shop hopping

These lovely gals stopped by last week. Can you tell which one is the quilter of the group?

Customer Show and Tell

Donna brought in her finished woven quilt. This is a jelly roll friendly pattern and is easier than it may look. We have the pattern and the jelly rolls in stock now. Very pretty, Donna. Thanks for sharing.

Moda Block Shuffle

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

Janet's Moda Shuffle

Janet V. brought this in to show us. These are blocks from the Moda Shuffle bom that we post here on the 15th of each month. Janet set it together with fabric she had in her stash and added the flying geese border. Isn't this a pretty and happy quilt? Thanks for sharing, Janet.

Custom Sewing

Carolyn Newman is looking for someone to make a quilt from her child's clothing, kind of like a t-shirt quilt. If you are interested, please contact Carolyn at 229-251-7489 or email her at cln91195@yahoo.com

Couple of new shop samples - -

Lonnie just whipped up this cute fall wall hanging from a new book we've just started carrying, Quilted Skinnies for all Seasons. You will be seeing more samples from this book.

And we've just started a series of new pot holders. Fun, easy, cute and tis the season to start working on holiday gifts.

It's time for OOOOOPEN SEW!!!

Join us this week, Thursday and Friday, at the Adel Library. The room will be open from 10 am until the last stitch is made both days and secured overnight. Drop in any time and stay as long as you want.

On Friday, I will be doing demos of the Flying Geese x 4 and also offering follow up for anyone working on any or our Block of the Month quilts. Stuck on something? Bring it over and we will get it done!

A few new prints

Just in - fun Halloween prints- - - 

and fun new flannels.

Sisters of the Cloth Sept 17

Here comes another gathering of the Sisters of the Cloth, Saturday Sept 17 at 10 am - Adel Library.

Our program is a trunk show of beautiful quilts from the 1800s presented by Jannette Harms.

and here's a peek at our Sister's September block pattern

This year, Sister's members have been playing with diamond shapes, making Star Flower blocks, seen here pieced to make a Seven Sisters block.

                             

If you are not already a member, you can join us for $15 a class but don't forget to bring your vintage quilt show and tell!

Whimsical Flower Garden

Judy Williams just finished her magic on this quilt top, even designing her own border applique. The picture does not do the color justice. This is a very bright and happy quilt. We were going for a kind of a whimsical Mary Engelbreit look. I think she nailed it!

This applique block of the month will be on display (after quilting) in October.  We will start taking registration then so we can order patterns and make sure we have sufficient fabric in stock.

The actual distribution of blocks is scheduled to start in January.

We sure had a nice time meeting this quilt group from Shenandoah this week. We served them cookies while they watched a couple demos and then they left with bags full of quilting goodies. Come again some day, gals!

IMPORTANT NOTICE

September Quilt Circle is one week earlier this month, Monday, September 12, 6 pm in the shop. Bring your show and share and join us!

My recent Sunday Sewday included this little red and white mini. I used the Flying Geese Four at a Time method, making quick work of it.

I also made these two little zip bags, both from Lazy Girl Designs.
This along with some long arm quilting made for a very nice day in my sewing room.

A Labor or Love

My sister and I delivered 13 lap quilts to the Community Care Center in Stuart last week. These were quilts made as a challenge for the Iowa Quilters Group, an online group.

I was the lucky winner that got to bring all of these quilts home with me and choose a facility to donate.

We decided to donate to this care center in memory of the fine care given to our mother, Marian Beaman, a resident there at the end of her life.

She was a life long quilter and retired from this facility in the 90s as their activity director. While the director, she organized several quilt shows, hanging quilts down the residence halls and displaying them in the dining hall.

Shown in this picture is the present activity director and a couple residents. It was very heart warming to hear their comments. They loved the quilts and it brought back memories of their own family quilters.



 

What a great summer it has been!

Starting with the All Iowa Shop Hop on June 1 and ending with the Row by Row Experience Tuesday, it has been a really fun summer around here.

That's right, Tuesday is the last day to pick up your free row patterns and purchase kits. 

We are planning for a fun day on Tuesday (Sept 6) to bid farewell to the summer activities. A quilt group from Shenandoah will be here early afternoon and we have demos prepared to share with them.

Stop in Tuesday, pick up your BOM, grab your free pattern, kit and license plate, have a snack and let us practice our demo on you. 

Here are the official dates from the  Row by Row Experience website:

Happy Birthday, Brook!

Tomorrow is Labor Day and we will be open from 10 am to 2 pm We are closing early to spend time with family. Come in early to get your quilt fixens.

Our Chicago daughter is celebrating a birthday tomorrow, shown here with brother Gabe at a Cubs game this summer. Can you believe these two have the same parents? 

Jenny's Sunday Sewday!

Jenny O. sent me these pictures from her recent Sunday Sewday. This is a comfort quilt she put together from the Jelly Roll Race pattern for a co-worker who is mourning the loss of her mother while also going through breast cancer treatment.

