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Here’s a real treat for all of you Christmas Vacation lovers. This is one of my favorite movies of all time! Corny, I know, but I grew up watching all the Chevy Chase movies and I gotta say LMAO!
The Halloween theme this year at Paige’s work is Christmas Vacation. They each picked a character and gathered some props. This is just the thing to turn my frown upside down for the day:)
Squiirrrrelll!!
Oh, Aunt Bethany….
Shitters full!
Fried pussycat…
It’s Christmas and we’re all in misery!
Last Saturday Paige and I made the trip to the Long Arm Quilters guild meeting in Wheaton to see Jacquie from TallGrass Prairie Studio.
What an inspiration she was. She had started sewing when she was young but only began her quilting journey 5 years ago! Since then she has become a national speaker, writer of a highly successful blog and on her 2nd book!
Her work is very modern and “free”. No rules apply here!
Don’t throw away those extra blocks! Jacquie made several quilts using her orphan blocks and even used some to piece backings. Her backings were just as interesting as her quilt tops!
She does a lot of the quilting herself. Not worrying about being perfect. Using even her decorative stitches on her machine. This is probably the most inspiring thing I took away from the show. Freeing my mind up from having perfect quilting lines. Just going for it. I get stuck and frustrated when I think my quilting should be perfect. It’s my flaw. I left there thinking…I can do that! And trust me. I never think that when it comes to the quilting aspect of the process.
This quilt was my fave! Mod TV.
I was so excited to see her. I think I took a pic of every quilt!
Thank you Jacquie! Paige and I had a great time. You are a wonderful inspiration!
Join us for our last show of the season!
WHEN: Friday, October 12, 2012 9:00am to 6:00pm Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:00am to 6:00p
LOCATION: DUPAGE COUNTY FAIR GROUNDS
2015 West Manchester Road
Wheaton , IL 60187
The featured vendor at the Sew Many Stars Quilt Show last weekend was local quilter Lynn Schmitt Cibulka. Her company, A Different Box Of Crayons adds a unique and exciting twist on the world of quilting. Having interior design in her background, Lynn has found her niche. She uses mixed media to keep her projects interesting, including wool, ribbon, cotton, silks & home decor fabrics.
I snapped some shots of her booth including her latest Halloween design.
Is this quilt and runner beautiful, or what?! She was drawing names for the runner. I bet someone walked away last weekend a very happy lady. I was hoping it was going to be though! I did manage to buy a needle case kit. I’m excited to get started on that.
This pillow was gorgeous too!
Can you tell I loved her booth?! She’s been one busy bee.
We’d like to thank the Country Quilters of McHenry for having us this past weekend. We had a successful show and everyone from the guild was truly helpful in making that happen. The quilts were beautifully displayed in the church. There’s nothing quite like seeing all of them in such a peaceful setting.
Here are a couple of the quilts that caught our eye..
Oriental Poppies
This one was my fave
Hocuspocusville
Modern Houses
And this really cool piece of art..
Join us for this weekend! We are excited to be vending locally in McHenry. We hope to see you there!
Sew Many Stars
Quilt Show
Friday, September 28 10-7
Saturday, September 29 10-5
Church of Holy Apostles
5211 W. Bull Valley Road
McHenry, Illinois 60050
Join us this weekend for the
Heritage Quilters Guild Quilt Show
Saturday, September 22 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, September 23 10:00am – 4:00pm
151 Lenox Street
New Lenox, IL 60451
We love to meet our customers so stop by the booth and introduce yourself! See you then!
You didn’t think I went there just to sell my fabric goodies did you? Of course I had to make my way through all of the great booths this year. There were several modern ones this time to keep me occupied! I blew my budget!
Kaffe fabric from a shop called Some Art Fabric. They carried a lot of the Kaffe ribbon too!
More Kaffe from a shop called Material Girl Fabrics. And my ribbon is the same print!
More fabrics from Material Girl Fabrics that I couldn’t pass up:)
Cute VW campers & some groovy guitars.
Check out this adorable pattern from Atkinson Designs. Make your own fabric glitter houses for Christmas! I also picked up my favorite presser foot, a clear open-toed foot. Mine is missing and I’m pretty sure that my son has sucked it up in the vacuum. I guess if you ask a teen to clean, you’d better have the floor picked up first! I also got these Swatch Buddies. A reusable fabric swatch fan kit for when you’re out looking for fabrics for that special quilt and you don’t want to carry around all those fat quarters!
A wool kit from Primitive Gatherings, from their book Summer Gatherings. Look out mom. This one is headed your way;)
I don’t want to forget to show this adorable new line that just arrived from Blend fabrics called Animal Parade! Sooo freakin’ adorable! It’s available in the Etsy shop along with coordinating prints.
Get it while it lasts. It seems to already be a popular line!
Till next time peeps! Enjoy your cooled down weekend coming up!
It’s our last day here in Madison and I want to give you a tour through all of the beautiful quilts that are featured in the show. Impressive is the word that came to mind while I made way through the show!
This quilt show has really grown and brought in a variety of artists over the past couple of years. If you live in the area and missed your chance at attending this year, I really hope you can make it next year. You won’t be disappointed!
Starry, Starry Night by quilter Maureen Fawkes was truly a work of art!
Thanks for all your support this weekend and we loved seeing everyone!
We had a great first day at the quilt show and we’re looking forward to another exciting day!
We took a stroll through the booths before it opened and I took pics of some of the quilts. Lots of cute things to add to your to-do projects.
Sweet embroidery pillows…
Wool bundles…
Adorable bicycle quilt!
Christmas, of course:)
More wool projects.
A gingerbread house with cute yo-yos.
A couple of booths we found with interesting quilts displayed.
Back with more tomorrow. I’m going to try to break away and get some shots of the quilts in the show!
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