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| The twins and their friend Sky took a moment of down time to hear to new book. Notice Liv has on her unicorn horn because - -- why not? |
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| Later we took their folks along for dinner out at the Iowa Stater. Always a fun time with this gang. |
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| JoAnne shared this easy quilt with lots of built in character when she was in this week. The fabrics are all Wizard of Oz themed and the quilting pattern is called cyclone. |
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| For the backing, she used Kansas sunflower print. This fun quilt will likely be donated to the Des Moines Quilt Guild auction fund raiser. |
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| Lonnie made this great bag for the shop, using some of the new All Iowa Shop Hop fabric. |
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| It has a great zipper top that customers are always asking for. |
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| And lots of pockets, both on the outside and on the inside. Nice job, Lonnie! |
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| Batting stand, light, pattern racks and thread racks. |
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| Nancy H shared a pic of the wool applique she is working on. This little quilt is about 22" square. We'll be seeing more of it. |
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| She also finished the Halloween quilt she has been working on. |
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| Jackie O showed us these pretty place mats she made using fabrics collected on vacation. |
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| and this beauty she made based on a picture she saw on Pinterest. |
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| This is a fidget quilt she made for a friend in an Alzheimers unit. |
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| Deb finished up her Fantasy panel - - - |
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| and she finished up this panel to donate to Warrior Wagons, a program that fills wagons full of gifts for children in treatment. |
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| Lonnie finished up a couple of kits she's had in waiting. This one is a little comfort patch for her granddaughters to snuggle with. With a close look, you can see little folded ribbon tabs for chubby little hands to play with. |
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| and a little cloth quiet book for the grands. |
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| Kathy showed us her Get Er Done project - She Got Er Done! |
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| Plus this adorable little wall quilt and - - |
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| This is a quilt top that will be gifted to a college grad. Kathy put this together in just a couple days. The arcs are all appliqued on with fusible web. Nice. |
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| And Kathy shared this quilt she made for her mother. This feathered star quilt was once on display at the quilt museum in Paducah. |
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| Trish shared this picture of a baby quilt made for her new Great Niece. We all thought the baby stole the show in this pic! |
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| Trish also shared this big beauty, made using her half square triangle units from our exchange. Love it! |
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| Another picture was shared. This was taken at Margaret's grandkids house. The clever quilt hanger holds quilts Margaret has made and given to these kids. Isn't it cool? |
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| Margaret also shared table toppers she has made to decorate tables for a Woman's Club luncheon with a patriotic theme. |
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| Nancy J is still whipping up little table toppers for our June quilt sale. Here's one and - - - |
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| and another. |
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| And here is a first peak at the Dallas County Fair quilt many donated blocks for. You will see this quilt again! It's always nice to gather for a minute and catch up in our Quilt Circle of Friends! |
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| Just need to add borders to our Dallas County Fair quilt. Many of you contributed blocks to this quilt. It will be sold by live auction in July with proceeds going to Dallas County 4-H. It's a beauty! |
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| Sheryl O was pinning this quilt for machine quilting. |
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| Trish S was putting together the half square triangle units gathered in a Quilt Circle of Friends exchange. Very pretty. |
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| Isn't this pretty? Millie K made this for her daughter's wedding quilt. |
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| She added this fun applique. Julia S did the machine quilting. |
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| We had so much fun during the Spring Scavenger Hunt. Thank you to everyone that stopped by! Following the event, shop owners met to combine all of the Scavenger Hunt forms and draw for winners. Here they are! Each shop drew a winner for a $75 gift basket. They are listed here by shop: Adel Quilting - Ryan Osler from Redfield Quilters Cupboard - Renae Godberson from Waukee Quilt Block - Janice Haggen from Indianola Woodside Quilting - Amy Emery from Bondurant Creekside Quilting - Jean Sheets from Nevada Quilt Connection - Millie Kehrli And the Grand Prize of 5 yards from each shop goes to - - - - Cinda Stifel from Indianola. What's next? Next Spring you can expect 2 more shops to join the Central Iowa Shop Hop (Nevada and Bondurant). Also, based on customer feedback, we tweaked the scavenger hunt game and prizes for our spring 2019 hop. We're always looking for ways to keep it fresh. Thank you again and congratulations to the winners. |
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| A must see! It's very pretty with tones of silver and gold. |
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| Here's another fun quilt made using the QCR (Quick Curve Ruler). Penny White made this sample for us. We plan to feature this ruler at fall quilt retreat so you may be seeing more of these little quilts! Come in during Scavenger Hunt Shop Hop this week to get your ruler at 15% off! |
Prizes: Answer the three questions at any one of the participating shops to be eligible for their $75 value gift basket.
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| Here is our prize "basket". Twenty one fat quarters, a spool of Aurafil thread and a packet of Cupcake Mix papers. That's a lot of fun! |
