Saturday is National Quilt Day!

In honor of National Quilt Day, stop by Saturday, March 19, for a pack of mini charms at half price with this free pattern! 

If you are a Purple Bag Quilter, take 75% off your mini charm packs - Saturday only!

Moda Block Shuffle

Here are the next 3 blocks. Be sure to check back the 15th of each month for 3 more blocks.

Yeah! It's Spring AND Open Sew!!!!!!!

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

Nothing better than the first signs of spring!

Sunday Sewday!

I actually sewed Friday eve, Saturday eve and most of today. I managed to quilt a couple small shop samples and finish up piecing these two new samples. 

The larger quilt is about 40" square and the smaller will finish 12".  This is a quick sew pattern using pre-cuts.

I snagged this from Facebook. Penny W. shared this little quilt she finished up on her Sunday Sewday. Makes me think of Easter.

Let's talk labels -

We frequently get requests for labels. Here are a couple new samples of labels we have on the bolt.

Perfect for a Quilt of Valor label.

And this fabric is full of multi use labels.

Isn't this a pretty quilt?

Carol P. made this shop sample quilt for us. Great pattern for feature fabric, right? This is Sidelines.

This would also make a nice graduation quilt, done in school colors. Pictures could be easily inserted and some of the large squares and rectangles could be done in muslin and used for signatures.

Recipe time

This is a recipe I first made in 1973 when I was a newly wed. It came from a wedding gift, Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. This is still my favorite cook book.

Much like banana bread but better. I have even put a light layer of simple powdered sugar frosting on top to dress it up but, it does not need it.

BANANA COFFEE BREAD

1 stick butter

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

3/4 c mashed ripe banana - I use three bananas which might be a bit more than 3/4 c but makes it very moist.

1 1/4 C flour

3/4 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

Cream together butter and sugar. 

Mix in eggs til light and fluffy.

Stir in banana

Mix together dry ingredients and then fold into creamed mixture and blend thoroughly.

Bake 350 for 30-35 min in a greased 9" x 9" pan.

Sunday Sewday

I started my Sunday Sewday by cleaning my sewing room! I have a tendency to let it get out of hand until I get to the point that the cutting table is too full for it's intended use, cutting. 

After I get the room all cleaned and organized, I am so inspired I.

I did get this quilt laid out, though. This is the version made from 5" squares from Moda's new Just a Fleck charms. It will be a baby quilt.

Penny White made this one from 2 1/2" squares. With the border, it finishes at 14" square.

There is also an option on this pattern to make it with 10" squares. Penny made us a stunning sample in that size as well, using Moda's new Flow 10" layer cakes. I'll post that one after I get it quilted.

Jenny O. sent me this picture from her Sunday Sewday. She made a new bib for new baby O and a newborn size ricebag to warm and place on a fussy babies tummy. Sweet.

Because of the Brave

March 5 to 20 is Festival Week on IPTV. Marianne Fons will speak on Quilts of Valor and offer a gift for Festival donations. Her gift is the book, A Quilt for Mr. Mac by Phyllis Kaldenberg from Winterset, Iowa.

For the month of March, we will have this book available along with a doll quilt kit. Pair the two for a special gift.

We will also offer our Quilt of Valor kits at 25% off. The photo above is from last fall. In addition to the kits, we have a few backing fabric bundles using the Iowa fabric.

New Magazines - --

New fabrics - -

New pre-cuts

 Fat Quarters, Layer Cakes and Charms - - - Oh My!

Our first winner!

Attention all Purple Bag Quilters, we have our first winner, Mary Snow of Adel.  Mary wins this Jelly Roll.

Purchase a purple shopping bag for $4.95 or sign up for our Strip Club or Grunge Sampler BOM and get a bag free.

Every time you use it while shopping here, your name goes in the drawing.

We draw for a prize each month and save all the names for a grand prize drawing in December.

It's Monday February 29th!

Purple Bag Quilters - visit us for 29% off one item - - today only! Not a Purple Bag Quilter? Join now for just $4.95.

Famous for their cinnamon rolls, stop by Echo's Cookie Shop on your way to Adel - 272 West Hickman Rd in Waukee.

