Daisy Cottage Fat Quarter Giveaway...

The super talented Lori Holt is giving away fat quarter packs of her new line, Daisy Cottage.  If you haven't been reading her blog, you are definitely missing out!  Lori's new patterns are 2 die 4! So run along and leave Lori some love.

Field Trip #2...

While in Boston, I found a yarn and fabric shop that I wanted to visit in Cambridge.  Walking there wasn't really a possibility.  A taxi ride would run me about $25 each way.  It was time to learn to take public transportation. 

I know I am crazy, but fear of public transportation nearly paralyzes me.  My fear is not totally unbased.  Did you ever see the episode of the 1960's show Family Affair where Buffy and Jodie are lost on a bus in Spain?  This must have made an impact on me in my early years because I remember that episode, however I don't recall what I ate for breakfast this morning.  I grew up in a small town... the population less than 300 when I left for college in 1980.  Obviously, my only experience with public transportation was a carpool or school bus.  Enough excuses, we can just go with "I am crazy".

Back in Boston, I conquered some fear by taking the Silverline {bus}, to the Redline {subway or "T"} to Central Square Station in Cambridge. I then walked ten minutes to Gather Here at 370 Broadway.

   
What a delightful shop!  Inside I met the owner, Virginia.  She is young, enthusiastic, and... from Iowa!  Her personality was in every bit of the store.

There is a comfy spot to sit and knit...

Plenty of yarn to fall in love with...

Look at these cute, decorative chairs...

And there is fabric...

And more fabric...

 And vintage buttons in this repurpased card catalogue...  sew clever!

And thread.  Check our her cute hand-stamped tags on everything.

And inspiration abounds....

I loved the cutting table decorated with vintage yard sticks.

And here is something you don't see at every shop...sewing creative space!  Bunches of Berninas to use!

Now doesn't that just make you want to ....



Window Shopping...

While in Boston, I walked Newbury Street.  I was looking for a store called Newbury Yarns, but it was no longer at the location I had listed.  So, even though it was raining, I did a little window shopping.

Here was my favorite window...

Wow.  All those Featherweights....

...just for decoration.

Field Trip #1...

Oh my... it has almost been a month since my last post.  Busy, busy, very busy.

I had the opportunity to travel to Boston with the husb for a conference.  We did the usual sightseeing.  We took a trolly tour which I repeated the second day.  Very fun and informative.

Naturally I googled to find all the local fabric and yarn shops.  That is how I found  Windsor Button on Temple Street just off Boston Commons.

When I walked in I found this to the right...

More yarn then imaginable... waiting in boxes to be unpacked.  Since I work in a yarn shop I was just itching to dive into these boxes.  Crazy!

They had a nice yarn selection.  Everything from Lion Brand to Lorna's Laces.

But the BUTTONS.  Check this out...

and this...

and this...

I, of course, had no particular need for buttons... but I picked out 5 interesting wood buttons for my stash.

And here is the good news... they have an Online-Store!  The bad news is, it is not nearly as fun as beeing there!