I've surprised even myself with how few posts I've put up this year. I have a good excuse this time as I was up north and didn't have adequate internet service for many posts. During the last few days I was there, my aunt Irene and I had breakfast at Pig-N-Pancake in Lincoln City, then we headed to Cloverdale to BJ's Fabrics where I bought a few precut pieces. After that, we drove on up to Tillamook where we HAD to stop for an ice cream at the Tillamook Cheese Factory in addition to a favorite Oregon fabric store, Jane's, where I bought only a ruler and some bobbins. I find it hard to buy fabric when I'm not prepared with a specific need or recollection of what colors I may be low on. Additionally, I know I haven't been very busy piecing/quilting in awhile again, and my stash is plenty big. Even so, I added some yardage...but haven't used up any!
We had also stopped on another day at The Quilted Hill. They had reopened not so long ago, but are already closing their doors again. Their last day was posted as May 14th. I found two pieces of yardage from the one remaining wall of fabric, which was all 25% off.
Used This Week: 0 yards
Added This Week: 8.33 yards
Used 2016: 0 yards
Added 2016: 11.6 yards
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Showing posts with label Jane's Fabric Patch. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 22, 2014
Stash Report Week 24, 2014
Since I'm on my computer and just finished a post for Saturday (it's still Saturday), I thought I'd get a jump on getting my Stash Report ready for Sunday...but you won't see it until Sunday...so I guess it IS Sunday, got it?
Used This Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date: 0 yards
Added This Week: 37.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards
Net Used for 2014: -38.60 yards
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While I was still up north in the wet land (could use some of that here in the south right now), my aunt and I took a day away and traveled up to Tillamook. In Tillamook, there is a wonderful quilt store called Jane's Fabric Patch. This store is one of my favorites. I thought I'd written about Jane's in an old post over at DOOW, but see that I only mentioned it as a comment in a photo here. It has a huge amount of fabric. One room is books and magazines, another is Christmas and other holiday themed fabric. A large, well-lit room is used as a class room, but also has fabrics, many of which are discounted to $3 / yard! There's an area dedicated to DMC floss and embroidery - might also have had some knitting stuff in there, but since I don't knit I didn't pay attention. It's all housed in an old two-story house that is now (as it was then) painted hot pink - sorry I didn't get a picture.
These days, when I shop for fabric, it's mostly keeping in mind what I
might use to enhance my scraps or what I can use as backgrounds or what I
can use for neutrals, or whatever just jumps out at me at the time.
Jane's requires multiple visits because frankly, I think too much is
missed in just one. Upstairs is the "clearance" area with books,
magazines, fat quarters, etc. There is a bathroom on each floor. Just
thought I'd add that in case you were wondering. At Jane's, I found
10.5 yards of fabric that came home with me: FQs, 1, 2, 3-yard pieces and a 2.75 yard piece that was a finish-the-bolt.
From Jane's, my aunt knew of another store that she'd been to in the past. This one was out of town, near Cloverdale, and also housed in a house, but operated entirely out of the basement, while the upper floor is a residence. We had to use Garmin to find it, and from the highway, you drive up a narrow, graveled single car wide 'private' road. Charming! This store is BJ's Fabrics and Quilts and a write-up can be found here. I enjoyed this store as well. They have a great selection of fabrics and offer (at least at the time we were there) a free pre-cut of fabric with the purchase of two pre-cuts of fabric. The pre-cuts were located throughout the store and were of various sizes from FQs to over a yard. At BJ's, I found a total of 10 yards of fabric to bring home and add to the mix. The ranged from FQs to two-yard pieces.
After our quilting purchases we continued traveling south having passed Pacific City, into Lincoln City where we had lunch from a wonderful little stand called Jay's Fish & Chips, and on down past the Newport bridge where I had to drop off a VCR tape at my step-sister's. We then went back to Newport where I located the cemetery where my grandparent's are buried and located their headstones. We stayed long enough to snap a couple of photos before heading back.
All the while during our day away, we had wonderful weather of sunshine and clouds but no rain or drizzle, and very little wind - just enough to see some kites flying along the beach and with temps in the upper 60s. Very pleasant. The next day in the valley, it poured rain a couple of times amidst the scattered showers.
Additionally, my aunt gathered up all her fabric scraps and passed them my way. I've laundered them, and dealt with the thread nests created with smallish pieces. They now fill a large round fabric tub, and there were a couple larger pieces which were measurable, and those amounted to a just over 1 yard piece plus four pounds of pieces.
