Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Willow Ruby! Always calm in the midst of chaos.

More drawing winners!

Visitors during the Des Moines Quilt Guild Show signed up for our prize drawing when they visited us in Adel and the winners have been drawn!

Sue Finer from Perry and Jill Potthoff from West Des Moines each win a Moda Jelly Roll. 

Stop in to claim your prize, gals, and thank you for shopping in Adel.

Table Toppers to "season" your home.

This is what I made at my overnight get away with quilter friends. I made two more of these 18" square table toppers. A package of 5" charm squares will make 2 of these toppers and because the pieces are already cut, they go together very quickly.

Here is our display of 5 toppers, covering all the seasons of the year.

October Quilt Circle of Friends

We opened with our usual chatter of both quilting and family news. Then it was around the circle for Show and Tell.

Bonnie shared the block she made for exchange at Perry Piecemakers.

- - and potholders she made using block patterns from the Farm Girl Vintage book. 

Theresa showed us these little quilts that her husband pulled from a dumpster as he was cleaning out an old house property they recently purchased. One mans junk is a quilters treasure!

Nicki has been recouping from knee surgery and showed us the crayon totes she has been making to pass the time.

Trish and her mother, Margaret, are both doing this block of the month. We will enjoy watching these quilts grow.

Margaret also shared these adorable owl blocks she is making with her church quilting group. This group makes and donates comfort quilts as part of their ministry. 

Margaret also shared this picture taken with Trish at the Iowa Quilt Museum where Trish had a blue ribbon quilt on display.

This is the red, white and blue block Margaret made for Sisters of the Cloth. These blocks will be part of our next auction quilt for Dallas Co 4H camp sponsorship.

Joyce has picked up on the challenge to make something using our Row x Row license plate. We will all share our challenge projects at our January post-holiday party. There will be prizes!

It seems like we have another one of these quilts at each meeting! Joyce made this from her half square triangle units collected from our exchange.

Every month for a year or so, we exchanged half square triangles that were made with a mostly black paired with the color of the month. Joyce used all of her black with white units on the back of her quilt.

and the leftover units became potholders! 

Nancy H has been on a road trip and shared some of her purchases.

Including this purchase, her first kit.

Nancy J showed us this comfort quilt made from donated blocks through her church group.

Lonnie put together this top using leftover bits and pieces combined with the What Cancer Cannot Do panel.

Lonnie also made this little shop sample, using a Charm pack of 5" squares.

Deb is making crumb quilt blocks. At the beginning of the week, she puts several odds and ends cuts in this box and then just randomly sews them together. When she has made a big enough piece, she trims it square.

Celia shared the progress of the snack mats she is making for all the volunteers at the local food pantry. Her contagious smile is always the best thing she shares, though.

Kathy is making donation pillow cases.

She also shared a need for crib sheets, receiving blankets and baby quilts at the Mercy PIC unit (Pediatric Intensive Care).  Our circle was instantly ready to serve so I know you will be seeing lots of sheets, blankies and quilts for donation in future posts.

Flo was not present but I shared the quilt tops she has been making from Moda's Thicket panels.

I did a quick demo on making spring loaded trash and thread buckets. The squish down for easy packing for those quilting road trips.

Apparently, black and white checks were on every ones mind for the evening, at least these 4.

And it's that time of year! We drew for prizes and then snacked on pumpkin bars.

Thanks to Jackie O for taking these pictures and to all of my Quilt Circle of Friends.

Comfort Quilt Block request

Many of you know sister's Celia and Rozetta. They have a sister in law battling cancer and would like to put together a comfort quilt for her, with your help.  

Here is a block pattern with cutting sizes for each piece. They are requesting teal and cream for the colors

Trust the math. The center does not look like a square in this drawing but it will look like a square in your block. :)

 Please feel free to print this pattern or ask us to email you a copy. We will also have extra copies in the shop you may pick up.

Because teal can be a different color to different people, I asked the sisters for a sample of what they are thinking and here are two fabrics that serve as an example.

If you would like to make a block - or two - or four - to donate, please just drop them off or mail them to the shop at 909 Prairie Street, Adel IA 50003.

Another retreat!

Tis that time of year when getting away for a few days of stitching with friends is so inviting. Summers have been busy with others and now it's "me" time.

We are just a few days from  our Ladies of the Lake retreats at Lake Panorama and prep is in full swing.

In addition to several small quilts from the book, Quick Curve Quilts for All Seasons, we will also have a mini class on making a thread snip bag with a pincushion. Thus, kits are coming together to accommodate that!

Delicious new flannels - -

These beautiful Moda flannels really look like wool. The panel can be cut into blocks and a quilt top made using the faux applique strips in the border. I'm sure we will be making a sample from this.

Weekend Quilting

I was invited to join a group of quilters from the Ankeny area, some old friends and some new. for a weekend of sewing at the Christian Conference Center near Newton.

 Here are some of the quilts coming together at this retreat.

Wool applique

Selvage bag.