Three things to be happy about:
(1) a footbridge in the fall
(2) pens clicking open
(3) honking geese migrating
This post is brought to you by the number 1022 - which is today's date and also happens to be my house number!
Last Friday I did one of my favorite most-looked-forward-to things - the annual shopping trip to Lancaster, PA, with the Faithful Circle Quilters!
We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day for our trip - sunny with just the right amount of crisp "fall is here-ness" in the air!
This year Sauder Fabrics was not on the agenda - sadly it closed in December 2015, so we substituted Burkholder's instead, a fabric shop not too far away that's housed inside a converted barn.
Although Burkholder's offered a 15% group discount, the prices were still a bit higher than I'd like to have seen, so I stuck to their sales aisle.
Since Bonnie is about to announce the colors for this year's Quiltville mystery and the only teaser she gave us is that it will have neutrals ... my goal this year was the same as last year - to beef up my neutrals and blacks.
I didn't get to see all the fabrics in Burkholder's - they have tons and tons - but I think I did a pretty good job in their sales aisle!
After Burkholder's came lunch at Shady Maple Smorgasbord (yum!!) with just enough time to dash down the hill to Goode's drygoods store for more fabric.
Then it was on to the Kitchen Kettle area in Lancaster for shopping at Zook's (20% store-wide sale) and The Old Country Store. Zook's had some great fabrics on their $3.99 shelves!
In the Kitchen Kettle jam and jelly store I picked up a jar each of their pumpkin butter and strawberry preserves.
Delicious - I should have bought more than one tiny little jar!
So that was our annual trip, I'm looking forward to next October for more of the same.
And a reminder - if you're a U.S. resident and would like to own the crumb blocks that I am giving away, go HERE and leave a comment. Tell me how you'd use crumb blocks, I need more ideas!
Sew forth and sew on til later
Love all the neutrals - that is something I need to do too. Sounds like you had another year's grand outing.
ReplyDeleteFabric, friends, and pumpkin butter - can't ask for a better day out!
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to beef up my neutrals, but I keep using them... must buy faster...