QC February 2020

As we cancel our March meeting to help mitigate the spread of COVID 19, I realize I did not post the February meeting pics!

Here's Bonnie, modeling the socks she received in our holiday party sock exchange. Aren't they perfect for her?

We had so much fun at our January holiday party, we forgot to take the annual sock exchange picture so this was our attempt at a redo. Not everyone remembered to bring their socks but here are a few.

We welcomed new friends and then round the circle we went with our show and share.

Public Notice

OOOOOPEN SEW!!

Gather up you squad and join us in Adel this week, Thursday and Friday, for Open Sew.

We meet at the Adel Library, 10 am until the last stitch is made each day!  Free.

Pressing, tables, cutting stations and coffee provided. Drop in for an hour or come for both days.

The room is safely secured to leave sewing machines and supplies overnight.

New Fabric

Canning Day by Cory Yoder for Moda

I will be working with this layer cake pack at Ladies of the Lake Spring Quilt Retreat to make a large hexagon quilt. It's so pretty.

Here are some of Canning Day that we have on the bolt plus I recently ordered a few more colors.

Quilt Show at Henry A Wallace Life Center

Every year, they do a very nice quilt exhibit for about a week at the Henry A. Wallace Life Center south of Stuart. If you would like to put a quilt in this exhibit, contact them or contact me and I will get you the info.

New BOM

The Story Quilt block of the month starts next month.

This quilt comes with some options:

• Choose not to add the tree applique'.
• Make it larger by requesting double or triple blocks.
• Register for our Beginners Quilting class featuring this quilt pattern.
• Or just make it as shown in 6 months.

There's part of a story that comes with this BOM each month that makes reference to some of the blocks - The Star, The Moon, The Flying Geese, The Ferris Wheel, The Crossroads, The House, The Bachelor's Puzzle and The Heart.

Register now for just $15 a month.

The Puppy Quilt Back

You may have seen Flo's new pattern, The Puppy Quilt. But, have you seen the back? She had two extra squares not used in the front so she pieced them into the back. Isn't this cute?

This is a little story we added to the back of The Puppy Quilt pattern jacket, a tribute to our Max. Many of you will remember him as our blog mascot before grandkids.

Hello. My name is Max. That stands for Mighty Warrior, Ardent Hunter and X-ceptional Snuggler. I am a Yorkshire Terrier and this is my story.

I was born to some folks that did not appreciate my high  energy. They thought smacking me with a newspaper would calm me. When it did not, they sent me off to a homeless shelter. I quickly made friends but it was lonely.  I wanted a family to protect.

One day, my luck changed and I went to live in a fun home with a college student named Willow. She was loving and caring and I almost completely forgot about my first owner but, - - - newspapers! Keep thee away from me!

I loved  my new owner and she loved me back. I tagged along when she married the love of her life and moved us all to a nice big house. Soon the house was filled with children.  That’s when the tables turned. Even though I was surrounded by love, it was now my turn to experience the challenge of living with high energy.

Since smacking the kids with a newspaper was frowned on,  I went home to Chicago with Willow’s sister, Brook, for a couple week respite. That two week vacation turned into 6 years of just me and her. It was great. But soon, my “dogs were really barking” as you humans say and I needed a lot of tender care. B was there for me and I was there for her. We were a team.

When the time came for me to move on, I did my best to help Brook and Willow be brave. Now they each have parts of me in a little container on their fireplace mantles. I was careful not to leave the stinky parts behind.

If I could speak in human words, I would say, “Thanks for saving me Willow and thanks for helping me move on, Brook. I lo - - - SQUIRREL!! Gotta go!” 

Jenny's Bag

Jenny O made this great bag to use for delivery of a comfort quilt she made. The front has pleated pockets.

She used leftover strips used to make the quilt and embroidered a heart.

Let the stripping begin!@

Opposites Attract! Pick up pre-cut 2 1/2 strips to make this little sample into a Queen Size quilt. First month packets are ready to pick up and never fear, we made extras so you can still register.

More Warrior Wagon Quilts

Deb and Flo have been collaborating with the crew from Warrior Wagons to make comfort quilts.

Back in stock!

A winner!

Cindy Shelly stopped in to pick up her prize from Modville's 12 Days of Christmas give-away. Thanks, Cindy and be sure to check Modville when you come to Adel.

Class February 28

Join us at 2 pm on Friday, Feb. 28 for the Half Hexie Class!

Learn how to make easy hexagon projects using an acrylic template,  user friendly with either 5" or 10" squares. 

We will show you how to make this bag - - - - 

or this very quick quilt.

Call to pre-register. Class fee is just $10.

