Quilts to sell!

Our annual fund raiser for the Adel Public Library is now on. Here are a few of the quilts to choose from. Everything is priced to go.

Approx. 60" x 70" - $85

Several quilted holiday wall hangings, this one approx 18" x 18"

A quilt top.

A flannel sampler - approx. 60" x 72"

Queen size! - $200.

Another quilt top. Comes with bartting.

Approx 48" x 48"

Approx. 54" x 70" - $65

Lots of misc quilted items, notions, kits and vintage patterns

Shoppers!

These lovely ladies started their day with us today followed by a day of hitting shops for the All Iowa Shop Hop and Row by Row!

Quilt Circle of Friends June Meeting

We took another look at Margaret's Barn Sign Quilt. I just love those pops of pink!

Marti shared this little quilt. She named it, "That which goes unused returns to nature." Thus explaining the vines growing up around the machine.

Celia showed us this little wall hanging, a collectible from Quilters Cupboard.

And she made this very pretty travel bag.

Trish shared her Barn Sign quilt. It checked off one of her bucket list items, making a shadow block. Nice and I love the backing!

Here's Margaret's Northern Lights - - - - 

And her musical wall hanging, a kit from Block Party Studio.

Marti made this 3 D quilt.

And Lonnie has been making bags!

Nancy H shared her progress on her Get Er Done quilt - - - 

and this happy quilt made for her daughter.

Deb recaptured this big happy quilt from her son to show us.

and we admired her new quilting design, shown here close up on her Barn Sign quilt. Very cool.

Here is Theresa's quilt from our half square triangle exchange. She didn't let the brightness stop on the front!

Wrapping up this series of bright quilts, Bonnie shared this little gem.

We closed another great evening with my Quilt Circle of Friends with a demo on making an easy quilt hanging pocket and topped the evening off with a little ice cream and cookies. Really hit the spot on this hot Iowa evening. 

Quilting Cousins!

These cousins gathered from all around the state to shop and quilt together. There have just one rule. You have to bring a project. Otherwise, it's just a reunion!

They were having such a great time today. We hope they stop again soon!

Quilt Circle Special Exhibit

This year, at our outdoor quilt show, we featured the Barn Sign Quilts made by members of Quilt Circle of Friends. This is a current BOM in the shop, tested by QC members. They received a block pattern each month and chose their own fabrics and settings. 

Nancy Hagelberg

Jackie Orton

Deb Semmens

Abbie Allen

Margaret Beal

Lonnie Keeran

Nancy Johnson (on the railing)

Trish Snyder

The Quilts are Hung!

It's warm out but there is a very nice breeze and tons of shade in our yard plus, remember, it's always nice in Adel!

The crew was all here, bright and early, to start hanging quilts.

Julia is busy arranging the "for sale" items. All proceeds from this sale go to the Adel Library where we love to gather and sew.

Kathy is arranging quilt tags so customers can read a little about each quilt.

Then along comes Lonnie to number and record each quilt.

AISH visitors

These gals traveled all the way from SE Iowa and Illinois to visit us for the All Iowa Shop Hop! They even brought Elmo along for photo ops to please an adorable granddaughter.

Our 2018 Row

The Row x Row theme this year is "Sew Musical". We always strive to come up with a row that does not include applique', based on frequent customer request. This is our row:

This year, instead of the 36" row requirement, there has been added the option to design a row in several different sizes. Our row finishes 12" x 27".

Another fun idea, we have also written a pattern to convert our 12" x 27" row into this bag.

Get all the details at the Row by Row website.

OOOOpen Sew!

Can you believe we are already midway through June !?! Open Sew is this week, Thursday and Friday, at the Adel Library, 10 am until the last stitch is made each day.

Mark your calendar for July. The library is not available on the 2nd week and I will be out of town on the first week so, I've decided to cancel Open Sew for July. So NO OPEN SEW IN JULY.

Here are the Open Sew Dates for the rest of 2018:

July - No Open Sew

August 23 and 24 (3rd week due to Sweet Corn Fest)

September 13 and 14

October 11 and 12

November 8 and 9

December 13 and 14

A Jr Shopper

The rain did not keep Wren from shopping Adel with her Granny, Sue D.  This is our future. Isn't it looking good?

Show and Share

Jenny O stopped by to show us her Grunge BOM quilt. Looks great!

Dalla Co Fair Quilt

Wow! Right? These are the challenge blocks made for this auction quilt. All proceeds will be donated to Dallas Co 4-H programs.

Outdoor Quilt Show

Do you have a big heart marked on your calendar for this Saturday, June 16, 10 am to 4 pm? That is our annual Little Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Adel.

A special exhibit this year will be Barn Sign quilts made by Quilt Circle of Friends members. See a couple here. Members tested these blocks, each picking their own fabrics, and came up with their own setting idea so this should be of special interest to all of you currently doing this BOM.

Deb S.

Lonnie K.

This event also includes a large sale of quilted and hand made items, a fund raiser for our local library.

Shop Adel on June 16!

New fabrics!

These sweet fabrics are flannels! 

And here are two new Christmas fabrics. Barns and trucks in the snow, always a hit!

Fall is next!

Penny White made this cute shop sample for us. This is the technique we will feature at the fall Ladies of the Lake Quilt Retreat. This quilt uses the mini Quick Curve ruler. We will have several samples of quilts using this ruler to share and talk about.

Catch Up

It's been a couple days since the last posting. We must be busy! 

The Movie Star quilt FQ gathering has been a bigger hit than any of us expected. Shops were advised to order two bolts of Grunge for the FQ give away.  It was expected that supply would last most of the way through the month but when it's gone, it's gone. 

Well, guess what? Many shops were out after just 2 days. So, now what? Each shop has been left to do whatever they deem best.  Some are ordering more Grunge to give away. Some are giving away other fat quarters. Some are offering discounts. 

Many shops still have fat quarters to give away and want all to remember - even if you get 1 free FQ, you are still ahead.

In Adel, we have cut more fat quarters and have ordered more Grunge fabric so we plan to have Grunge fat quarters for the Movie Star quilt to give away for at least the next couple weeks.