Texas, Day 4!

What a turn out we had for the lecture in Ft Worth yesterday! I loved it so much! I got to meet MORE folks that I seem to have known forever via our blogs and the quiltvillechat@yahoogroups.com email list and facebook! This is just so wonderful in every way that I can think of!

Yesterday was also my “afternoon off” and after a great lunch at Charlestons, ((And the best Rueben sandwich I have had in a long while!)) We headed out to discover some quilt shops!

We were able to hit two really good ones!

Here is a pic from The Cabbage Rose:

Want to know the first thing I honed in on? I bet you can’t guess….right there in the picture above, can you see it?

If you guessed THIS, you are right:

CINDERELLA?!??? Oh, wouldn’t I love a cutie vintage machine just like this named Cinderella!

Did I buy fabric? Yep. Just a few pieces….they had a bin of FQs that were marked down $1.75.

From there we loaded back up in the two cars, and off we went and found ourselves stuck in MILES AND MILES of THIS:

Did I mention before how much I HATE TRAFFIC!? We were not moving here at all. Stand still. for MILES. It was 2:30pm. ((?!?!?!))

We finally got past the 3 day holiday weekend early take off traffic ((I had forgotten it is a 3 day weekend this weekend!)) and we arrived at Quilt Country!

Isn’t this a GREAT mural!? Saska got pics of us both in front of it, and if I can scam them from her blog later I’ll post them

Here is a peek inside! I found a diagonal orange stripe, thanks to Saska for something crazy like $2.99 a yard in the way marked down stuff. Got plans for this orange stripe, oh yes I do! I also bought a few background pieces…there wasn’t what I wanted in the FQs, so I found myself buying 1/3 yard cuts instead. I often do that…..a 12” X 44” wide piece is sometimes better when using strips than an 18” X 22” piece. Don’t you just feel so inspired by rows and rows of rainbow colors? I love seeing this! In the pic is my faithful driver…she has been hauling me back and forth from Denton to Ft Worth and back again over the past couple days.

I don’t have the fabric purchases with me….they became “packing material” as I shipped the leftover books home via fed ex yesterday to lighten my load a bit!

We also had to make a Texas Pit Stop……aka…BRAUM'S!

It might be CULVERS when I hit the midwest, but in Texas, it’s Braum’s! We had one in Waxahachie that I just loved when I lived here….and I had to get my old standby---a frozen yogurt “Mix” with butterfinger bits…MMMM!

I spent the evening just kicking back in my hotel. It might have been 7pm but it was JAMMIE TIME!

Quilt from the demo back in my lap…Uggs on my feet ((Yes, quite the fashion statement with jammies I know!!)) Working away on hexies while watching episodes of CSI on USA…..NICE!

Got this section ready to add! I’ve attached it at one end so far, but I just couldn’t keep my eyes open long enough to do more.

This will be what I’m aiming to do tonight after we finish our Virginia Bound workshop with the Denton Guild today!

My time in Texas is drawing to a close…hard to believe I’m flying out tomorrow!