All of the other co-workers signed the label on the back. Beautiful.

Notice the Breast Cancer Awareness ribbon in this machine quilting design done by local long arm quilter, Deb S.

New for fall

We have a nice assortment of fall flannels in blues, grays, tans and browns.

Lonnie made this guy quilt from a flannel layer cake. Available in kit, of course!

You may remember this one from the same pattern, Stacked Rectangles.

A visit to Michele's studio - - -

is always a treat. I stopped by to look at some long arm rulers and came home with two very nice ones.

Those of you who know Michele know that she never shies away from a challenge. This is a quilt she has been asked to make out of dance costumes! The request was that it had to be the tumbling blocks pattern. Well, she got it done - - - pieced at least. I have no doubt she will get it quilted perfectly as well.

Quilt Circle Important Notice!

Our September meeting has been moved to September 12, 6 pm in the shop instead of September 18.

This is our September pattern for the Quilt Circle Barn Quilt BOM. 

And this is our inspiration (Siebrecht barn near Odebolt - photo from Barn Quilts of Sac County website) ---- The Double Pinwheel.

A message from the Iowa Quilt Museum

Hello all!

We're in need of more help this weekend - 1 person for each shift Friday, 2 for each shift Saturday, 1 for Sunday afternoon and 1 for Monday afternoon. 

Actually, nearly the same is true for the next weekend as well (and the one after that!). 

The SignUp Genius can be found HERE. You can email me as well and I can get you signed up.

Thanks all!

--

Megan Barrett, Director

Iowa Quilt Museum

68 E Court

Winterset, IA 50273

515-462-5988

www.IowaQuiltMuseum.org

 

Our mission is to promote appreciation of the

American quilt and the art of quilting through

displays of quilts and information about quilt history.

More Sunday Sewday

I also finished up this apron. The pattern comes with an option to make and elephant or hippo.

Sunday Sew Day!

I pretty much sewed all day Sunday. It was fun because I didn't have any deadline sewing to do. I could just pick up what ever needed finished.

This was a shop demo I cut out quite some time ago. Now that I wanted to sew it up, there didn't seem to be enough parts.

Friend Lorna suggested I try this setting instead, using less 60 degree triangles. Good save! Thanks, Lorna.

I had also cut these 60 degree pieces and then decided it didn't work as well so just sewed them together to make this table mat. Both items will likely go into our annual sale for the library.

State Fair Winner recognized

This year, we sponsored 3rd place winners at the Iowa State Fair, recognizing that third place quilts in large categories are still really awesome. Emily Vardeman came in yesterday with the Gift Certificate she won. Here is her quilt, 3rd place in the large quilt category.

This was a block of the month quilt designed by Leila Gardunia. The inspiration for the design is the quilt blocks that adorn the Jacobson Building on the Iowa State Fair grounds. Isn't this fantastic? You can read more about the designer at sewnbyleila.blogspot

This is the quilter, Emily V. on the left with friend Jessie Z, both members of the Des Moines Modern Quilt Guild.  Nice to meet you, Emily. Thanks for coming in.

Ogden Piecemakers

These lovely ladies stopped by to visit us this week.

BOM news

Here she is, our Grunge BOM all quilted (thank you Deb Semmens) and bound. For members of this BOM, we are offering these finishing kits at a 20% discount making it just $59 for the pattern, setting fabrics and binding, 74" x 96". Want it larger? Just let us know and we can help. Reserve one now for a deposit of $35 and pick it up October 1 or after.

In our current Strip Club project, customers will end up with 4 extra blocks. Here's an idea - - - make a quick runner to match.

We put this holiday print on the back of ours so it can be used for two seasons.

Sunday Sewday

I slept in a bit and did a couple hours of yard work but then it was off to the quiet peace (piece) of my sewing room.

This is from a quilt as you go pattern, Fun and Done. I added the piano key borders. It really was fun to make and is a great pattern for teaching beginners. You can create a quilt without having to do the quilting or binding.  Baby steps! And a very sturdy quilt. This will be added to my stack to donate to the nursing home where quilts are used and washed, and washed and washed.

I also finished up several small things I had started. The strippy block here was from the Fun and Done demo. I just finished it up into a trivet.

I also had enough time to start machine quilting this happy sunny quilt, a shop sample made for us by Carol P.

Quilt for a future fireman - - -

Jenny O. made us another shop sample of Strata by B's Caprice. This is a great pattern to use when you want to feature fabric like this firehouse line.

Barn Block BOM

Here are the first 2 blocks in the Barn Block BOM we are doing in Quilt Circle of Friends. These 16" blocks replicate actual barn quilt blocks. It's a 9 month BOM we are testing now and will offer to all  down the road - - - likely next year.

Geese in Flight.

The painted inspiration block.

Eight Pointed Star.

The painted inspiration block.