Rainbow’s End has a Pot of Gold

I managed  to get to a fabulous shop called Rainbow’s End in Dunedin recommended by Happy Cottage Quilter. What an amazing store…the only drawback…I wish I could have taken more pics. The shopkeepers only agreed to 2 photos at a distance. These 2 pictures do not do the shop justice.

I walked in and thought…this is nice…till I really got in there. They have I believe, 20,000 bolts of fabric. I just circled around and around, just totally mesmerized. Their Christmas section would literally house the whole Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. shop where I teach.  If you were looking for something in particular, they would definitely have it. Having said that, I was looking for Lucien’s 30 prints, but they only had a limited selection of oldies.

The shop is sort of divided into 3 sections…the front area whose fabric is sorted by color, along side this area is are shelves catering to fabric by theme….food, animals, outdoors, sewing, children, etc. In the middle section of the store is an area with sale fabric and flannels. The back of the store, which is humongous….houses all the fall, winter and Christmas fabric.

It was like being a kid in a candy store, only better! Plus I had a good 1.5 hours to look around as Dear Hubby went to see where the Blue Jays have Spring Training, so no pressure to rush in and out.

I’ve been on my best behaviour while I’ve been here and resisted buying huge amounts of more fabric…..My New Year’s Resolution was to finish up and use up what I have…and I have lots.

I did pick up a few fat quarters for the I Spy quilt I’m planning and my Crazy Dog BOM plus a bag of white buttons to finish off my Pumpkin Seed Quilt….so I was a really good girl and stuck to my plan.

Dear Hubby was a gem and let me have lots of time to ogle and drool.

New Goodies for Classes at Home

I always seem to pick up a few new goodies for classes I might be able to teach at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. at home while I’m away….

This trip has been no exception…while at the Orlando Quilt Fever Show, they had about 20 quilt merchant booths which was wonderful. I picked up a few patterns to make jackets…a great concept (stitch the fabric to a sweatshirt), really cool and look amazing, all from Moonlight Designs. I got the Pineapple I  Tool Ruler, a simple way to make a pineapple quilt. I bought  the Sweet and Sassy Template ruler and the co-coordinating Diamond Book. Got a great deal on bundled fat quarters plus an adorable bib pattern. 

You can see the samples here of the patterns and tools I purchased…see why I got so excited….who could resist.

Little Monsters

I’m trying hard to finish up all the samples needed for my classes at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. This is the Little Monsters pillow all finished up….too cute…

As you can see it’s made with my Grandson Ayden in mind. The pattern is from the quilt pattern Little Monsters by Don’t Look Now…it was a bonus cushion in addition to the quilt with the same name.

I know that I will have one more to complete once I get my other samples all finished….for Ayden’s brother Owen!

Off the Grid

I love this bag….it’s from the pattern called Grids and Grommets. I’ll be teaching the class at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. this spring and I had such fun making it…super easy and it looks amazing. Made from 2.5 inch strips, quilted, lined with pockets and the grommets were super easy to install….wish I could use it now, but I really have to wait till I’ve taught the class.  The fabric is from the line called Juggling Summer by Brigitte Heitland for Zen Chic for Moda.

Still Feverish…Quilt Fever 2013

More pics from the Quilt Fever Show held in Orlando a few weeks ago.

I was inspired by the Mini Quilts as I’ve been doing a few of these lately…not this small but small….look how tiny these pieces are..wow!

There were amazing art quilts…

I’m running a fever….Quilt Fever that is

I had a great day attending the Florida Cabin Fever Quilter’s Guild  Quilt Fever Show 2013 held in Orlando on  Feb 1st and 2nd. I was very impressed with the variety and outstanding quilting demonstrated by these talented quilters.

I had some favourites…The Quilt Diva, The Bug Jar Quilt and the New York Beauty….maybe these were my favourites as I am in the progress of each of these and none are finished yet…These finished ones gave me inspiration to get mine done!