I got lots-o-goodies!
One vendor had $4 per yard fabric, and if you bought more than 10 yds it's $2 a yd. The deal was that no cutting was done, sales were of whatever size piece you picked up, and sizes on the shelves ranged from 1/4 yd to 10 yd.
I bought 10.1 yds at that booth. The closest to an even 10 yds. they had all day. I got some yummy Robert Kauffman prints including 3 yards of a realistic looking basket weave, the other 7 yards was smaller stuff. Yes, Kauffman for $2/yd. I also picked up a fat 1/4 for a dollar, a fat 1/8 for 50 cent, and a handful of large scraps perfect for applique pieces for a dollar. Each scrap was 1/4 yd or bigger with maybe a 4 inch square or two cut out of one corner, so that was about 1 1/2 yds of quilt shop fabric for a buck! I guess the scraps were left after making a sample quilt, but they were perfect for my use in applique, and a great price. My only regret is that I didn't fill a bag for $5 as it would have been well worth it.
My other purchases were an applique quilt pattern with four birds by Donna Poster, and a 100m spool of Japanese imported Kinkame silk thread, color number 153 (a beige color). I hope that $5 was a reasonable price and it's a good brand of thread. I wanted to try the silk for hand applique and a quilt show is the only way I'll ever be able to see it before buying it.
Anyway, I spent about $35.00 and a non-quilting friend who went with me spent nearly $90.00. She found a booth full of embroidery transfers and kits and went a little wild.
It's after midnight and I've been up since 6 am. I have a touch of food poisoning so I feel crummy. I'm getting a bit punchy, so I hope this post made sense. Time for bed. Debra in VA See my quilts at