{"id":484,"date":"2006-08-22T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2006-08-22T04:16:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T04:16:00","slug":"shopping-day-for-the-quilters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2006\/08\/shopping-day-for-the-quilters\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Day for the Quilters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was a quilt-related shopping day. I guess I should invoke the “I am on a holiday” or “fabric emergency” excuses so the fabric purchases made are guilt free.<\/p>\n

Four of us headed south to Bellingham and Lyden for the day. The only fabric purchases I made were 3 yards of a yellow-green fabric that matches some pumpkin fabric I bought last year after the shop put it on sale after Halloween. This qualifies as an “emergency” purchase because without this fabric, I could never complete a quilt from that pumpkin fabric. I also bought some 120″ wide muslin and a brown\/green leaf print to be used as backings. These could also be emergency purchases as without them, my flimsies will never become finished quilts.<\/p>\n

I was on an annual leave today from work so I was technically on holiday. If I am on a holiday I am allowed to purchase fabric as a souvenir, right? Either way, fabric emergency or on a holiday, these purchases were “calorie free”.<\/p>\n

After lunch at the Olive Garden, we headed north to three quilt shops in Lynden. At Tangled Threads, I found the BQ pattern that I had been looking for and an interesting log cabin \/ pumpkin table runner pattern.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Today was a wonderful day spent shopping with fellow quilters. Although I technically slipped and purchase fabric, I did not purchase any fabrics on speculation. No fabrics came home with me to merely join the existing stash in the studio. All fabric purchases have a specific and intended purpose. Once in a while, everyone on a diet slips and indulges themselves, right? \"Posted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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