Quilt fronts??

It's time to reveal the fronts of our 2020 Block of the Month Quilts!

STRIP CLUB - pre-cut strips - 64 blocks - 96" x 96" - 8 months

This is a 16 block sample of "Opposites Attract" - Starts March

THE STORY QUILT - includes a love story - 42" x  54"- 6 mo.

This BOM comes with optional beginners classes. Starts April

APPLIQUE BOM - 60 x 75- do by machine or hand-10 MONTHS

Notting Hill. Starts June

Sunday Sewday

I did a bit of chillaxin on Sunday which included making this tote from a t-shirt for a school auction.

Here's a close up to show I was able to incorporate the neckline of the t-shirt into the top edge of the tote. Using pe-made handles made quick work of it. My grands are Story City Norsemen.

And to follow up with Monday and and Tuesday sewing, I made these little zip totes to help enhance the value of this auction item. The smallest bag hangs from the handle so it can be flipped to the bag inside for keys or cell phone.

Lonnie's Jelly Roll Race Quilt

She just used up a bunch of leftover 2 1/2" strips in random lengths. Pretty. Love the vertical layout.

Charity Quilting

Here is a charity quilt Flo made.  It's from a kit, provided by the volunteers for Warrior Wagons, where they assemble wagons full of comfort gifts (including a quilt) and supplies for children and their families in treatment.

If you would like to piece one of these tops, let us know and we will get you hooked up with a pre-cut kit.

Baby got back!

We've been repurposing and getting creative with backs around here.

This is the back of a large pillow. We have these light-weight canvas panels in stock in 4 different designs. The front of this pillow is a pieced unicorn from Elizabeth Hartman Designs.

I can't show you the front until Saturday at our big reveal but - - - here is the back of our new Strip Club project. The solid color pieces were originally planned for part of the quilt front but I changed my mind and made the quilt in all blacks and whites so these leftover parts and pieces went on the back.

This is the back of a new shop sample quilt. It gives purpose to these large fabric plates I have collected during the past Row x Row events, each covered with customer autographs, both local and world-wide.

This is the back of another one you have to wait until Saturday to see! This is the back of our new applique' BOM.

The front is hand appliqued by Judy Williams but would also be cute done by machine applique'.

Diana Weirich will be here on Saturday doing demos and answering questions about machine applique'.

And here is another pieced back for a new pattern and kit we have to show you on Saturday! This quilt features a dog panel and there were a couple leftover blocks so Flo pieced them into the back. 

And remember - if you sign up for our BOMs on Saturday, the first month is FREE!!

NO OPEN SEW THIS WEeK!

It's just going to be too cold Thursday and Friday. We have cancelled Open Sew. Let's stay home and stitch together!

Spread the word!

Call or stop in to sign up for any of our 2020 Block of the Month programs on February 15 and the first month is FREE! 

New stuff!

A few new pieces from Moda!

Vote!

It's time to vote for your favorite quilt shop!  Vote here.

Here's a hint:

OOOOpen Sew!!!

Are you ready for a winter sewing day with friends? Join us at the Adel Library Thursday and/or Friday Feb 13 and 14. Doors open at 10 am and close when the last stitch of the day is made.

Featuring Julia!

Julia Swallow, our Monday gal (when she is not kayaking the winter away in Florida) is also a very talented long arm quilter.

What you see here is a sample of her free-hand work. Isn't it lovely?

New Stuff

Here's a few new pieces from Gingiber, the Moda designer that brought us the timber animal panels. Always love her fresh takes.

Oven Baked Stew

This is a recipe, shared by friends, that I served at our Quilt Circle Holiday Party a couple weeks ago. I baked it in a large roasting pan and it made about 20 servings.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds beef tenderloin steaks diced (I used stew meat and marinated it in the V8 juice overnight)
• 8 potatoes, peeled and diced
• 4 (12 ounce) cans of V8 juice
• 3 cups diced carrots
• 1 cup diced celery

• 1 onion, diced
• 3 tablespoons tapioca
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
2. Stir beef, potatoes, V8 juice, carrots, celery, onion, tapioca, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a roasting pan; cover.
3. 
   
4. Bake in preheated oven until beef and potatoes are tender, about 5 hours.

My notes: I baked it more like 7 hours and I added 2 bay leaves and 2 t dried rosemary. I served it with home baked dinner rolls. Now, that's comfort food.

Saturday, Feb 15!

More Customer Show and Share

Flo created this baby quilt, using only her stash. Sweet.

And this is a special request quilt from a 4 year old granddaughter. She said she wanted blue and white and a unicorn. This grandma really delivered, didn't she?