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| Vignette outside the General Store -- definitely a happy place. |
I had a delightful day in a delightful historic town yesterday when I went to Port Gamble with a friend to shop, eat and pick up a gift basket that I won!
A couple of weeks ago, I happened to wander into the Port Gamble General Store when they were having a Christmas open house. They were passing out door prize tickets, so I filled one out and deposited it and didn't give it a second thought.
THEN I got a call from one of the new owners, Juan, this week that I had won a gift basket full of goodies from the store! So I hustled back and was presented it by Greg and had a nice chat with him about Port Gamble, the store and the shell museum on the store's second floor.
The basket was crammed with all sorts of wonderful products from the store, from a heavenly smelling lotion bar to candles, chocolate, Christmas decorations, fun socks, journals and much more.
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| I love the "Resting Snack Face" bag! |
The free shell museum features one of the largest displays of shells in the world and is truly amazing (and colorful). It started as a high school biology project and has continued to grow over the past 40 years with a collection representing 40 different countries (according to a google reference). The Sea and Shore Museum is its official name and it is a non-profit organization.
Equally amazing are the cakes at the Butcher and Baker restaurant in town. Decisions, decisions -- and the towering coconut cake won.
The giant cookies were also tempting.
Thus fortified, we toddled into the Quilted Strait, where my mission was to buy some bright fabric to supplement my stash so I can make a baby quilt for a niece's third daughter.
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| Quilt on display at the Quilted Strait. |
This big splashy flower print is my focus fabric, and I'll alternate it with bright pieced blocks, either in a basket or star design.
The prints below were already in my stash, but one can never have too many happy colors.
There were even happy circles outside the quilt shop, with these soft pink berries.
After washing the fabric, I gathered these loose threads for a photo. It's going to be a happy quilt!
Have a colorful day
3 comments:
Ooh, I love the basket, and the General Store looks like such a treasure trove of goodies! Congratulations on your bounty, I'm sure you will enjoy it all.
The bakery goodies look scrumptious... bet you had a hard time resisting that chocolate cake in front! And the fabrics you have assembled for the baby quilt are happy colors... just right for a little one! As for those threads... my mind goes to your scrap scarves of years gone past. I have a basket full of sewing threads I need to use up one of these days, maybe time to make another few scarves? Have fun!
This is just a HAPPY post! What a great place to visit. It seems you had stimulation for every sense. That bakery would be hard to resist, let alone resisting the fabric.
Happy Thanksgiving
Carol
What fun in winning that basket of goodies! WOW! They looked so interesting...but you know my favorite!!! The picture of the cakes and cookies! Sorry, I'm just that kind of gal!!! Looks like you had a great and interesting day!!!
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