I've been to my family reunion, in Mountain View, Arkansas. We just got back on Sunday evening. We left the Sunday before, so that we'd have a few days to 'play' before the reunion.
One of my 'play' days was in Batesville, Arkansas. I met up with another vintage sewing machine collector at
Marshall's Dry Goods. I'd heard of this store, but, I wasn't prepared for the size of it. They sell to the public, but, they also sell wholesale. I didn't enter the HUGE wholesale area (thank goodness). Thousands of bolts and flat folds of fabrics. There were already thousands of fabrics on the retail side of the store. When I arrived, there was a van with California plates, that was trying to figure out how to fit all the fabric in the back (it was STUFFED full). *(Hey people, they will ship).
Here is a picture of Deena and I.
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| me and Deena |
I figured out that I purchased a little over 99 yards of fabric (Oh My)! Thank goodness the most expensive quilting fabric they had was $4.99 a yard. I purchased mostly $1.99 & $2.99 per yard fabrics, along with some $1 per yard scraps. I do have plans for most of the fabrics.
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| probably for Quilts of Valor, etc |
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| couldn't resist the 2nd from the bottom, and found more fabrics to go with it |
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| sewing themed fabrics (yes, there were lots more, but, I was good) |
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| background fabrics |
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| misc fabrics I couldn't resist |
After we left Marshall's. we went to lunch, then we went shopping at several antique shops in the area. I only found a few things I couldn't resist.
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| wooden toy hand crank |
Of course, I found a great teapot. Not only does it have a sewing machine on the top, but, it says 'Rosemont, IL' in two places (Rosemont is where the International Quilting Show is every year, and is only a bit over an hour from me).
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| sewing machine on top |
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| one of the Rosemont, IL labels, and also London, that I've also been to |
I love Jim Shore. My mother in law bought this same figurine a few years ago. I just had to have my own.
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| Jim Shore Thanksgiving figurine |
These were just my Batesville goodies. I'll have to meet up with Deena again, before the next reunion. We had a great time together.
I'll show more goodies in another post. Hope you all had as fun a week as I did.