Purple Bag Special

Are you a Purple Bag Quilter? Bring your bag in on Monday, February 29 (Leap Year Day) and get 29% off of one regular priced item. This discount is limited to Purple Bag Quilter's only.

Want to join the fun? Purchase a Purple Bag from us for just $4.95 or get one free when you register for one of our Block of the Month programs - Strip Club or Grunge Sampler. - One free bag per customer.

Passing this along - - -

Time for Your Quilting Room Spring Cleaning--AND HELP OUT THE NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM!!!!

Have items in your quilting room that you no longer use? Reduce your clutter and help a good cause. Donate anything from your quilting room you are no longer using including:

Fabric
Supplies
Books and magazines
Accessories
Or anything else

The museum will use these items for auctions and other fundraisers. Your items will all find a new home with another quilter that wants them.

100% of the proceeds will go to The National Quilt Museum's general fund. The National Quilt Museum is a 501c3 nonprofit organization primarily funded through the generosity of people passionate about quilting.

Send Donated Items to the Museum:

The National Quilt Museum
Attention "Auction"
215 Jefferson Street
Paducah, KY 42001

Please print and include a "Donation Form" with your package. If you want me to forward the email about this, leave me a comment below!

The National Quilt Museum is a 501c3 nonprofit organization
so all donations are tax deductible.

Customer Show N Share

Jan and JoAnne stopped in on their way to the Des Moines Quilt Guild yesterday. They had these quilts to show me.

Jan J. made this fun quilt. Cute, isn't it? We have this pattern in a small, one-block 12" kit.

Jan also showed us this northwoods quilt, made for kids in Canada.

JoAnne S. brought this in to show, all made from handkerchiefs. Isn't this cute? Love the border effect.

A gift

Sharon J. brought this in to pick out backing fabric. It is a quilt she made as a gift for her daughter in law. She created the border design to make this a full queen size. Nice job, right?

Quilt Circle of Friends February Meeting

We gathered in the shop last Monday eve for our Quilt Circle of Friends meeting.

Last month, at our holiday party, we played quilter's poker with 5" squares and 2 1/2" strips. Members were challenged to "make something" from their winnings. I stitched mine together and made little zip bags.

Jackie O. cut her poker strips down and stitched them together to make this really fun pillow. Other members are finishing up their challenge poker strips and squares to bring to our March meeting,--- right gals?

Jackie also brought these two quilts to show. The one above is an archive Get Er Done project. It's a block of the month through the Country Register paper many, many moons ago BUT now it is done! Oh, and beautiful.

Here is a Double Slice Layer Cake quilt using up lots of brights from Jackie's stash.

Isn't this just beautiful? Lorna made this for a fund raiser at the school where she teaches.

Lorna also showed us this magnificent number.

Nancy J. shared this fun sampler quilt. Done! 

Lonnie is expecting two babies this spring, ----granddaughters that is! This is the quilt for the first one. So sweet.

Margaret B, never one to let any dust gather around her sewing machine, showed us this beauty she just finished up.

Trish S. showed us this little can of goodies. It has all the supplies she needs to make English paper pieced hexagons on the go.

Several of the members are making animal blocks. Trish made several since our last meeting

 You will see these quilts and some quilts from our snowball block exchange at our spring outdoor quilt show in June.

Theresa just finished a cozy flannel quilt for her bedroom. Now she is working on matching pillow shams. 

Joyce has been finishing up small things like this dimensional runner above and the pot holder and place mats below.

Marti K. introduced this red and white quilt to us. 

Bonnie N. brought this quilt to share. They funny story behind this quilt is - - - She visited Australia and bought all of these fabric there. Then when back home, she saw the very same fabric at a Des Moines quilt shop! Still - the fabrics are really pretty.

Madelyn B.shared her stripey quilt. So fresh and pretty.

Complete with a very nice label.

And Celia Mc finished up her snow ball quilt from the blocks we exchanged the last year or so. The back is her signature fleece blanket. Such a nice soft quilt.

Back to Marti with her Chubby Chicks quilt. This is the close up.

And the whole quilt - done!

  

with a fun label on the back.

We closed the evening with a demo on this double pinwheel block. To see more on this block, scroll down to the Feb 16 post.

As always, it was great to gather with my Quilt Circle of Friends.

Special thanks to Jackie O. for taking and sending me all of these pictures.