Quilt (or Guilt) Tripping No#1
(5 Mar 2011)The Randwick girls were inspired to spend a day together browsing (and not necessarily buying). Sure! Like early explorers keen to find fertile ground outside the city’s confines, we planned a trip in early March out to the historic Hawkesbury region. First stop though, was coffee, before we surrounded ourselves in the sophisticated delights of Killara Village Quilts. We did have a slow start but, following B’s lead, managed to come away with some Japanese delights, a few antique reproductions to bulk out our stashes, a pattern or two and vague plans to one day do a class perhaps. Lofty ambitions indeed!
From here we headed west to Richmond where this fortunate and bucolic community manages to support two quilt shops… Oh, to be so lucky! Our first stop was Fortunes & Fairies where we acquired a liking for William Morris before moving over to Diane’s Country Rose and her collection of Kaffe Fasset. Any resolve we may have had to show restraint had collapsed by now; any sign of weakness largely due to our earlier caffeine fix wearing off.
After a brief stop at Y’s brother’s house in Windsor (where we raided a bountiful fig tree), we moved on to nearby Patchwork Addiction. We had time for a quick, late lunch at a nearby café, and then moved on in to scour PA for stash builders. I managed to find an amazing New York City photo montage which was perfect for my NYC memory quilt, now on the cutting board.
We dallied too long and had to cut short our trip. Sadly, we would not have time to visit Dural. Instead, we zoomed down the M7 to make Craft Depot at Pennant Hills. Phew, 30 minutes to spare before closing time. “Hardly a challenge!” we said in unison.
Later, our acquisitions were reviewed over a wine and dinner in Coonanbarra, at Wahroonga before heading home to pat our fabrics before introducing them to the rest of the gang. Now, to hide that melting plastic! It will need a little time to recover…..
Sadly, no photographic evidence exists of our “voyages bonhomie”. Maybe it’s better that way! At least we took one over dinner. And we're not too exhausted.
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| Enjoying early dinner after a hard day shopping |
