QuiltCon Raleigh - Part 7 (Last)

When I attend QuiltCon, I'm primarlily there to see quilts, and attend lectures. Secondarily, I like meeting up with friends. Lastly, I'm there for browsing and shopping vendors. This year, for the first time, I didn't even take a workshop, though I was on a waitlist for a hand embroidery one. 

What little shopping I did happened mostly on Sunday afternoon, after the crush of people had headed home. 

Of course I made the obligatory purchase of the annual issue of QuiltCon magazine. My blogger-friend Patti Dudek @elmstreetquilts has a pattern in it - Lavender Marmalade - on page 90. I also discovered that some vendors offer discounts on Sunday, so I was able to pick up EQ Printables (for making quilt labels) for 30% off. The orange zipper was just 50¢ in Latifah Saafir's booth. A cone of Scanfil thread was full price at $55 - yikes. 

Fabric purchases: I couldn't resist the "Sugar Cone" print that will sew into a cute Cielo top for myself (Appropriate for wearing when I go to the new Twistee Treat when it opens!) The "Counter" print by ebond will be suitable for a new Sunshine Crossbody Pouch to go with the cork (above) and "Quilt Tattoo" fabric I bought from Salty Hippo. 

See the two orange fat quarters on the right? Salty Hippo prints lower and upper case alphabet letters - Ransom Mixed Letters - on Kaufman Kona fabric. I'm considering what I want to say on the side of my Sunshine bag. 

I would have purchased more fabric but QuiltCon vendors did not sell solid color fabrics by the yard. I specifically looked for Painter's Palette solids and Kaufman Kona solids, and none was to be found except in pre-made bundles. Only at the end of the show did I see several bolts of Riley Blake solids sold by the yard in the Modern Mashe booth. For this being a modern quilt show, and solids being used predominantely in modern quilts, wouldn't you think more vendors would sell solid fabrics?

My most exciting purchase was from LDH Scissors. This is a business that I like to call "mine" because LDH are my initials. Every pair of scissors from there have my initials printed on them. 😀

When I went to the booth and told owner Roy that my name was Linda and that, "I am LDH," he got a big grin on his face. He grabbed one of their tote bags for me, and invited me to pose for a photo with him. It was a fun moment.

Roy told me that though their business is based in Canada, they're now offering free sharpening services for LDH scissors (not rotary blades) out of Houston, Texas. Also I learned that LDH stands for: Love. Dedication. Happiness.

Honestly though, LDH scissors are the best scissors I have ever cut fabric with! Yep, they're better than Ginghers (Gingher shears are no longer sharpened in the US because that service isn't offered anymore.) I happily purchased 45mm and 60mm rotary blades (which I have yet to try); two pair of snips (if you were lucky enough to get a QuiltCon Swag Bag, a pair of LDH snips was included)... 

... 5" (end to end) curved blade scissors.

See my initials on them?! Ha, ha.

Since I missed my end-of-month (February) blog post where I share my monthly fabric tracking, I'll conclude my QuiltCon posts with that data. Incoming fabric totalled 3.50 yards, all purchased at QuiltCon. Outgoing fabric was not quite a half-yard of fabric used to make the Scrappy FPP Hexagon. 

I haven't been at my sewing machine since February 16, but I expect that to change soon. I have a paint chip challenge due in May! I see a bias tape project in my future. Linda