DC Fair Quilts

Well, tonight was the night. Lonnie and I melted in the heat at the DC Sponsors Dinner but it was worth it to watch this quilt sell for $1,000!

It was the top selling item so we were quite pleased. All proceeds go to help sponsor kids for 4-H camp and I'm told the extra funding is hugely appreciated.

The quilt was purchased by Olson Body Works from Waukee.

Sampler Magazines!!!

Finally! The Spring Sampler Magazine came in.

Fam time!

Just home from a great family vacation at Brook's house in Chicago (Evanston). 

My two oldest, Brook and Gabe - - 

And Gabe's girlfriend, also Brooke. No confusion there! Both lovely ladies.

and sweet old Max was around, keeping a low profile.

Gabe's Texas family, the DelaSantos, also stopped by for a few days. Gabe and Eric played college football together and have been coaching football together pretty much ever since.

Lots of time was spent on the beach including a great display of fireworks on the 4th.

Later in the week, the Hill family joined us. The Littles don't get far away from Uncle Gabe when they get a chance.

Must have on any good summer vaca - S'mores and swimsuits.

Thank you to Brook for hosting us all! We're all hoping this will become an annual summer holiday tradition.

Dyeing fabric with Indigo

Who wants to take a class on Indigo Dyeing!  

Maggie Howe from Prairie Land Herbs will lead this fun project. Saturday, August 18, 10 am to 11:30 am. All supplies will be provided for this Make and Take class.

Explore the plant and science magic of dyeing with indigo! Indigo is a plant based dye that's used to create beautiful blue colors. As part of the class fee, we will provide two items to dye, but also feel free to bring any extra t-shirt, scarf, fabric, yarn, or any natural fiber item to dye.  

We will fold, scrunch, or twist the item to make cool designs, then dye it with indigo. Nature's tie-dye! $35, 1.5 hours. This is a SUPER fun and popular class, good for literally any age.

Call or stop by the shop to register. This class will be on the lawn in front of the shop. We are calling this a yard party as there will also be refreshments and demos of things to make with your newly died fabric.

Register soon. This class is limited to 15 students.

Customer Show and Share

Isn't this fun? Great Layer Cake project.

Celebrate the Day

Click here and hum along - Celebrate!

July 4th

We will be closed on Wednesday for the holiday to spend time with friends and family.  Happy Independence Day to all!

All Iowa Shop Hop Wrap Up

Another great All Iowa Shop Hop is in the books. Thanks to all who visited us in Adel. 

Look at this fun collection of Postcard Patterns. I already hear these are coming back next year.

Do you have a passport with at least 5 stamps? Deadline for mailing it in is July 9. 

New Stuff!

A few new bolts just came in:

ombre, folded to show both sides

knitting lambs and coordinates

holiday fabrics - snowmen and toy soldiers

Also new, Kathy H has written another pattern to feature a panel. This time, her pattern is featuring this panel from Moda called Thickets.

For the barn lovers, this is a new panel. The top 1/3 features the barn and the rest is all sunflower print. I trimmed the sunflower portion off and used it for the backing fabric to make this little wall hanging.

Custom Sewing Request

I have a customer looking for someone to make Roman shades. Does any one have a referral for that? Something like the shades shown in this picture.

Open Sew Pics

This is Nancy J's Movie Star quilt. She took artistic license to rearrange the center pieces.

Here is the original pattern lay out. Isn't it fun, playing with blocks?

Katherine was new to Open Sew. A veteran at hand stitching, she is tackling machine piecing now. We enjoyed stitching with her.

I worked on this challenge quilt. The challenge was to make a lap quilt using the small blue print. I backed it with a bright red plush. These quilts will eventually go to a nursing home as a comfort quilt so, I thought the plush would be nice. 

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.