Tuesday, May 21, 2019

May Quilt Circle

Here we go around the circle, Quilt Circle of Friends show and tell, that is!
Nancy J finished this quilt top after a couple years of intermittent stitching!

Joyce S. quilted these two banners for our library fund raiser sale.

Nancy H. is making animal blocks for a special baby quilt

and she finished this quilt for our library sale.

Sue R. was thrilled to find this baseball fabric recently to go in a special quilt or her son.

Deanna, getting back into quilting after a several year sabbatical, found this quilt top she forgot she had! Now for the borders.

Jackie O was not at the meeting but she dropped off these reading pillows earlier in the day, each including a book and a little flash light. These are donations for the library sale.

Plus, this is a stack of crib blankets Jackie O donated to our charity collection for Mercy PICU.

Nancy J made and donated this little Christmas runner to our library sale

and Nancy showed us this little topper she made, using the house block and a pack of charms.

This is a special quilt Nancy J. just finished for her grandson.

Joyce S. showed us this quilt that she made from pre-cut strips.

Lonnie K. made a mini me, cutting the squares for Solar Flare 2" rather than 7".

This is a Deb S. re-do, a quilt she practiced machine quilting on several years ago and was not happy with. She took all the quilting out and started over.

Deb also brought these two little quilts she finished up for our library sale.

Celia showed us this sweet baby quilt she made for a great grandchild

with this cute pieced back

and yet another beautiful snowman quilt!


Celia also brought this surprise to Quilt Circle, sister and former member, Rozetta! Rozetta moved away several years ago and was back in town to visit. We were all so happy to see her again!

Rozetta brought several quilts to show us what she has been doing, starting with this cute little applique' quilt

and this cute holiday quilt

and this quilt made from our HST exchange.

We all loved speculating about the origin of this horse hide blanket, complete with the mane, that Theresa H brought to show.

Trish S. gave us a sneak peek at a t shirt quilt she is designing using large hexagon blocks.

Abbie A shared a whole stack of donation quilts made for kids in cancer treatment.




Abbie also recently quilted these two quilts, made by a friend.


Sue R. showed us these two quilts. They were donation tops made at retreat last fall that Sue finished up for donation.


Plus Sue had even more quilts to add to the donation pile.




Deanna was recently gifted a charm pack of tan squares. She added these teal prints to make this beautiful quilt. She ran out of border fabric so, it's one side short of being a complete top.

Here are even more donations for the library sale, two stacks of embroidered quilt blocks.

Kathy H. added three more quilts to our stack for the library sale, each made from the same layer cake pack of striped fabric



and Kathy showed us this mini log cabin with "logs" finishing at  just 1/4".

We closed our meeting with a preview of AISH and Row by Row samples plus a discussion on making fidget quilts followed by drawing for a few pries and a refreshment.

Thank you to my Quilt Circle of Friends!

Monday, May 20, 2019

thread for sale

Kathy Kearns has a large assortment of new machine embroidery thread and 3 spools of stabilizer to sell at clearance prices. Call her at 515-276-3137 if you are interested.

Fun stuff.

Went junking with a friend in the Kalona area recently and found this little bench. Perfect for a spot in my back yard.

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Meet Lynette Heetland

Lynette Heetland from Hugs and Stitches Long Arm Quilting dropped off this quilt for a customer today.

She used this fun baseball edge to edge pattern to feature the sports theme of this little quilt. Very pretty.

Drop off your quilt tops in the shop for Lynette at any time that is convenient for you. We have several quilt patterns and thread colors for you to pick from.

Lynette will pick up your quilt top and have it back here for you within 2 weeks. She also offers binding service.

Lynette gives every new customer a free tote bag! 

Saturday, May 18, 2019

Birds and Nine-Patches

Pattern Error
We have recently sold a couple kits for this little 9-patch quilt with a bird print in the offset blocks. While there is plenty of fabric in the kits, we have just learned that there is a cutting error in the pattern.

If you have one of these kits, all you need to know is that the strips are cut 2 1/2" wide, not 1 1/2" wide.

If you have the kit and would like a revised copy of the pattern, just give us a call.

If you have already cut for this kit and are, therefore short on fabric, let us know.

It's important to us to provide a dependable service and we sincerely apologize for this error.

New Stuff!


 Several sweet holiday and fall fabrics came in this week!










