On my way back yesterday from a short trip to Iowa to visit Ron, I stopped off at Sun Prairie WI to visit the quilt shop there and found they were going out of business because the owner was retiring. I hauled off 25 FQs of cotton lamé (yeah, twist my arm...), two yards off a bolt, and some thread for $31. I felt like I was taking advantage of her, and I'm grumpy that a store with fabrics I can actually use (i.e., not just "country colors") is no longer available.
And at an antique store in Mt. Horeb I got a quart bag of buttons and belt buckles for $3.50, which shocked the cashier because most of the booths were selling quart jars for $20-25. Even subtracting $5 for the jar, that's just ridiculous! Also loaded up on thirty-two 80s-colored zippers for $5. I don't know what I'll use them for; I'll probably put them in the box with the vintage trims that I bought at that estate sale in Indianapolis in 1998.
I still haven't been to any local Milwaukee fiber-art or quilt shops. Maybe if I ever get to stay in town for a weekend...
I also dropped a whole lot of money at Hobby Lobby in Dubuque on a new cutting mat, non-stick pressing sheet, and magnetic heart-shaped pin dish (from the new Fons and Porter line of accessories).
I'm just buying stuff to disguise the fact that I'm not MAKING anything (and because, well, I have money again!). I haven't even finished unpacking the kitchen to a point I can start dyeing. Sigh. Self-sabotage.
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My experience has been that you have to accummulate things when you are having creative down time. Then, when you are ready to rock 'n roll again, you have a supply to work from. How's that?
Hey, if you live in Glendale, Heather, then we don't live very far from one another. Oooo. Socializing, perhaps.
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