9/22/15 - CCLQ in the Wild {In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania}

The time has arrived!!

This trip has been in the works since early in the year and SIX members of the Cherry Creek Lane Quilters are on their way to The Bluff for a quilt retreat at Ruth S's Summer Cottage on the banks of Lake Ontario in NY.

It's a LONG way to NY from NC, but Lancaster County (with all of its quilt shops) is about half way! SEW...


You KNOW that we just HAD to stop!!!


We started our shopping expedition bright and early at Burkholder's Fabric Store:

 Here we are in the SALE corner.  Some of us spent ALL of our time in these 3 rows:

Our 3 HOURS of shopping required hydration and fortification before tackling another shop:

The price was right and it was along our route to the next shop:

The next stop was Sauder Fabrics:

Good news!!  They were having a 20% off sale on EVERTHING in the store:

They displayed the ever-important indicator that Visa, Mastercard, AND Discover are accepted:

The bad news is that they are closing the store at the end of the year.  Bargains galore until then!!!

We were spent and had probably shopped enough, but Intercourse, PA was demanding a visit:

 We went straggling in...

... to the Old Country Store:

Here are the happy (and TIRED) shoppers at the end of the day:

Joy made one last stop before heading back to the hotel:

But didn't buy anything... She was all shopped out!!

This is the aftermath of our shopping extravaganza:

We each bought a FQ for our hostess who is anxiously awaiting our arrival at The Bluff:

We didn't want Ruth S. to feel left out of the first portion of our retreat week, since she was kind enough to arrange everything for the BEST portion of our retreat week!!

LOOK!!!  The hotel hosted a retreat, too.  We missed it by one day:

Until next time...
Shop with a list!!!