New York City

Every year I take a one day trip to New York City.  It's one of my favorite things to do all year.  A friend of mine charters a bus, we get on the bus at midnight on Friday, the bus drives us all night to the city.  We stop about an hour out of NYC for breakfast and to freshen up.  Then boom we are there!  We have all day Saturday to roam the city.  

This year a quilter friend went with me, and we met up with another quilter and we did a mini- fabric quilting tour of the city.

You may know @mushyhed and @nyc_christopher (The Tattooed Quilter) from Instagram.  

(Starbucks re-feuling)

Chen and I had both been to NYC many times, and Chris lives there, so although we saw a few sights along the way, this day was all about the fabric.

Mood was beautiful and overwhelming with choices

I purchased buttons, ribbon, and a beautiful piece of leather from Mood

City Quilter 

This is where the Erin Wilson quilts were displaying

I wrote a post with more photos about these quilts here

I bought a large piece of oilcloth here and a yard of fabric

We saw a few sights on our journey from fabric store to fabric store

We rode the subway - one of us for the first time

The weekend we were there it was SantaCon - which makes for some interesting Santa sightings

Now back to fabric

Walking through the streets we came across a flea market

With an entire stall of African Indigo.  We had a lot of fun going through these cloths

Next stop - Purl SoHo

This hoop wall inside Purl made me want to have a hoop wall 

I purchased my first bit of Liberty at Purl

We saw the tree.  Barely.  Through a million people

Had great food,  good laughs, bought fabric, met a quilter friend in person, perfect day in NYC

Shout out to @nyc_christopher for taking us everywhere

Till next year!

Mary