Friday Feature

Here is this week's Friday Feature. Trucks, Barns, Christmas Sheep, Cows, Pigs and Quilts!!

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Customer Show and Share

Carol Hoover stopped in today to show me what she is doing with the cloth squares she has collected during the All Iowa Shop Hop!

In case you have not heard, the hop has been extended to include this weekend.

Some pretty - -

 Here's something beautiful that has been happening over the last couple of months. 

Sweet!

Every year about now, it's time to feature our Sweet Corn Pot Holder. This year it seemed appropriate to mask her up.

Sarah's Show and Tell

This is a quilt Sarah Downing started at one of our retreats when we were featuring the One Block Wonders made from 7 identical panels.

And this one goes back much farther to a little pillow embroidery BOM we did in 2008. Sarah made her embroidery into quilt blocks instead of mini pillows. Nice.

New Christmas Fabrics!

Barns and Trucks and Cows and Sheep AND Quilts!

 - - - with coordinates

Flower Power

Remember this sweet little hydrangea?

Now it's turning this pretty blush color.

Quilts Quilts Quilts

About a dozen quilters from the March Ladies of the Lake Quilt Retreat (which was cancelled, of course) gathered this week to stitch together. Here are just a few of the results:

Kay Christian made this quilt from one fabric - yardage of a rainbow colored ombre fabric.

This is potentially the center of a quilt by LaRue Schade done in her signature beautiful hand applique'.

Janet DeJager was working on paper piecing. This is just one part of what will be a spectacular, large star.

Sue Risius shared her Bermuda Triangle quilt done with blue background and Lorna Christianson made the same pattern in a mini version.

Becky Ervin was making masks.

Some of the other gals were testing a pattern that has not yet been released so those pictures will be at a later date.

Mostly, they all seemed to enjoy a little time sewing with friends.  The room where they set up is actually a ballroom, often used for weddings and receptions and quite large so they were able to spread out for some really good socializing with physical distancing.

Customer Show and Tell

Deanna Darrah stopped in today to show me what she has been doing while staying close to home.

This is one she started in 2007.  I think this pattern is called Goose in the Pond.  It's quilted and ready to bind.

This quilt top was originally shown in florals and called Aunt DeeDee's Garden. Deanna started this one at a retreat in 1997.

Thanks for sharing, Deanna. I always think done is good, no matter how long it takes.

All of us!

Our family grows again!

Meet Phyllis Maxine. Granddaughter Olivia named her by suggesting Phil.  She resides in Chicago with daughter Brook.  They say she is a Labradoodle but I think she must be part Teddy Bear.

July Prize Drawing

Our Purple Bag winner for July is Denise Birney! She wins this bundle of 6 patterns.

We also still have a prize (the cork tote) for our June winner to pick up, Carolyn Bowman.

Coming in September

How about starting this block of the month with us?

All batiks on a Moda background.  This is the pattern picture. We will be posting our shop sample in the coming weeks.

5 months - make a row each month.

Love Notes Mystery Quilt

Love Notes by KimberBell just arrived.

This is a Mystery block of the month for a small KimberBell Quilt.

You can have a packet mailed to you each week in August for $20 a week or stop by the shop to pick up for $18 a week.

Our kits will be for the machine pieced version. We do not have the optional embellishing kits.

Call soon to register as we have a limited supply!  515-993-1170.

Another Lonnie Covid Quilt

Beautiful Blooms

These are from two of my hydrangea bushes. So different and both so pretty.

One Patriotic Quilt

Happy Day of Independence!  We are closed July 4, 5 and 6.Be well and enjoy the day.

Available in kit, of course! 

Birthday Girls!

This is birthday girl Pam and friends from Pocahontas, celebrating together by doing the All Iowa Shop Hop. Thanks for the fun visit, gals and Happy Birthday Pam!