inside.



Here are my treasures from Mammaw's ....it's quite a mix because they each have a special purpose. There are 9 yards of Kaffe for a backing and border to 2 quilts. A bit of civil war prints....and some older Fig Tree quilt lines for a Kim Diehl quilt I want to make...Oh! and the lime green is for sashing a borders on the Kaffe quilt too...and boy is it ever cool looking. I have already cut the border pieces!
Believe it or not 2 of the quilt shops I bought nothing...zip...zero. I swear. I did buy a bit at Loose Threads in Harriman (sp?) Tennessee. That is a wonderful shop. Just my style. We also made it to Crossville due to a slight navigation error that ended with us heading west instead of east. I think it was meant to be. Again I didn't buy much there...2 patterns that's it. We did go to another quilt shop on sunday and I made it to 2 more driving home. All in all it was a dream of a vacation.