One thing I guess should be included under "mobile" is my shopping. As I said in the last post, Anne and I bought the fabric for the jackets when I was visiting Washington state last summer--I always go to quilt stores when I travel if I can find them. The store that started this project was Bayside Quilts in Olympia where I think we may have bought the pattern--we at least saw a sample there that impressed us--and then we bought fabric at Shibori Dragon in Lakewood. I, however, have decided to not use the lining fabric I bought there. It will have to go into another project someday but that should not be too big of a problem.
This past June I went to Las Vegas as part of a biennial gathering of a group of women I've known on the internet for the last 13 years (wow!). I'm not a gambler so this was a bit odd, but I did go to two quilt stores there: Quiltique, in Henderson, and Fabric Boutique in Las Vegas proper. Our hotel was conveniently situated 15 minutes away from both of them, one to the north, the other to the south (though since I get disoriented easily, it might have been east-west. Just go with the thought that they are at opposite points of the compass). I loved both of these stores: they were fun and well-stocked and the personnel were all friendly. Quiltique had some of the best lighting I've ever seen in a store anywhere. Fabric Boutique had a ton of stuff I wanted to buy and in the end I bought some fabric to make my granddaughter a dress which is in process. Pictures soon? It has a double ruffle at the hem, one layer of which I've pieced from a fat quarter. It is a lot of fun to improvise like that.
Many thanks to my shopping buddies and chauffeurs Sarah and Michele, as well as Laura who very good-naturedly went along for the ride and ended up doing some shopping of her own! And I should add that Anne pioneered the quilt stores in Vegas while on a conference last year--I packed my Mapquest directions along with the boarding passes!
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