My husband came along for the visit to this shop. At the second shop he had gone to a train museum instead. At Cinnamon's he first circled the shop and took some cell phone photos of fabric he liked. He did not tell me where they were but rather challenged me to find them.
This next train fabric I may already have in my stash at home. It is still bemusing to see his ferroequinologist tendencies live on. My husband does take an interest in my hobby. Last July he was willing to participate in a men's discussion on quilting sponsored at one of my guild meetings. One of the quilts he showed during his presentation was a train one I'd made for him, copying the colors of Refrigerator Railway Cars. He brought the reference book to prove the color authenticity. The quilts and his discussion are in my post for 7/24/18.
At Cinnamon's Quilt Shoppe Frank made himself at home in one of the classrooms where an additional cutting station had been set up. As each lady came in, he polled her about which was her favorite quilt hanging on the walls and challenged her to find a "mistake" in one of the class demo quilts! He was having fun. Eating cookies while waiting for me also enhanced his morning.
Meanwhile, back to my shopping. I found these two banners very striking, both in the color selection and crispness of the design. They are titled One If By Land and Two If By Sea. Granted we were on a historic tour of the south and this phrase is more associated with the north, but I think this Country Heritage Tour put me in the history mood. Per the Paul Revere Heritage Project
“One, if by land, and two, if by sea” phrase was coined by the American poet, Henry W. Longfellow in his poem, Paul Revere’s Ride. It was a reference to the secret signal orchestrated by Revere during his historic ride from Boston to Concord on the verge of American Revolutionary War. The signal was meant to alert patriots about the route the British troops chose to advance to Concord. Few days before the historic ride, Revere was preparing his mission and arranged with three fellow patriots to set up a light signal in case if British troops started their advance to Concord. To give even more information, it was agreed that one lantern meant that the troops chose the longer land route and two lanterns meant the shorter route by water, leaving less time for patriots to react.
This frivolous pattern caught my attention. Although I am not a fan of appliqué I thought I could handle these 4" diameter circles made from the variety of fabrics in 5" charm packs.
Like many quilters I buy a fair amount of precuts. This book is dedicated to quilts made from layer cakes, jelly rolls, and fat quarters. Hmm... there are no 5" square pattern in this book. But 5" squares are just layers of layer cakes cut in quarters. I liked many of the patterns in the book One Bundle of Fun.
Yes, I did locate and buy each of the beach themed fabrics my husband Frank liked, 2½ yards of each – enough to make two king size pillowcases of each print if I do not incorporated one or both into a quilt.
The randomness and colors of these stylized blobs spoke fun times to me. They look like mildly imperfect gumdrops to me which meant they were in need of a good home. I bought 1½ yards.
Along the fire theme vein, here are two other fabrics I bought – 1½ yards of the one with text and emblems...
If you were wondering, yes, when we got to the airport, I managed to layer all this fabric and books into my husband's suitcase without exceeding his 50 pound limit. My suitcase was already at 49 pounds from adding the goodies and treasures I accumulated at the first two shops. Nobody ever said I traveled light, especially not Frank! But happily, we work as a team.
Stumbled upon your blog and I'm so glad I did! I need to read previous posts, but I'm wondering if this tour was something you would recommend. Were the quilt shops the only places you visited? Not sure I could talk my husband into that...he is patient, but not that patient! Not sure either of us could do hours on a bus either, but maybe when we were younger...sounds like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely recommend this tour. It is run by Country Heritage Quilt Tours and I picked this particular one because it had the least quilt show and quilt shops content since my husband came along. By the way on the bus there were 2 men and 34 women tour goers (plus a female guide and a male bus driver) but my husband did not feel awkward. Time on the bus was not at all onerous. It was broken up into segments and there are rest rooms facilities on the bus - which we never had to use since the stops were frequent enough. If you want to learn more about their tours check out the tour website.
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If you want to see my personal experiences, check out posts in my other blog, Wander Or Ponder:
http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2019/04/charleston-arrival-harbor-city-market.html
http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2019/04/charleston-museum-carriage-ride-bus.html
http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2019/04/boone-plantation-and-angel-oak.html
http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2019/04/savannah-historic-district.html
http://wanderorponder.blogspot.com/2019/04/georgia-islands-florida-heading-home.html
I sew love your posts. I enjoyed the tour and did not feel strange travel with out a companion. Everyone was great, easy to talk to and travel with for this trip. Thanks for sharing our experience.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome shop! I love all the train stuff, and I'm glad Dad had fun polling the ladies :-) that firefighter panel & coordinate looks awesome, and although I will always most adore the "quilter's husband" shirt with the skeleton on the bench, that's a pretty good set you guys got.
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