Foggy but Fun

Saturday was the Pre-Bowl sale at the Galena quilt shop so I headed out at 7:35 a.m.!  It was a bit foggy but visiblity was just over 1/4 a mile or so … it was OK for driving.

I arrived just before 9 and the best deals were from 9 – 11 a.m.  {40% off all fabric and 25% off notions & books} I added the fabrics for the border, binding, and backing for the tshirt quilt and then got fabrics for the guild’s nickel square exchange.  But I chose as many of the fabrics that work with my 2009 BOM quilt so that the leftovers from cutting nickel squares can be used in a scrappy border on the ’09 BOM.  I felt so smug I thought of that! 😉

(All of these coordinate with my 2009 Block of the Month.  Maybe having notes here will help for whenever I get to this! LOL!!)

The line to check-out is always long and the store owner runs the check-out on this big sale day.  I don’t think she does it often so it takes her longer than the other workers.  ???  I probably held my pile of fabrics (including one of the bolts b/c the sku number was hard to read) for a good 30 mins.  Sunday I realized my biceps had a better workout than I accounted for!

I left Galena at 10:20 and decided that since  it was a yucky day, I’d continue shopping!  I drove across the northern part of the state to Rockford.  A new quilt shop there was having demos throughout the day.  I was interested… so I drove the 1 hr 40 mins to get there!  Ack!!  I arrived within a minute of the next scheduled demo!  🙂

It was just great! There were 7 of us there and could stand around in the classroom.  The instructor gave us lots of tips and explanations for making booty slippers.  🙂

I got the pattern and a kit for all the extra things you need.  I’d love to make more but will test out one pair first.  Then I’ll hit a sale at Joann’s for the extra things like gripper fabric & foam.

In the classroom, were 2 large racks of bolts all on sale!!  One of my favorite designers is Amy Butler and there had to have been over 25 bolts of her fabric at 40% off!!!  >happy dance!!<  I chose from those sale racks for my slippers.

There are 3 sections to the slippers and I am thinking of using the pink for the ties & binding.

But the sale was 1 yard minimum so I will have plenty of fabric leftover.  They just sing to me wanting a quilted jacket so I got a few more fabrics that I couldn’t resist at those prices! 😉

I was at the shop for 1 hr and 20 minutes.  I stopped by Panera to grab a quick bagel for the way home (cuz I just love an upset stomach I guess…) and saw a dear friend from awhile ago!  Carol & her husband were there finishing lunch and it was so delightful to chat with them a bit!  Carol owned the quilt shop nearby when I started quilting in the late 1980’s.  She is a dear!!

The fog was much thicker by then and visibility was poor.  Thankfully it was still “daylight” so that made seeing easier.   I got home and started cinnamon rolls for JP to take to share with the band on Sunday. He had already left to play for the Saturday services.  We headed up for early church and I baked the rolls when I got home.

I added these 2 new projects to my inventory of projects list.  Ha!

Another 2 hrs on the tshirt quilt today has me working on the next to last row.  🙂   Yahoo!!

Yesterday my feet were SO very cold, I was really wishing for these boot slippers to be done.  Isn’t that how it always is!