Just a short hour south of Yankton SD is Norfolk Nebraska. Norfolk has a busy and fun downtown area, with lots of interesting restaurants and shopping within walking distance of the quilt shop. I asked one of the ladies working in the quilt shop about restaurants in the area. She recommended several, and we walked down the street to 411 and had lunch after I shopped.
I Bee Quilting is located in the heart of the downtown shopping/dining mecca. Another cute and very welcoming shop. On my shopping list was a note to look for fun local fabric to cut into "traveling" squares for guild. The print with the brands will represent my Nebraska stop. The brands were actually created for a past Nebraska shop hop - and each one is actually for a quilt shop. So cute!!!
The frog fabric duo is for a future Quick Strippee child quilt. I love making them for donation or gifting. The strippee quilt uses 1 yard of 3 fabrics. A blue to blend in with the frogs should be easy to find, and these will make a really cute kid quilt. My impulse purchase here? That license plate was from the 2017 Row By Row program. I have a big collection of these fabric license plates and couldn't resist one I knew I didn't have.
The final quilt shop on my road trip was in our destination of Concordia Kansas, where our family reunion was being held. There are actually 2 quilt shops there, but I missed out on the one that closed earlier in the day. And they are not open on Saturdays, so - maybe next trip.
Full of Scraps is actually new since my last trip here so I was excited to check this one out. The shop is an amazing transformation of a gas station. Yes - a gas station!!! And believe me, this shop is FULL of a wonderful variety of fabrics. I could have spent a lot more time and money here.
The 3 "garage bays" from the gas station are full of fabrics - displayed differently in each bay area, and grouped by collection types. And you could see the roll up garage doors, and open ceiling areas.
I was on the prowl for something to represent Kansas - and what could be better than the sunflower. This shop had lots of sunflower options to choose from too. This will be a fun one to cut into squares for quilt. And I couldn't resist one more "kid print" for another future Quick Strippee quilt. This one had pink and blue horses frolicking on a light green background.
I didn't get too carried away shopping on this road trip. No quilt shops were on my list for the trip home as we were driving on a Sunday, and not likely to find any of them open. I'm sure there would have been several worth checking out but they'll have to wait for the next trip.
3 comments:
It’s fun to browse around quilt shops when on a road trip. You found some cute fabrics.
Great places to stretch you legs! You did good only buying a few fabrics:)
The converted gas station looks like a wonderful fabric store. I love the children's fabric. In our area we have a fabric store that formerly had been a car dealership, lots of room!
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