The Cotton Ball…Part 2…

This is part two of my visit to the Cotton Ball Quilt Shop in Morro Bay…

So the BIG question seems to be…Did I buy anything?  Let’s save the good stuff for last…I believe we were in the upholstery fabric room…

Check out the cute pillows…I love them but the fabric was a fortune. The buttons are so cute and make the cushions pop…

They even sell machines and lots of gizmos…

This shop is really an old converted house…fabric in the bathtub…and to the left yummy soap!  This room smelled wonderful!

This is the landing to the stairs…YES, there is another floor of fabric, patterns and deals!

 

Going up…quilts hanging everywhere!

Baby quilts and clothing at the top….

A long wall of patterns…..

More patterns and sale fabric…now you’re talking!

Tons of books and also lots of books 50% off!

Bins of stuff on sale all over the place…boggles the mind!

Whew!  So there you have it!!  What a store!! 

So what did I buy…?

Well FYI ~I am a bargain hunter…always looking for a deal.  There were lots of deals to be found in this shop!

Fat quarters for 99 cents!

Half yard cuts for $2.50 each!

I found these two upholstery fabrics in a sales bin 50% off….I can see a bag or pillows out of these two!

This 1 1/2 yards of fabric was calling my name and it was also 50% off!

All of the books that I bought were 50% off…I loved many of the quilts in this book… especially this one….

 

Sometimes you have to pay full price if you REALLY love it and I REALLY loved this book.  Lots of embroidery projects to do and they are all lovely….

This is one of them…isn’t it sweet!

This book was REALLY cheap and I LOVED the bird applique on this pillow so I bought the book just for that!  It was only $3.50 or something like that…cheap!   Sorry about the glare…I love this book and it was less than the price of a magazine! There are several pages of appliqué designs…

Check them out….

I have been drooling over Rouenneries by French General for some time now but haven’t found any in Canada…  So I bought 4 charm packs and some fat quarters.  Love this fabric!!  I need to find some reds next…

And a redwork panel that I am going to embroider over and this fat quarter…

Whew!  So what do you think?  Not bad for under an hour!!   

Now how to get this big bag into the truck without my husband noticing….   Look it’s a bird..no it’s a plane…. 

Seriously, my husband is great about me buying fabric…it’s not like I do it everyday…

Now where is my list of fabric shops for tomorrow? :o)

Sight seeing pictures~I’ve got to throw in a few of these or you’ll think that I am addicted to quilt shops… This is the W. R. Hearst Park – you can see the Hearst Castle sitting on the hill overlooking this beach. 

 

A beautiful day in paradise! 

Have a  wonderful Wednesday and Happy Quilting!

My Kind of Sight Seeing!!

Yesterday morning we ventured off sight seeing the southern area around Pismo Beach…my husband had his list of sights…Morro Bay Rock, Hearst Castle, more coastline…being some of them…I on the other hand had my list of quilt shops…first stop… Morro Bay and The Cotton Ball.

OMG…My heart went into overdrive when I saw the outside of this shop!!  This is the side of the building…on the balcony was some of their sale stuff…how cute is this?

Even Molly and Rylie thought that it was pretty darn cute!  Yes, mama’s going to like this one (they thought…)!

AND yes, this one is OPEN for business!!

More stuff for sale in barrels and bins at the outside entranceway!  I’m liking this…..   Cute quilters’ bags…adorable….

Fabric for $5 a yard on an old cast iron bed…and I’m not even inside yet… (breathing heavy here….)

And I’m in!  This is to the left of the store…WOW!  Talk about eye candy!!

Now to the right….more eye candy…major eye candy!

A glance outside and I yell…”I’m going to need at least an hour!!”  Thank goodness Rick has an iPod Touch to play with…he won’t even know that I’m gone…. ;o)

Drawers of Fat Quarters for 99 cents!!  Half yards for $2.50!

A room full of gorgeous upholstery fabric and a million handbag patterns!!

Pillows and battings and buttons for the pillow…too much to look at!

Whew…be still my heart…but not too still (I’m not ready for that!) There’s more to come…Part 2 tomorrow!! 

Oh and the Morro Bay rock…gorgeous!

ON THE QUILTING FRONT~

Got another block done while watching TV last night. I’m much faster when I’m not getting bounced around! ;o)

This is it so far…I  have completed eight blocks but I’m not happy with one of them so I am going to re-do it.  I figure if you are going to put this much time and work into a project you want to have it done right.  I KNOW from past projects that if I left it as it is, that it would bother me every time I looked at it… so better to fix it now!  Aside from that one block, I really like it!

Today we are going to sight see the north of Pismo Beach…I have my list ready!

Have a terrific Tuesday and Happy Quilting!

It’s just gets better and better…

…our trip that is!!  The weather continues to be sunny and warm…I actually put on sandals and capris today before we headed down to the beach at the Pismo Coast Village RV Resort (a 3 hour drive from Marina). Gorgeous!!  Have a peak at what I have to suffer through….

This is a shot of our RV Resort!!  Just lovely!  I would DEFINITELY come here again…only for longer!

Poor me! ;o)

After our walk I checked my list of quilt shops in the area and discovered that Quilt Cousins (located in Pismo Beach) is within walking distance of our RV Resort!  EUREKA!  So off I went…five minutes later I spot the sign….  Looking good….

A cute mat on the doorstep to welcome me to the shop….

NOOOOOOOOOOO……….  Closed on Sunday AND MONDAY!!!

So I finally get a quilt shop that I can WALK to and it’s closed….  How’s that for luck!

It’s a good thing we are leaving on Wednesday. That way I can be here bright and early Tuesday morning!!

This is me with my nose up against the door window…can you read the Flamingo’s sign…It says LOTS OF NEW WOOL….  (Do you see that Claire? )  Oh…I’ll be back!

If they had been open (like they should have been) they wouldn’t have to clean off that greasy nose mark on their window!

On the Quilting Front~  Block Number 6 DONE!  I’m half way there!!

 

And I had to end this post with a picture of Pismo Beach at about 5:30pm last night.  Yes, retirement is grand!  I guess everyone is back to school today…..heeee heee…. Whoops sorry! ;o)

Have a marvellous Monday and Happy Quilting!