Some great mail

I had ordered some books from Martingale & Company a few weeks ago.

They had a sale on books with small quilts.

So, I jumped at the chance to get them at such a good price.

Here they are.

I just love them.

If you haven't been on Martingale's web site, you should check it out periodically.

Every week, they have a new "Weekly Wow" sale.

These can be books or videos at up to 50% off.

You can't beat that.

They also offer free shipping if you order 3 or more. 

So, as you can see I ordered 3.

It does take a little while to get them shipped to Canada.

It took a little more then 3 weeks.

But it is worth the savings.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Hugs

Wonderful Mail!!!

Hi everyone!

I got home from work this evening and found a package waiting for me on the table.

I couldn't remember if I was supposed to receive something in the mail.

Then, I looked at it and realized that it was a prize I won in a giveaway.

I'm like.....YEAH!!!!

I rip it open!!!!

I got two wonderful books from Melinda Evaul.

One for me, and one I gave to a great friend.

This is her new book called "Grow Old With Me".

I can't wait to start reading it.

I also got 10 beautiful note cards with quilts on barns.

I love, love, love these!!!!!

And last but not least, 5 beautiful fat quarters of different shades of blue.

I'm so excited.

I drove over to my friends house and gave her one book.

It was a surprise.

I thought she might need some weekend reading!!!

Go visit Melinda's web site.

I'm definitely going to order more of the quilt barn note cards.

They are perfect to use for the packages you send out for swaps, or with gifts.

Thank you so much Melinda.

I'm working all weekend.

Note: My back is getting better. I still have to be really careful how I walk or move, but I'm just taking it slow.

Hugs



No sewing...but lots of buying!!!

Okay, well maybe not lots of spending. Just buying!!

One of the ladies in my quilt guild passed away not long ago,

and her family was selling a lot of her stash, books, magazines and notions.

They let all the members of the guild know.

I just had to go.

Oh my gosh!!! It was like quilters heaven.

Luckily, I only brought so much money. LOL!!!

There must have been over 200 quilting books. These were selling for $5 each.

I decided to buy two.

I know.....that's not much....but I was on a budget.

These are the two that I bought.



The reason I only bought two books is because she was selling bundles of magazines. Many which were new from this year, even this summer. Most of the bundles were magazines from the last five years.

Each bundle had about 12 magazines, and were selling for $1 per bundle. Needless to say, I bought a lot.
I think I got about 100 magazines. I had a lot of fun going through them today with my daughter. We sorted them all out by year, the organized them in the bookcase in my sewing room. Now, I did have to move fabric off that shelf. So, now I have to find another spot for it or use it.......
In all those magazine, I only had one already. So they were all new to me. Yeah!!!

Lastly, I bought some fabric. Most of the really good fabric had already gone before I got to the sale. It was packed and we were all like vultures trying to get the best stuff.
But, I did get some good stuff. I found a box that didn't have a price marked. It had a bunch of scraps in it, but it also had lots of yardage in it too. I guess they just didn't have the time to go through it.
It was all Kaffe Fasset fabric, and also had 3 blocks in it. I was like jackpot. Let me find out what they want for it.
So, I asked the lady and she said $5.00.
Yeah!!! I was so happy.
Some of the pieces in that box had about 4 metre of fabric.
Then, I found two bundles of homespun fabrics.
I thought that would make a nice manly quilt. The bundles were $4.00 each. There was about 10 metres of fabric all together in both bundles. Yeah for me!!!
I also picked up a couple more little bundles of country fabrics.

So, in all it was a great day. I only spent $40. But it was well worth it. All together I think I got about 20 metres of fabric, 100 magazines and 2 books.
Pretty good deal eh!!!

So, even though I didn't do any sewing in the last two days,
I did some great shopping.

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Hugs

Ariane