Local Fabric Shop . . . kinda . . .

Today was the day we were all supposed 

to shop at our local quilt shops . . .

Well, I had to work . . . in an office.

But . . . this past weekend I was visiting my family north of Boston

and we (I) did a little fabric shopping.

We visited Portsmouth Fabric Company, one of my faves!

Whenever I go north I try to con the family into a trip up to Portsmouth.

(There is a great brewery there too!)

This shop is a distributor for Kaffe Fassett,

so they  have all the new lines, but they also carry all the

golden oldies that I love.

The colors and yumminess are almost overwhelming!

I'm not even going to admit to how much I stocked up!

I usually stick to the fabric, but the quilts caught my eye this time around.

Then I turned the corner and saw a little "show" by this quilt artist.

Beautiful appliqued paintings of scenes under the sea.

I just love these!

And they remind me of a block that Helen did for one of our Bees.

It wasn't all fabric shopping . . .

I saw this lovely little cameo in a consignment shop.

I didn't buy, just taking the picture was enough.

While my aunt and uncle looked at couches at the Crate & Barrel outlet,

I found fabric!  Haha.  I always do!

I got four yards of Marimekko fabric for some backings.

Retail $45.00 a yard.  I paid $5.95 a yard!  Score!

We also did a bit of walking around Boston too.

This is Faneuil Hall with all the twinkling lights.

So while I did buy fabric, it wasn't "local" to me per se.

I'm hoping to do a little of that this upcoming weekend! Hehe.

What are you doing this weekend?