Quilt Circle of Friends

Pictures from our April Quilt Circle of Friends meeting:

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.

She also finished the Halloween quilt she has been working on.

Jackie O showed us these pretty place mats she made using fabrics collected on vacation.

and this beauty she made based on a picture she saw on Pinterest.

This is a fidget quilt she made for a friend in an Alzheimers unit.

Deb finished up her Fantasy panel - - - 

and she finished up this panel to donate to Warrior Wagons, a program that fills wagons full of gifts for children in treatment.

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.

and a little cloth quiet book for the grands.

Kathy showed us her Get Er Done project - She Got Er Done!

Plus this adorable little wall quilt and - - 

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.

And Kathy shared this quilt she made for her mother. This feathered star quilt was once on display at the quilt museum in Paducah.

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!

Trish also shared this big beauty, made using her half square triangle units from our exchange. Love it!

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?

Margaret also shared table toppers she has made to decorate tables for a Woman's Club luncheon with a patriotic theme.

Nancy J is still whipping up little table toppers for our June quilt sale. Here's one and - - - 

and another.

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!

Sneak Peak

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!

Open Sew pics

Here's just a couple quilt tops coming together at Open Sew this week.

Sheryl O was pinning this quilt for machine quilting.

Trish S was putting together the half square triangle units gathered in a Quilt Circle of Friends exchange. Very pretty.

Millie's Quilt

Isn't this pretty? Millie K made this for her daughter's wedding quilt.

She added this fun applique. Julia S did the machine quilting.

 Millie will be our guest speaker at July Sisters of the Cloth, with a program on William Morris fabrics. Registration is open now for our 2018 Sisters of the Cloth series.

Customer Show and Share

Carol came in for backing for this great quilt. Very nice.

OOOpen Sew

I am taking beef burgers to share at Open Sew tomorrow so, join us if you can! Adel Library - 10 am until - - - - - - - - 

Purple Bag Drawing

We have a winner for the April Purple Bag Drawing -- ba dum dum dum dum --- (that's my drum roll) ---- Kathy Blomquist wins a pack of jelly roll strips. Come pick it up, Kathy!

Shop Hop News!

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.

OOOpen Sew!!!

Doing my Happy Dance! Open Sew is this week, Thursday and Friday, at the Adel Library.  10 am until the last stitch is made. Join us!

Happy Birthday, Gabe!

38 years today! 

Christmas fabric??

Yep! Our first 2 bolts of Christmas fabric just arrived!

A must see! It's very pretty with tones of silver and gold.

Mini Kites

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!

Are you ready?

Our fun Spring event is almost here - - - 

Central Iowa Scavenger Hunt!

April 5, 6 and 7.

Thursday, 10 am to 7 pm - Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm

Prizes: Answer the three questions at any one of the participating shops to be eligible for their $75 value gift basket.

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!

Answer all the questions for the 6 participating shops to enter the drawing for the grand prize: 5 yards of your choosing (max $60) from each shop. That's $300 worth of fabric!

Partcipating Shops:

Adel Quilting & Dry Goods Co.

Creekside Quilting

Quilt Block

Woodside Quilting

Quilter's Cupboard

Quilt Connection

Start at any one of the shops. Pick up the Scavenger Hunt questionnaire at the first shop you visit and drop it off at the last one.

Other Scavenger Hunt Shop Hop fun?

• Quilting Demos - We have some fun stuff lined up to share.
• Refreshments - I just ordered 6 dozen cookies from Brick Street Bakery to get us started.
• Discounts - 15% off!

Happy Easter!

From these two cute chicks.

Fun setting - - -

Isn't this a unique setting? Kay C. was using this pattern at retreat to feature her farm animal panel. We can see lots of uses for this pattern. It's here in stock now!

Spring Retreat - Day 3

A friend of the group gave me $40 to give away. We are calling this David's Scholarship. We put everyone's name in the hat and drew. The winner was Sarah L. from Nebraska. We join her in saying, "Thank you, David!"

Deb S. put together over 50 charity pillowcases while at retreat!

And here are a few of the quilt tops that were born this week. I am sure I missed some. It was really wonderful being in such a creative environment. Of course, great food and massages helped!

Spring Retreat - Day 2

Set up and seriously stitching - - - with a lot of chatting and laughing mixed in while snow gently fell outside. Perfect. We love the spacious, well lit space at Lake Panorama.