The Northern New Mexico Quilt Guild show is a small show with only a dozen or so vendors. This weekend, I only had one thing in mind–a darling bird on a pedestal wool pincushion in the quilt guild's shop that had grabbed my attention during the preview Thursday night. It turns out that I wasn't the only one that wanted it and it was grabbed up by the winner of the ribbon topper competition–her prize for winning was early shopping.
Instead I picked up another of the sweet wool pincushions made by the same person and, from one of the vendors from Oklahoma, a pattern for making a bird on a pedestal pincushion similar to the one that got away.
At the guild shop, I also bought a sleeve for my iPad because as much as I keep telling myself to make one ... I haven't yet done it. It's a nicely padded bag that is sized just right with a fun, glitzy zipper pull.
Along the way, I bought some crushed walnut shells for stuffing pincushions because I never seem to be able to find them around here and a few new fabrics for my stash. Lately, I've been thinking about large scale floral prints–can you tell?
After I came home, I noticed that a couple of the fabrics were from the same collection, Andover's Celebracion, which was created by the Museum of New Mexico. It's not a new collection ... so if I decide I want more, it might be a bit of a scavenger hunt. I'm thinking that they might become the beginning of next years block lotto sampler.
Do you think that where you live affects your color choices? When I moved to the South of France a few decades ago, I noticed how I started decorating my apartment in a completely different-for-me, pastel palette. I do see more turquoise and red creeping into my environment (and my quilts) since I moved to New Mexico ... but whether it's because of fabric color trends of living in Santa Fe, who knows?
Update
When I went back for my volunteer hours today, I thought of Brenda's comment and took this iPhone photo with a couple of the bird pincushions and a better view of the cover image on the pattern.
I love the hand stitching along the seams. Now, to find an old zinc lid or a small wooden candlestick ...
nice haul. I keep to a budget at shows -- and see what I can find within that. I always shop at the guild boutique and then look for hard-to-find items, like notions or thread. I'd like to see your bird cushion finished -- hard to see from the pattern.
ReplyDeletewhen we went to the Chattanooga quilt show all that was left was flannel so i didn't get any, but this week i won a whole box of 1/2 yards of guess what, flannels
ReplyDeleteStumbled on your blog. New to NM and just getting around to thinking about quilting. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteI love to shop at quilt shows!! There are so many interesting things!!
ReplyDeleteLove your choices and can't wait to see the lotto block quilt for next year! I really need to go back and so this years ...... Now that I have the new knee and all.
Hey Sophie, I have a massive collection of zinc lids, from a long ago auction in Colorado. Brand new ones in boxes even, and rubber seals as well. I actually used them for canning once upon a time! I can send you some..hint, hint--I love the birdie pincushion. Sorry Pat and I missed you at the show.
ReplyDeleteYour shopping was very prudent. I usually have a general category of things to look for with the vendors. At really big shows, I do the quilts first, then the vendors, and sometimes I miss some vendors, but I figure that's okay. Love the better picture of the bird. Have you looked in the pet store for crushed walnut shells? That's where I found them in Lake Havasu, AZ. I had to buy a big bag and still have about half of it, but it wasn't expensive. Love your blue-flower pincushion.
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