Back from the land of..

I'm exhausted, but had a lovely time, and check out my hawl...



I've been after a thread rack for ages, this came home in my hand luggage, it was only around $10 from Walmart, which was much cheaper then Joanns..

well I was only a few minutes drive from here so it would be rude not to pay a visit...

I'm sure someone out there is laughing at my exitment of visiting this store but you have to understand that we have nothing like this available in the U.K.

Masses of quilting and craft books. It was like looking at my Amazon wish list, very differnt from the half a dozen craft book that can be found in Waterstones or Hobbycraft in the U.K.

Bolts and bolts of fabrics...

I dont know why there seems to be a little snobbery about Joanns fabrics but I came out with some of the Denyse Schmidt line and some great basics.
Not to mention books, magazines and notions.

I did try and visit a quilt store while I was there but sadly it had closed down...Think I spent enough in Walmart and Joanns anyway! and my research showed there wernt any modern fabrics in the other places on my list so instead I placed an order online with fabricworm and saved myself postage costs by sending the package to the management address of the villa I stayed in (Rental villas dont have mailboxes sadly but where theres a will theres a way!)and the lovely lady very kindly dropped off my package when it arrived.

I know I can now get pips in the U.K but its cheaper in the U.S :-)

Righto, I'm off to relax for the rest of the day and open up all my post
:-)