The Final Shop...Calico Cupboard

We knew it would be a long drive home from Fabric Shack so we decided we would stop in Pataskala, OH at Calico Cupboard.

This shop sits off SR 16 in a small shopping plaza.  It is warm and inviting when you enter and the staff treats you like they have know you for years.   Oh wait, I have known them for years :)

There is a wonderful selection of fabrics.....

They have a huge selection of threads and patterns!

Oh and look what we found!  An electric sewing machine that has been converted to treadle!

 Calico Cupboard has a huge spacious classroom.  They offer a variety of classes sure to suit everyone.

Here we are in the classroom, all enjoying a cup of coffee!  Thank you Sherri for a wonderful visit!

OK, another 45 minutes and we should be home but who wants to cook?  Not Barbie or I so we call out husbands and have them meet us in Coshocton for dinner. 

Barbie and her hubby, Ron.

After dinner we had the waitress take this photo.  Wow!  I look like I have driven 345 miles!

Good food, good friends, good conversations....priceless.

I am very lucky to have such a wonderful group of ladies in my life.  They each have a special place in my heart and I love spending time with them. 
I am looking forward to doing this again next year.  How about we do this in Oregon and then hit the Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show? 

Thank you QBees for a wonderful weekend!

I Interrupt This Shop Hop For A QBee Day!

It has been a long time since I posted pictures of our QBee days.  The QBees gather on Thursdays to piece, quilt, share ideas & fellowship.  On the first and third Thursdays, we sew late (7:30) and on all other Thursdays we finish up about 4:00 p.m. 

This past Thursday was to be a late day, but I had to be at VBS by 5:30.  No worries, I left the studio in good hands and the QBees stayed until they wanted to go home.  When I got home at 8:45 p.m., they were gone :(

Here are some of the things we worked on yesterday!

Momma Barb cut strips and made binding for the quilt she left for me to quilt.

After that, she finished making the remaining 3 blocks for the body of her Snake River quilt.

All 64 blocks are now complete.  What to do next?  Sew the body together or have her start making the border blocks?  I think I'll let her decide.

Gladys brought two sewing machines.  She is working on different projects with each machine.  Here Gladys is working on a quilt for her oldest son, Earl.  First step in the checkerboard section.

The checkerboard looks really nice!

Gladys is sewing on her Bernette sewing machine.  I don't think sew got her other machine out! 


Barbie was putting binding on a quilt for her daughter and somehow did the corners backwards.  She is un-sewing the binding.  I showed her a quicker way to do it.  RIP!  It may not be the most perfect way to do it, but since the sides of the quilt are sewn down, I wasn't afraid to do it.  Barbie got brave and finished the ripping :)

I was working on this I Spy. 

When I pieced these vertical rows together, it was supposed to make a star.  My star is very elongated.  I don't know what I did wrong, but I see unsewing in my future. 

I have fallen in love with shark fabrics!  My friend and her family are SHARK CRAZY so I made her daughter more pillowcases!!!

The top photo shows more the true color of this pillowcase.  I found this fabric at Fabric Shack on our QBees mini shop hop.

I found this fabric at Bunny's Sew Fine Fabrics !  Janey is going to love receiving these in the mail!!

I am going to work on getting the final shop hop stop up today.  I also have many photos of the quilts I have been quilting for clients!

It is a beautiful day in Ohio.  Just abuot 70 degrees, blue skies with huge white fluffy clouds and a slight breeze.  Is fall in the air?
Happy Sunday!



The One We've Been Waiting For!

For the past two years we, the QBees, have wanted to go to Fabric Shack in Waynesville, OH.

We finally made it!  There is no grand sign, just this one on the side of a brick building.  If you didn't have directions, you would pass it by. 


As soon as you walk in the front door, you are greeted with lots of fabric, color and samples.

This front area of the quilt shop holds the huge collection of batiks, civil war prints and most recent collections.  The batting and notions are in the area too.

This little table runner caught our eye. 

It is a quilt as you go and the giant rick rack is adorable.  Ok, it's been a long time since I've bought any patterns and was shocked it was $9.00!!  Gladys bought it anyway :)  It uses a charm pack with additional fabric for the backing.  I am looking forward to borrowing this pattern.


As you walk towards the back of the shop, you go through this little hallway that has all the books sorted by author or book title.
The lady in the black tank top is at the books.  The neutral fabrics are also in the hallway.  I was looking towards the front of the store when I took this photo.

When you step through to the back, this is what you see!!

Fabric and samples everywhere.  The fabric is sorted very nicely and makes looking for specific fabric a breeze.  This room held all the blenders, conversation prints, flannels, christmas & patriotic.  On top of the middle shelves were all the layer cakes, charm packs and jelly rolls. 

Up a few steps and you find more fabrics.....

