The Old Fashioned Baby Sewing Room: 10/1/16

Fine Heirloom Sewing, Smocking and Hand Embroidery

Saturday, October 29

The Light in My Window

The sun rising behind my (newly purchased) old Stained Glass Window.

The light behind it reveals the different textures of the glass.

Looking at it….makes me smile!

Thursday, October 27

Girls Road Trip - Have More Fun

Lea is buying fabric at the Rag Barn.

On our way home from our Fabric Store Adventure in Hamilton Missouri, we stopped along the way.

To Have More Fun!!

Tons of fabric bargains at this shop!

We stopped at a shop that sold Quilts. And saw this pretty hand embroidery.

We couldn't resist a stop at Granny's.

They are famous for their great Pie.

(we both had Coconut Cream - Yum)

A couple of Antique Stores were on our route home.

This shop boasted 5,000 pieces of old glass.

I fell right in love with this old piece of stained glass.

It's ready to be hung in my Sewing Room window.

Words of wisdom from Missouri Star.

Wednesday, October 26

Girls Road Trip - Goodbye Missouri Star

One last lunch at Mama Hawk's Kitchen.

Our three days of shopping done.

It was time to leave Missouri Star and Hamilton, Mo.

Pack up our car.

(Figure out where to put our luggage!!)

And head home…but with some fun stops on the way.

From the wall of Missouri Star.

Monday, October 24

Girls Road Trip - Destination Fabric/5

Maybe my favorite of the shops in Hamilton, MO.

I love the floral fabric!

These fabric were just a few I found that would look very cute made into children's clothes.

I was looking for fabrics I needed for a quilt I am planning to make with a friend.

I was having such a great time.

Even the bathroom had interesting things to take pictures of.

Isn't this a cute arrangement for a wall?

Can you tell that the 'frames' are really old metal embroidery hoops?

Inspiration from The Missouri Quilt Co.

Friday, October 21

Girls Road Trip - Destination Fabric/4

I loved the Reproduction Fabric Shop.

(that's no surprise!)

I thought this fabric would look really cute for a Toddler dress.

I bought this from the Reproduction Shop.

Very Baby.

This is the stairway to….MORE fabric!!

Click for a better view of the cute things written on the steps.

"She who dies with the most fabric is not sewing fast enough". This was the saying Lea chose. She wants more time to sew!

We stopped at a really cute place at lunch time to rest.

It was right in the thick of things.

No driving required.

Good food too.

More shopping. We stayed until they closed the shops and went home.

And had Show and Share in our hotel!!

From the wall of the Missouri Star Quilt Co.

Thursday, October 20

A Girls Road Trip - Destination Fabric /3

Love this sign!!

The Main Store is where you need to go first.

You register on their terminal, pick up your "Shopping Pass" and are ready to go. It is important to register first….they give you a free Charm Bracelet. At each of the different stores you visit, you will receive a free Charm (each one is different) if you purchase the required minimum amount of merchandise.

Notice how many FREE Charms we had at the end of the trip!!

They have daily specials. That's really fun.

My friend got a really good price on this pretty daily special.

From the Missouri Star Quilt Co.

Tuesday, October 18

A Girls Road Trip - Destination Fabric / 2

It's time to Sew!!

(This clock was on the wall of Village Quilting)

Our next Fabric stop was Village Quilting.

Lots of fabric, including cute prints for children's clothing.

It's fun to see projects that other people bring into a shop.

This is a vintage quilt a lady brought in to have quilted. I love the old fashioned design. If you look closely at it, you can see that all the red squares go in one direction.