I have a couple of lengths of fabric for dresses that I haven’t had made yet, so I restrained myself. I was VERY tempted by one of my favorite Philip Jacobs designs. I haven’t used Laurel Burch fabric before and was surprised at the wide variety of designs that were available. Seeing the Laurel Burch fabric gave me some ideas for things I could make, so I bought a bit to use for gifts. The Seven-Eleven quilt kits were made from Laurel Burch fabric. I need another pouch like a need a hole in my head, but there you have it. They had a number of pouch patterns including the Knot and Thread Design’s Hello Pouch. I don’t really need a pattern or kit for that type of quilt, but if I was a new quiltmaker, it would be a good starting point. You can see olive green quilt in the corner, on the left. It is called Seven-Eleven (I didn’t ask why) and is basically squares. The lady also told us about their shop quick quilt pattern. Ocean Waves Quilt Shop, Eureka-7-11 quilt I just have to figure out where to put it so I can select the fabric.

I already have some of the pre-cut batting and I will cut my own strips.

She inspired me to make one of the square rugs, too. Karen isn’t a big fan of jelly rolls so she bought the square rug pattern and some of the pre-cut batting. She had the oval version as well as the square version. Karen and I had talked about Jelly Roll Rugs and the lady was happy to show us a selection of patterns. The lady who works the front counter was very friendly. The shop was full of fabric, patterns, projects, kits, notions, tools and supplies. This is the first shop I visited on Saturday with Karen, one of the other NSGW wives. I think this was the first shop I went to on the North Coast. I have visited this shop 2 or 3 times before. I know you remember me talking about Ocean Waves Quilt Shop.

Ocean waves quilt pattern tutorial