Houston…Market and Festival

It is nice to be home from Houston, it is fun to go, but always nicer to come home.  We have been home since Monday and now tomorrow (Monday) we leave for Des Moines, IA, for our last show of the year.  Nick & I are going alone, so hopefully it won’t be too crazy in our booth!  Our booth will mostly be the same as the last one, with a few new things the girls at the shop  finished while we were gone to Houston.

Here is a photo of our booth  …lots of stuff in there.  We basically had a few days to restock and get back out.  

 

Before Market opened Tina was able to get a hair appointment in the big city, to get her new “look”.  She is too busy dyeing wool to go before we left.  Here is her before and after.

 A little wine to sooth her before and Oooola..la…look at her now!   Since I would not leave WI with out my hair done…I had a nice facial……no pictures of that! Please…

Here are a few of my favorite quilts from the show in Houston..              

                                                                                                                                                                                       THIS ONE MADE ME SMILE!                                                                                                                            I LOVE THE BIRD BORDER-ANTIQUE QUILT

I LOVE THE LITTLE ECHO QUILTING ON THIS FEATHER QUILT DESIGN.  I TAKE PICURES OF QUILTS FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF REASONS. I ALSO LOVE THE HALF LOG ANTIQUE QUILT BELOW.  NOTICE THE QUILTING IN THE LIGHT PART…  

 

 

HERE IS A CLOSER SHOT.

 

LOOK AT THE LITTLE BLOCKS IN THIS QUILT BELOW…HOW COOL ARE THEY…LOVE IT!

 

 

I SHOULD HAVE CROPPED THIS PHOTO…BUT THIS QUILT HAS EVERYTHING..

I LOVE SCRAPPY QUILTS…HERE IS ANOTHER ANTIQUE QUILT.  WE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS…ONLY A LITTLE MUDDY-ER.               ALL FOR NOW…TAKE CARE AND SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YA!

natural encounters…a new place to shop

A couple of weeks ago, Carole dragged me out of the house to visit a new store that one of our customers, Sharin Lauren, opened up.  Sharin’s husband does concrete counter tops, in the lower level of the barn…  It was totally amazing.  I loved the outside gardens with it’s beautiful water falls and inside was full of home mades, funiture, lots of home dec and much more…so- here are my purchases…the bag…i am assuming the fabric came from our shop..but it is just nice, sturdy and short..so my stuff doesn’t get lost in it..it also has lots of pockets…it was made by Kerry’s Kreations, I think it is Kerry Olsen,who I think is Sharin’s sister…but anyway the bag was  worth every penny I paid for it and i don’t even lie when people ask if i made it…Nope..i bought it!…I want to see if I can get her to make me another in black..i think i know where I can get some fabric for her to do it in…then, of course a treat for the birds in the garden..a new birdhouse.  Here is their address:  Natural Encounters   2002 N Lynndale Dr    Appleton, WI 54914    (920) 731-2500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a photo of the outside of the building…great huh! then a shot from up above looking down on the store….go visit…hwy A (Lyndale Ave.) in Appleton.  It is set back off the road.  You will see a house with a gazebo and this is in back of it… I will get the address and post it later..

still..hand quilting..the trailer is packed, Nick will be leaving tomorrow morning…i will be flying with this quilt and its patterns!  Oh well…it just didn’t happen the way I planned.

a good friend…who knows what we would do without them…

As i am trying to get all my quilts done for market and knowing my deadlines before the trailer is leaving, my very talented friend Carole told me she would quilt this little vintage tulips for me.  I gave it to her on wednesday and it showed up today (friday) with the  most beautifullest quilting on it, better than it deserves. I could not ask for a better friend, someone who truly cares about me and my mental health. All i can say is WOW!  ps. I know most beautifullest isn’t a word but it is for this…vintage tulips has 4 1/2″ blocks so it is little.  Hope you can see the quilting…now i have to get the pattern done!

off to madison…

Here is one of the new quilts we will have for the madison show… I am sorry it is sideways…it is not when I insert it..but anyway Sue made and quilted this Bonnie Blue quilt design herself.  It is a nice big quilt called Aunt Nellie”s wedding quilt. So hope to see you at the show! Come say “HI!” Nick, Judi, Rachel and I will be there.  I am also teaching a lecture each day of the show at 11:30 about Working with Wool.

Little Posies-2009 Summer Freebie Quilt

Here is “Little Posies”

It is a very simple quilt.  I know lots of you doing wool applique might not be experienced quilters so I thought we would keep this design as simple as possible.  I used “instant antique” on all of my light fabrics.  This give the quilt an all over aged look and the scraps of fabrics look like they belong in the same family.  We will have pricing on a finishing kit for this soon… I used 2 #12 green perle cottons and O575 and 893 I then matched the flower colors and then stitched the centers with O511.   I used 20 blocks for my quilt.  Take and Happy Quilting!