{"id":2937,"date":"2009-09-06T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-06T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2016-05-18T15:44:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T22:44:56","slug":"indulgence-retail-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/indulgence-retail-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Indulgence \/ Retail Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"SoCal<\/a>
SoCal fabric and supplies, Sept. 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I spent last week in SoCal doing a little bit of Grama wrangling\/triage with my mom. If it isn’t abundantly clear, I was away from my sewing machine. The only fiber work I did was work on a bit of the hand stitching of Beach Town. After thinking about it, I may pull out what I did and redo it. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

I was able to visit two quilt shops and a Borders. I don’t usually buy the Where Women Create<\/span> magazine, but I am a Mary Engelbreit sucker and love her stuff, so I couldn’t resist. The editor’s note in this issue is WONDERFUL! I am going to send a copy to some of my good friends. I think they will appreciate it. I also really liked the quotes included with each artists’ piece.<\/p>\n

Usually I prefer to buy magazines at local shops, but Borders really does have the BEST selection I have seen lately. I was able to look through 5-7 quilt magazines there as well as a plethora of other art and craft related magazines. I wasn’t enamored with the current Quilts and More<\/span> mag, sadly. Very dull colors and uninspiring projects.<\/p>\n

I also found that the two quilt shops I visited no longer carried magazines. Both owners said magazines just weren’t selling there. Sad. I would like it if Amazon sold just issues of mags rather than subscriptions. I would buy an issue or two of various mags once in a while if it weren’t such a pain to do so. I am thinking I need a subscription to a house magazine. I really mis House and Garden. House Beautiful seems to have improved somewhat.<\/p>\n

One of my favorite shops is called Treasure Hunt<\/a> in Carpinteria. It is located at 919 Maple Ave<\/a> in a little house. The decorations are fun, cheerful and adorable. They have fun and cheerful fabric, a nice staff and other craft related items, like Collage Pauge from Traci Bautista<\/a>. They have a room full of yarn for you knitting types, kid craft items (more Crayola brand stuff than I have ever seen in my life!) and a room of supplies needed to finish your works like frames, etc.<\/p>\n

The red dot fabric and the cherry fabric with the yellow background will be an Anna Maria Horner Multi-tasker tote<\/a>.\u00a0 I plan to do a trial run with some Denyse Schmidt Flea Market Fancy fabric first, though. I want to see how the pattern works before I use my precious combo. If the pattern doesn’t work for me, I will make another one of the Eco Market totes. Stay tuned for that project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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