Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sandown (National Quilt Championships)


I did take some photos of quilts, but didn't keep track of whose was whose, so I'm not going to post them. I only took a few, anyway, as I find I don't tend to look at quilt photos again later, usually.  Instead, I'll show you what I bought - which is what you really want to see, anyway.  I bought these interesting fabrics from Finstall Fabrics, a new-to-me vendor. I really liked the abstract prints and the solids are actually quite highly textured.  


 I didn't intend to buy much - if any -  fabric, but I couldn't resist some cheap FQ packs  with cute prints. Perhaps augmented with some tonals from my stash, these will all make nice baby quilts or similar. 


I did buy this book, which has a huge collection of 9" blocks, both pieced and appliqued (and some which combine the methods) - I don't know that I will use many of the applique ones, I love some of the geometric pieced ones, and think I might well use them in some small quilts. 


And I bought some cross-stitch patterns. The one above is actually a full kit, but the other two are just patterns. I have a lot of autumnal and wintery cross-stitches and I really needed a few spring-like and summery ones.  The one gardeny one I did recently, I gave to a friend as a gift!



3 comments:

ruthsplace said...

Nice haul of fabric. I have her other book - Japanese quilt blocks to mix and match. There are some really nice blocks in there that one day I hope to get to...

Lynne said...

Seems like you had fun shopping as well as looking at quilts!

Needled Mom said...

It looks like you have enough goodies to keep you busy for a long time now. Those cross stitch designs will be fun to watch progress.