I did some shopping when I wasn’t busy teaching last weekend. Der Kuchen Laden is a well-stocked kitchen shop in Fredericksburg, TX. I got all sorts of little doo-dads. The notched triangular tool for leaving lines in icing should be lots of fun to use on cakes.

Down the street Linens-N-More was about to close so I wasn’t able to shop long. Probably a good thing. I got this wonderful silk screened “America” dish towel made by Catstudio. I don’t know that I’m going to be able to let anyone get it wet – it may have to be a pillow. It could also be good in a quilt or garment.

In Kerrville, I found my way to Creations – one of the best quilt shops I’ve ever visited! This is the fabric I came home with. I also bought some wool for Linda, a linen jacket (for me), and upholstery fabric for my dining room chairs – oh happy day! It’s probably good for my wallet that I’m home now.

I found fences made from freshly cut cedar too! I want to put a fence like this around my backyard so it was exciting to find these.
This fence was “doubled” – there were cedar posts on both sides of the iron rebar supports.

The “single” fence had cedar posts wired to only one side of the rebar. The posts that hold the fence up are iron pipe filled with concrete. It looks like they used galvanized wire to tie the cedar to the rebar.

I wonder how long these fences will last before the iron parts rust through? Have any of you constructed similar fences?

One of the shops in Fredericksburg has an arbor over its entry made from cedar logs. The reason this is interesting to me is because my husband is on the faculty at Austin College. AC owns land that the Biology department is doing their best to return to prairie.

There is an invasion of cedar trees on this land that they are busy cutting down. It’s nice to find something to do with the excess cedar logs.

The construction of the arbor looks pretty simple, don’t you think?

It’s Sunday morning as I write this and I’ve been in Fredericksburg teaching for the Verien Quilt Guild. After class today I’m headed down the road to teach in Kerrville.

Fredericksburg is a lovely town in the Hill Country near Austin. I got to town on Friday and had a chance to wander Main Street. This antique store had some wonderful outdoor pieces.

The shop’s front doors were really lovely.

I ran across Mimi Kirchner‘s hand sewn wool dolls while blog surfing. Mimi’s blog, Doll, is definitely worth checking out. The pattern and instructions are at the The Purl Bee – a truly wonderful site. I especially love the hair on these dolls.

Linda has been playing with wool lately. She has some great ideas for future projects that sound very exciting.

I know many of you think that Linda and I work on projects together but, because we live so far apart, that doesn’t happen often. We’re getting together next month and I’m looking forward to seeing what she’s been up to.

Elanor is playing soccer! I don’t think she has a firm grip on the rules of the game but it’s good exercise and she’s really enjoying it. I took a lot of pictures and got some nice ones. It was a pretty day for soccer.