There is just so much here!  You look and look and look some more.   We were able to find more Pokey Little Pupply fabrics, lots of sale fabric for backings and just fabric we liked.  I think we spent 3 hours in this shop!  Well worth the trip!  The staff was wonderful as well! 

When the big quilt show is held in Cincinnati, Fabric Shack has a huge tent sale.  I'm thinking we need to be there to experience that some day!


We were ready to head home.  We stopped for a quick ice cream treat and headed up the road. 

OH MY!  When we got back out to I-71 the traffic was backed up to the on/off ramp.  Never fear, we pulled into the first gas station, pulled out the map and then asked for directions to go around the jam.
Just a small detour and we back on I-71 headed home.

One more to go! 

Last Quilt Shop

...in Columbus!
Our final quilt shop on Friday was Quilt Beginnings.

This is their Sawmill Road store.  The other shop is located on Broad Street.

Whoever designed these cup holders (probably a man), never gave any thought as to how difficult it made it  to get out of the seat.  Poor Gladys.  Does anyone see a trend here?

Coffee on the floor, coffee on Gladys.  It is a good thing I stock napkins and wipes in the vehicle.  Mess cleand up and ready to shop!

Quilt Beginnings is an authorized Pfaff dealer and have a huge display of machines.

There are samples everywhere and they all have a more modern flair.  The Broad Strret shop is more traditional.

There is an awesome selection of books and patterns!

The tread selection is very appealing! 

Classroom area is well light and roomy.

I thought I had taken more photos, but I'm sure Gladys has some she will share. 
The owner of this shop is Cathy Daum and was featured in last years Quilt Sampler Magazine.
All the employees were so friendly and helpful!  They wanted to join us too! 


Of course, but the time we were done here it was 5:00 p.m. on Friday night.  Can we say heavy traffic?
It took us a while to get through the innerbelt traffic so we could head South on I-71.  There is also a lot of construction going on that makes for bottlenecking traffic.  Once we were past the I-270 outerbelt split we were able to travel at the posted speed limit.

Our hotel for the night was at Jeffersonville, OH. 

There is a huge Tanger Outlet Mall at this exit (which we did not go to). 

Once we checked into our rooms, we needed food!! 

We dined at Werner's Barbeque, a local family owned restaurant.  I had brisket and yum, yum, yum it was good.  Almost as good as the brisket at The Salt Lick in Austin, TX.  There is a funny pictue of  Gladys & Momma Barb but I will let Gladys blog about that!

After dinner we all grabbed our hand work and sat chatting and stitching.

Barbie is working on embroidery.

Momma Barb was working on her Cathedral Windows.

Gladys and I are working on our hexies.

OK girls, it's time for a good nights rest.  We are off again in the morning to continue this adventure!

More Shop Hop!

The third quilt shop we visited was The Glass Thimble on High Street in Columbus, OH

 

They used to have a beautiful awning here.  I wish they would replace it or maybe they should cover it in a quilt instead!

When you walk in, the vaulted ceilings offer a great display area for samples.

Momma Barb is looking over the entranceway at the samples hung there.  Off to the right of Barbie is the second half of the vaulted ceiling with more samples.

There are many areas to this quilt shop.  At one time it was two or three houses and now they are all connected.  Here are photos showing the different rooms, as well as the fabrics & pattens offered.  After coming throught the front door, you turn right going into this room.

There are many nice samples in this section of the shop.  The rest of my photos showing the other rooms weren't very good so I deleted them.  There are 3 more rooms beyond this big room.

Looking strainght through towards the back (which is really the front because you come in through an alley) you find 30 reproduction fabrics, scarlet & grey fabrics and a great selection of civil war prints.  I love the lighting in these two rooms.

There is even a place for hubby to rest and wait until your done shopping!


Here are Lorraine (r) and Kathy (l), two of the employees of The Glass Thimble.  Lorraine is a master at applique and a great person to chat with.  This was the first time I had met Kathy.  They are great assets to the shop!

I think Momma Barb photo bombed all the pictures in this shop!

An incident?............Why I almost forgot to tell you about that!!! 

We had not been in the shop too long.  Gladys was looking for specific Pokey Little Puppy fabric and Kathy showed her what they had.  Gladys came to me and asked for the keys for the van so she could get her pattern for this quilt.  I reached in my purse and then said, "I locked the keys in the van."  OK, slight panic here!!  Barbie came to our rescue because she has AAA!  Calls were made, shopping continued and by the time we were done shopping, AAA was there!

She was awesome, first try and we were in.  Totally professional and laughing right along with us.
Thank you Ron & Barbie for having AAA.  That membership just paid for itself!

Thank you AAA for sending this sweet angel. 

After all that excitement, it was time for an afternoon coffee.  Lucky for us, there is a Starbucks next door to the quilt shop.  Coffee and scones for all!!  Can you tell which blog we're reading?

See Mrs. DillyDally, you were with us!