Road Trip

Arttie, Patty and I decided we were ready for a road trip.  

We talked about going to Stitchville but, I had looked up Country Sampler in Spring Green WI.

I was looking for a new stitch club to join and had seen the Schoolgirl Sampler Club they started somewhere....can't remember.  

I had been a Prim Stitcher from Dyeing to Stitch but, they discontinued the club.  

I thought I would try this one.  

Anyway, saw they have an apartment above the store they rent, $75 per person, per night, two night minimum...we went for it.  

We went this past weekend.  

Of course, Thursday it snowed five inches and then sleety rain on top of that.  

The local roads the next day were horrible but, the highway was fine. a little slushy at first but, eventually the roads were perfect.  

We had done research for places to stop along the way.  

It was about a 4 hr 40 minute drive to Spring Green.....but really took us eight hours.  

First stop was Fibre, a yarn store in Neenah. 

Victoria, is the young, passionate owner. 

It is a little tiny store but, packed full of wonderful yarns and gadgets.  

She looks for more local/regional indy dyers 

The brown turd looking thing is really local alpaca and to the left in the blue basket is yarn spun by a local highschool girl.  

In the next post, I'll show the treasures.  

We got back on the highway and stopped in Beaver Dam.

We had lunch before we stopped to shop.

Got to keep up ones strength!

Katy had told me about this shop, Firefly Fibers. 

She said it is on the Southern Wisconsin Yarn Shop Hop.  

Totally different personality.  

The women were young but, laid back.  

Great yarn:  Julie Asselin, Madeline Tosh, Lopi....full color lines in various weights.  

Got some yarn here too but, will post next time.  

We got to Country Sampler about 4:30 and did a quick walk around the shop just to scope it out.  

All the pictures I took, I forgot to take pictures of the  store.  

Here is  The Country Sampler Link.

We got the keys to the apartment.  

It sleeps seven has two bathrooms and is totally set up for quilters.

There are sewing machines, ironing boards, irons, cutting boards, rotary cutters and tables.

Kitchen with all the gadgets.  

The Work area

The Sitting area

One of the bedrooms

Arttie calling the hubby

Bathroom with wool applique angel....how cute is that.  

Another bed room with two twins

Look how deep the window are.  

View of the bookstore!

The third bedroom, two twins.  

Sewing machines stashed in a closet.  

That just amazed us all!

 

The laundry room.  

I'm telling you, I could live there.  

Once we got the car unpacked, we parked it in the lot across the street and were able to walk everywhere the rest of the weekend.  

There were restaurants and shops within easy walking distance.  

The weather the rest of the weekend was grey and cool but, manageable.  

It gave us a good reason to stitch when we weren't shopping.  

The next post will be about all the stash I purchased.  

It was a wonderful weekend....alot of fun!

Hope your weekend was good. 

Thanks for stopping and have a great week.  

Keep on Stitching.