Girls Weekend, quilt shops, wine....

Girls Weekend with the Bunco Girls!

We've been doing this for years...about 12.

We usually stay within 2 hours away from home.

This years destination....Madison, Wisconsin.

Madison is the capital of Wisconsin. I have never been to the capital at least not this close.

So I had to have proof that I was there. 

Saturday we went to a quilt shop,  yarn shop, gift stores, for a wine tour and tasting. We had planed to do a brewery tour but ran out of time...spent too much time wine tasting. :)

My purchases were mostly at JJ Stitches a quilt shop.

I bought some patterns, wool and fabric...I can't go into a quilt store without buying fabric...it just wouldn't be right. :)

More purchases were at a gift shop A Day in the Country where they had punch needle with wool yarn.

You can make rugs this way. It looks a lot like rug hooking.

I just couldn't stop looking at the stuff. The yarns. The patterns. The finished samples.  They have such a warm feeling, kind of old with a sense of history to the pieces.

I've read about punching with wool yarn on some of the blogs I follow and wanted to try it.

So I bought a oxford punch, a sunflower patter and the yarn to finish the project.

I started this sunflower mat and didn't put it down until I was finished.

I love punching with wool yarn! I will definitely be doing more projects!

I also did something different yesterday...I'll share that with you in another post.

Enjoy your day,

Leanne