Garage Sale

Barb and I attended the Bolts & Bobbins garage sale today at their location near Woodville. The shop is on a farm where Clydesdale horses are bred. There was a 60 day-old foal sticking very close to its mama. We chatted with the breeder as he was assisting with directing parking for the cars arriving for the sale.

I purchased a few deeply discounted things in the 'garage' and a few other items inside the shop (regular price).

I thought this precut metre of fabric was very cute - with some practical 'goals'. I didn't have a specific plan for it but since coming home, I have thought of something I'll use it for.

I found a neutral, lightly patterned fabric

and a dark blue blender fabric in the remnant area.

This fat quarter will coordinate with just about any solid fabric.

I also needed a homespun fabric to back my wool felt appliqué 'bowl fillers'.

Any fabrics on the bolt had a 1m minimum cut. This white on ecru fabric was already a precut metre so I didn't have to stand in line to get it cut.

I did, however, stand in line to have this cut. It is a companion fabric to a charm pack I already have.

Inside the shop, I picked up one quilt pattern (I have lots of random fabrics that would be suitable),

a fabric glue stick, and chalk to refill my chalking/marking tool.

There was only one of these zipper pulls left so I think I'll order some more online.

When I got home, I installed it on my now-favourite project bag (the one with hexies on the back). It looks gold in the photo but it really is silver.

After lunch in Port Perry, Barb, Ernest, and I stopped in to see Alda who is spending the week at a retirement home in north Oshawa. She is looking great. She'll be going home on the weekend.

While there, Ernest, and Alda's Rusty got together for a bit of conversation.

Judy also joined us so we had a nice gabfest for a couple of hours.

Once home, I got some fun mail. 4 patterned Japanese cotton fat quarters. I'm hoping to use a couple of them to back some project bags I made with the Yukata charm pack.

Tomorrow Jen1, Poppy, and I head north so we can attend the Muskoka Fibre Festival on Saturday. I'm really looking forward to our overnight getaway.