Road Trip: Quilt Love on the Way Home

The Woolen Willow

This was a fabulous stop on our journey home.

This shop was in the process of building/expanding

and so I didn't take any pictures.
This shop was fantastic.

Imagine a quilt shop with the usual quilting fabric...

Add in a great selection of wool...

Wool on the bolt, wool kits, plaid wool...

wool love!

Then add in a great

selection of yarns and patterns.

We loved this shop and were

planning on stopping on the next trip to WV.

I purchased a little wool kit (check out the birthday kit on this page).

I bought a piece of green plaid wool to make a purse.

I found some lovely guitar fabric and some bugs

playing instruments for my little peeps.

I also found a Christmas jelly roll for the Christmas

quilt I will make at some point.

With the buggy fabric I made Little Miss
a backpack for her violin binder and lesson books.

I re-purposed some wool from a skirt for the bottom, and used some corduroy form a pair of pants for the panel with the embroidered name and for the straps.

The girlie loves it!

She tried it out today when we went to her violin lesson!

Happy Hobbies!

Road Trip: Knitting on the Go

I worked on this hat, a late Christmas present for

my brother-in-law (shame on me),

while on the way to WV.

I finished it while relaxing at my aunt's!

HobbyHubby delivered it last weekend and it fit perfectly!

Happy Hobbies!

Road Trip: Shopping Day, Knitting Shop

The aunties surprised me with a stop

at the Knit 'n Hook Yarn Shop.

This is a nice little yarn store in Huntington,

with the sweetest owner!

I didn't purchase any yarn, but did buy these two patterns.

I've since set to work on a purse from the Ann Norling pattern
using some Noro that had I in my yarn basket.
I'm enjoying the cables.

Happy Hobbies!

Road Trip: Shopping Day, Second Quilt Shop

Quilts by Phyllis

The aunties after our purchases!

Quilts by Phyllis was another great shop!

It was very bright and full of many samples!

Lots of Moda love inside!

Squares from fabrics purchased from Phyllis,
completed on quilting day!
(I forgot to take pictures of the jelly rolls!)
Basically I fell in love with this line!
I can finally see the future of my home interior!


More squares and the border prints too!

Happy Hobbies!

Road Trip: Shopping Day, First Quilt Shop

W V Quilts

The shop has a WONDERFUL selection of fabrics

and patterns, and occupies a generous space!

A table of jelly rolls....

Loads of fat quarters.

This is Michelle, the very kind owner of the shop!

We shopped around for a bit and then Michelle said we could go into the back room!

Back room?

This room is filled with fabric samples for purchase by the pound!

Yes I said, "BY THE POUND."

See those samples?

And these samples?
Many samples.

You can just browse around and pick what you want.

There was an abundance of batiks.

Look at all of that pink raspberry happiness!

I purchased this 3 pounds of samples.

I chose 10 sets of the above 8 fabrics.

For around $15 I have enough to make a quilt top!

Have any pattern ideas?

Happy Hobbies!