This morning my friend Heather & I popped over to Alcester, for a little mooch around the oh-so-lovely Material Girls yarn & fabric (and all sorts of wonderful other haberdashery goodies) shop.
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| Material Girls in Alcester |
It's only about half an hour's drive away and between us we had a fair idea of where we were heading but too much nattering and not enough concentrating on the route, found us taking three wrong turns. But eventually after a lovely meander through the country roads of Warwickshire, we got there.
We ooh-ed & aah-ed at their window display for a wee bit, then spent the next hour with lots more ooh-ing & aah-ing at the wonderful array of pretty fabrics and yarns in the store, and left, not only with bags of goodies, but also having signed up for a workshop next week to learn how to make those gorgeous fabric roses you can see in their window. Can't wait - roll on next Thursday :-)
And on the Row Along front . . .
. . . the squares are cut . . .
. . . and all the little caterpillars are lined up & ready . . .
. . . to become BUTTERFLIES.
One down, ten to go :-)
Have a wonderful weekend,
xoxo
Looks like just the sort of pootle my friend and I enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful shop. Cant wait to see what you make at the workshop!
Helenxx
Don't you just love pootle-ing days? Promise to show & tell all after my workshop next week :-)
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Looks like a lovely shop. Wish we had something like that round here!
ReplyDeleteThanks, it is lovely - so happy to have discovered it and even happier that it's close by! I think every village/town should have at least one fabulous crafty shop - it should be a law, don't you think? ;-)
DeleteWhat a fun trip you took us on today. Thank you for sharing your charming little store with us! :o) Your butterflies are so cute!
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely weekend. Trish xo
Thanks Trish - am having such fun making these cute butterflies. Looking forward to seeing all the others on Flickr too. Happy weekend to you too,
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Sounds like you had a lovely day out ... looking forward to seeing your workshop makes ... Bee xx
ReplyDeleteWe did indeed! Promise to share my workshop makes next week too :-)
DeleteHave a fab & sunny weekend,
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Sounds like fun. We had a girls day today as well and went to a new quilt shop 2 towns over. Sooo much fun.
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donna
That sounds like a fun day too! Just a perfect way to spend a Friday, don't you think?
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Hi Gilly..I'm following you now too! I love the fabrics you've chosen to make Lori's quilt with, your butterflies are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol, and thanks for following too :-)
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Hello Gilly!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found my blog because now I have found yours! It is lovely, am now a follower!
That quilt is going to be so pretty when it is finished - you have chosen such lovely fabrics!
That little shop looks great!
Hope your weekend has been good, and enjoy the coming week!
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Thanks for your sweet comments, and for following too. Happy new week to you too :-)
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Such darling fabrics..and what a lovely shop! You are blessed to have a shop like that around....happy creating and.....
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Thanks Koralee, and wishing you a happy & blessed week too,
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Well, that's not the first time the nattering has distracted the driver resulting in wrong turns! Michigan/Toronto July 1999 road trip sound familiar?
ReplyDeleteEEeek Sue - had forgotten about that! I blame the Manistee fudge: too much sugar = lots of chattering! But we got there in the end and had a fab trip - that's the main thing ;-)
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ps. how come you're Anonymous?
Looks like a lovely shop. Love your Row-a-Long fabrics .... been thinking of joining in with this too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine - you definitely should join in. It's such fun and I can't wait to see how it'll turn out. Have a peek at the Flickr group pics too - everyone's unique fabric choices are lovely. Xx
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