Some of the scraps were cotton/poly so those had to be eliminated.
Now, if I calculate correctly, having weighed a yard of fabric at around 4 ounces (some heavier ones are 5 ounces), divided into 4 pounds (16 ounces per pound) that comes out to more than 16 yards of fabric in scraps!! I suppose I should add that in my numbers too! That sure adds to my stash :). She has also sent me a notice that she's found some more to send my way! I'd better get some flimsies done so that I can show something USED and DONE this year.
While in the Northwest, I had a very real opportunity to go see Bonnie K. Hunter (Quiltville) when she was in Portland, but I lacked the courage to drive that far for an evening in an unfamiliar area alone. Yeah, I know, me, who travels alone 890 miles each way every four weeks or so. But the key is, it was unfamiliar with total strangers, and I am still a bit shy, so long story short, I missed my opportunity to see her presentation in person and yes, I'm kicking myself in the backside. Well, maybe she'll return some day or I'll have another opportunity.
Used This Week: 0 yards
Used Year to Date: 0 yards
Added This Week: 37.5 yards
Added Year to Date: 0 yards
Net Used for 2014: -38.60 yards
Linking @ Patchwork Times
While I was still up north in the wet land (could use some of that here in the south right now), my aunt and I took a day away and traveled up to Tillamook. In Tillamook, there is a wonderful quilt store called Jane's Fabric Patch. This store is one of my favorites. I thought I'd written about Jane's in an old post over at DOOW, but see that I only mentioned it as a comment in a photo here. It has a huge amount of fabric. One room is books and magazines, another is Christmas and other holiday themed fabric. A large, well-lit room is used as a class room, but also has fabrics, many of which are discounted to $3 / yard! There's an area dedicated to DMC floss and embroidery - might also have had some knitting stuff in there, but since I don't knit I didn't pay attention. It's all housed in an old two-story house that is now (as it was then) painted hot pink - sorry I didn't get a picture.
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| Additions from Jane's |
From Jane's, my aunt knew of another store that she'd been to in the past. This one was out of town, near Cloverdale, and also housed in a house, but operated entirely out of the basement, while the upper floor is a residence. We had to use Garmin to find it, and from the highway, you drive up a narrow, graveled single car wide 'private' road. Charming! This store is BJ's Fabrics and Quilts and a write-up can be found here. I enjoyed this store as well. They have a great selection of fabrics and offer (at least at the time we were there) a free pre-cut of fabric with the purchase of two pre-cuts of fabric. The pre-cuts were located throughout the store and were of various sizes from FQs to over a yard. At BJ's, I found a total of 10 yards of fabric to bring home and add to the mix. The ranged from FQs to two-yard pieces.
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| Additions from BJ's |
All the while during our day away, we had wonderful weather of sunshine and clouds but no rain or drizzle, and very little wind - just enough to see some kites flying along the beach and with temps in the upper 60s. Very pleasant. The next day in the valley, it poured rain a couple of times amidst the scattered showers.
Additionally, my aunt gathered up all her fabric scraps and passed them my way. I've laundered them, and dealt with the thread nests created with smallish pieces. They now fill a large round fabric tub, and there were a couple larger pieces which were measurable, and those amounted to a just over 1 yard piece plus four pounds of pieces.
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| Scraps |
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| Trimmed off nests of threads from those scraps after laundering. This may become my new header background if I can remember how to change it. It DOES look like Webs of Thread :) |
Now, if I calculate correctly, having weighed a yard of fabric at around 4 ounces (some heavier ones are 5 ounces), divided into 4 pounds (16 ounces per pound) that comes out to more than 16 yards of fabric in scraps!! I suppose I should add that in my numbers too! That sure adds to my stash :). She has also sent me a notice that she's found some more to send my way! I'd better get some flimsies done so that I can show something USED and DONE this year.
While in the Northwest, I had a very real opportunity to go see Bonnie K. Hunter (Quiltville) when she was in Portland, but I lacked the courage to drive that far for an evening in an unfamiliar area alone. Yeah, I know, me, who travels alone 890 miles each way every four weeks or so. But the key is, it was unfamiliar with total strangers, and I am still a bit shy, so long story short, I missed my opportunity to see her presentation in person and yes, I'm kicking myself in the backside. Well, maybe she'll return some day or I'll have another opportunity.
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