Shop Hop

Well, I drove and hit the four stores on the Cruising the Coast Shop Hop. I had not been in two of the stores before (Port Lavaca and Blessing) The shop in Blessing, Blessing Fabric and Bead Studio, also had a bead room. Wow, it was just amazing. They also had a king size new Gamil in the huge back room. It was just a really nice shop. The shop in Port Lavaca, Beefore It's a Quilt and Gifts, had a great assortment and selection of fabrics. I found a companion print to a line I knew was out of date. The funniest thing that happened was at the first store in Victoria. I was just browsing and checking out everything. There was this group of ladies with red shirts on that had Stitching Chicks, Corpus Christi embroidered on them. So I asked them where they were from. They were all school teachers from Flour Bluff which is south Corpus Christi close to South Padre Island. I saw one lady and said I know you from somewhere. She works at the high school library. I said that's it. I had a community book sale at the high school and she had shopped in there. Anyway, they were so friendly and invited me to eat lunch with them (I think they felt sorry for me, since I was by myself.) We ate at a fantastic seafood restaurant in Palacios, called the Outrigger. Then I ran into another librarian that had taken a bus tour from Rockport for the shop hop. We saw the Shop Hop Quilt done at each store in different fabrics. It looked beautiful in the stores. Anyway, keep your fingers crossed for me, hoping that I win the machine. I need to get some work done around here. I will try to post later.