This morning I decided to go to the quilt and sewing show at the Fairgrounds. It was inside of one of the airport hangers. I am not a quilter but found that it was inspiring to see some of the creative things that people are doing with fabric. At times I sew at a quilting shop down the street from my house  and the ladies there have been encouraging me to try quilting. I'm still on the fence.

 The one thing I love about sewing at the quilting shop is the company and support you get from the ladies there. They have advice that ranges from what sewing machines to buy to how to survive your teenager. But of course anytime women get together we always have opinions to share. I have to give a shout out to Ginger's Quilt Shoppe in Upland, CA. They allow you to sew in their space free of charge. You only need to bring your machine.  I found them after looking in the VOGUEpatterns Feb/March 2011 issue. The article "sew social" got me thinking that I wanted to sew with others. So I went into the quilt shop and asked if I could sew there. I ended up taking a sewing class there and met some great ladies.

But back to the Fair. Although, I was not interested in most of the quilting "stuff" they had there I ran across  a company that sold cutting mats. I was able to get a fairly large 36X60 cutting mat which included a olfa cutter(I had one but could use another) a clear ruler (also had one but you know it was a "special".  and two blocks of acrylic one with sticky stuff on the back and you use it to stabilize the ruler while you are cutting and the other is called a mat eraser, it sorta kinda erases the marks left by the cutter. (really it just smooths them back down). I paid under $100 for the set. I think the mat itself was $70.00. All in all it was a very good trip.