Arizona invades Utah

A couple of weeks ago a gang of rowdy Arizonans (including my mom, sister and brother) descened on the Salt Lake Valley for a few days of fun. It's rare that both sides of Fiber and Fire are together shopping and creating so we took full advantage of our time together and set off Friday with a long list of local shops and fabric stores to visit. Our morning started with a great breakfast at a local sugarhouse eatery called Finn's. From there we were able to find lots of treasures at one of my favorite downtown shops, Jolley's. BUT our real find of the day was during an early visit to Second Hand Chic in the heart of Sugarhouse. The owner Kelly is a self proclaimed junker and highlighted us here on her blog last summer while we were at the farmer's market. I love going to Kelly's shop and it's because of finds like this:How cool is this chair??! The fabric has seen much better days but don't let that scare you, this chair is going to look AmAzInG when we are finished. I'm already nervous about the idea of having to part with this funky chair-maybe it's meant to have a permanent home in my living room?

The rest of our weekend was spent eating great local food at the likes of Cafe Trio and Millcreek Cafe, walking the beautiful gardens at Thanksgiving Point and visiting 3 of our fav local quilt stores (more on those jems later!).