My August trip included nine days in Amsterdam, where we decided to spend our vacations. The delight of finding an actual (to be precise two!) quilting shop, was just a dream for me.

First stop at "Den Haan & Wagenmakers" a beautiful quilt shop where you can find traditional dutch fabrics, useful books and quilting accessories. I bought my wonderful copy of "Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt" book, that I was so eager to buy, and also a lot of specialized rulers for quilting.

Second stop at Birdblocks, a dream fabric shop, that provided me with 2 of my favorite quilting books, "Material Obsession" and "Quilting From little things".