Friday, May 17, 2019

Iowa Quilt Museum

Our recent weekend tour also included a stop at the Iowa Quilt Museum to see the new exhibit of Quilts of Valor. These are a few of my favs.






Wednesday, May 15, 2019

New stuff

Julia has encouraged me to expand our Dream Batting stock with this 80% cotton and 20% poly blend, her favorite to long arm quilt.

Monday, May 13, 2019

Prize Winner!

Gwen Tabor was in to redeem her Prize Gift Certificate from the Central Iowa Scavenger Hunt. Thank you, Gwen. We appreciate your business.

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Hape Muvrs Da!

Sweet 5 year old Olivia made a Mother's Day card for her mother. As you can see, she is spelling by sounding words out the way she hears them.  What could be better?

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Central Iowa Free Quilt Society


Introducing! The Central Iowa Free Quilt Society.  This is a fun new class we are starting and will have fun watching where it goes.

 Julia Swallow will kick off the CIFQS with this class on building a great scrappy quilt, using bits and pieces you already have. 

Even the back of Julia's quilt is using up scraps.
First class is Saturday morning, June 8 at the Adel Library. No sewing machines required for this first gathering. 

Pre-register in the shop for $5.  What? Didn't I say it was free?  At class, get a $5 credit for the shop. There you go, now it's free again.



Friday, May 10, 2019

Celebrate Mom in Adel

Adel is putting forward their best for mom this weekend. Come check us out.

In the quilt shop May 11, we will offer 15% off a gift item for mom and have refreshments to share.

If you are in our Purple Bag Club, upgrade that discount to 25% off a gift for mom.


Sneak peek at our AISH feature quilt.

Check our Facebook page for a list of some of the other fun events going on in Adel this weekend!

Henry A Wallace Country Life Center

Last weekend, I enjoyed a trip to the Henry A Wallace Country Life enter with a couple friends for their annual Spring Quilt Show. 

It was a lovely show of over 100 quilts featuring many by Adel quilter, Kathy Hamilton. Here are some of her quilts we spotted in the display:



















Henry A Wallace, born on this farm in rural Orient in 1888, founded Pioneer Seed Hi-Bred and was an editor for Wallaces' Farmer Magazine. The farm hosts several educational and entertaining events. Check out their website at www.wallace.org


Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Purple Bag Drawing

We have a winner from our monthly Purple Bag drawing.

Karen Fluharty - Come in and pick up your prize.
We put together this spring kit for her, featuring a panel and Lonnie's pattern, Panel Plus.

If you have been waiting for our next order of Purple Shopping Bags to come, wait not more! They should arrive this week.

Monday, May 6, 2019

OOOPEN SEW!!!

This week is our May gathering of Open Sew, Thursday and Friday at the Adel Library. The doors open at 10 am and close when the last stitch is made.  

This week on Thursday, I won't say why but - - - there will be cake!

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Happy May Day!


Happy May Day!
This is the view out of my office window and it will only get better as plants fill in and bloom. My favorite time of year.

Monday, April 29, 2019

Mystery Solved!

Here it is! This version was pieced by Tony Jacobson and quilted by Brooke Henry.

Panora PEO

Thank you to this fun group for visiting us last week. Come back again soon!

Saturday, April 27, 2019

New quilt pattern!

This is Flo's 3rd pattern featuring the fun Thicket panel by Gingiber for Moda.  We have kits, of course!

Friday, April 26, 2019

Free Fat Quarters!

Each shop on the Tasters Mystery Tour will give you a free fat quarter of this fabric, Bedrock by Windham fabrics.

We each have an assigned color. This is our color, Coral.

Collect all 4 patterns and all 4 free fat quarters, add your own background fabric and you will have what you need to make this Mystery Quilt.

It's all about having fun with friends.

Today and tomorrow! Get all the details at our website Newsletter tab.


Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Christmas Fabric!







How do you know it's almost May? Because the Christmas fabric is starting to come in.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Customer show and share

So pretty. Two more rugs to share, these brought in by a customer to show. Patterns are in stock now.

Easter Trip


Another weekend trip, this one to visit daughter Brook in Chicago.  Guess where she took me? It was a great time and a lovely visit. 

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all and congrats to these three on First Communion today!

Customer show and share

We love it when customers bring in their projects to show us. Mary Ockerman made this big runner from our free block pattern and two charm packs.