Fabric purchased, fabric used!

As you know, on any trip the most important item packed is your sewing project. This was one of three projects I took on my recent plane trip to Colorado. I didn't get as many done as I hoped and the basting is still in but you get the picture. They fit in a 3 inch square finished.
So cute!
We went to check out the area for a possible move. While there we hoped to meet people, see contra dances, go to quilt stores (maybe I wanted that one more than Mr Not Afraid of Color) and see mountains. 
I'll be doing several posts on the trip, of course, because I have so much to tell you!!!

Today let's focus on the important things.... FABRIC 

 while looking around Downtown Boulder, my friend Mary and I peeked into Fabricate. The store was about as large as my studio and had cute modern very expensive fabrics. Still I had to get some flamingos right? Right. And the daisy to go with because I want to do that pattern soon. 
Another lovely quilt shop, maybe my fave of this trip was the Presser Foot in Longmont, CO.

friendly ladies and great stuff! I showed GREAT restraint in only purchasing this

a pattern using panels almost gone! I got the last large one. Some fabrics to border my recent abstracts, script on cream, all in a red tote bag to reuse. Here's the pattern made up. So fun.

While on a house finding day I asked to stop at the Quilters Corner  in Erie CO

where I proceeded to show GREAT restraint because I wanted LOTS of fabrics and patterns
but left with this

wonderful script fabric and check out the dachshund pattern!!! Wearing glasses. Different sweaters.

and this black and white

 All wrapped like a party in a bag!

I was so pleased to meet Diann from Little Penguin quilts in person. Her husband Mike, my husband she and I got on so well. Isn't it fun to meet people in person? Of course she's ear-less now that I talked her EARS off! I staged this photo... I said grab a bolt for a pic! It tells a lot like a Rorschach test doesn't it? I grab pink and orange with lime, she grabs one that she'd use? Hmmmm guess I could be considered bold.... soft heart though! Diann made me this bag and mug rug....

On top are some metallic paper bunnies to play around with this spring
 I gave her a slice of pie pin cushion, with whipped cream on top!

 I showed GREAT restraint, with an eye to flying home these fabric purchases, and left with only these

So pretty! Two of which were on sale. The owner has two airedales so we talked dogs as well. There is a Poodle in that pink dog fabric! speaking of dogs... I got these three at Estes

at the Stitchin' Den.
They cater to knitters embroiderers and quilters in the picturesque mountain town.

The fabrics were expensive so I got these three fiat quarters but ain't they cute?
The top snow grades from light to dark.






That's it for my fabric purchases. We were too tired to go to a contra dance by the evenings (altitude) but there are lots of fun pictures and adventures to share this week. On Wed there will be a dog post, on Thurs likes there are several surprises. 
Went to CO wish you were here!  
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