Calling All Flower Box Medley Quilters!

It's time to confirm your orders for Flower Box Medley Block of the Month finishing kits.  With the blocks you have made each month, you can piece together the center of this quilt.  You may want to stop there.

With the finishing kit, you can add the outer border including the gemstones, applique and binding.

Finishing kits are $55.  If you want a finishing kit, please request  it at June pick up.  Payment is required with the request.  

Many of you have already ordered and paid.  We need a firm number from the rest of you so we can be sure to have enough fabric in stock.  We will only guarantee finishing kits until July 1.

With or without a finishing kit, you can't go wrong with this beauty.  We have 1 opening left to build this quilt as a block of the month.

In June, we will start selling just the pattern and bundles of fat quarters to build your own, choosing the background fabric of your preference.

TODAY!

Stop by at 12:30 (or call for an appointment) for our fun make and take - - - - - Wool Felt Baby Booties.

New from Riley Blake!

Hoot!

Make and Take Saturday

This Saturday is Demo Day.  Come in and sit down for this free class and stay afterwards for a 10% discount on your purchases.

This month, we will demo making these baby booties from wool felt and, if you want, you can make a pair to take home with you!  We will provide the sewing supplies to make your first pair, fee!

Additional kits are available (wool felt, elastic, spool of perle cotton and pattern) for just $4.95.

Another sample from the Iowa Fabric

Leslie Jackson made us another sample, featuring the All Iowa Fabric.  I love this bag, especially the use of grommets for the handle loops.

Laura, mother of twins, is learning to sew.  Friday, she sewed with me and made her first pair of jammie pants. She's on a roll now!

Happy Mother's Day!

TWINS

There's two to wash

There's two to dry,

There's two who argue

There's two who cry.

One's in the mud

Having a ball

The other holds a crayon

Another marked wall.

Some days seem endless

My patience grows thin.

Why was I chosen

To be a Mother of Twins?

The answer comes clear

At the end of each day,

As I tuck them in bed

And to myself I say.

There's two to kiss

There's two to hug.

And best of all

There's two to love.

Pottery Show in Adel

Penoach Winery, just north of Adel, is hosting the Iowa Clay Festival, today and tomorrow, 10 am to 4 pm.  Great Mother's Day outing.

Stop by the shop on your way and grab a gift certificate for your mom.  We'll add a surprise gift!

Another Iowa Fabric Sample

Leslie Jackson made this little bag for us.  The strap just fits around your wrist so you can run errands with just the essentials in tow.  Big enough without being too big.  Perfect size.  These are available in kit and you can order now.

Leslie is also working on a shop sample tote from the Iowa fabric that uses an Atkinson Designs market bag pattern.  Very, cute and also available in kit!  

Visit the All Iowa Shop Hop website to see several really cute shop samples using the All Iowa fabric.  

These have been submitted from shops all across the state.  Check back because more pictures will be added as shops submit them.

OPEN SEW THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Open Sew at the Adel Library is this week on FRIDAY and SATURDAY from 9 am to 8 pm each day.  Come for one day or both.  See you there!

Ready for June?

June is a busy month around this little quilt shop!

June 1-20 - All Iowa Shop Hop
June 8 - Little Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Auction
June 15 - First meeting of the Prairie Women's Sewing Circle, registration now open for this event.

A few of my favorite things - - -

Just One Block Challenge

Remember our Just One Block challenge?  It's not too late to enter. See details here.

Completed blocks are starting to come back in.  The deadline is still almost 2 months away so, still plenty of time to join the fun and participate in this fund raiser.  Watch this quilt grow as we add more blocks.  Love them all.

TODAY ONLY!

Go to WHOTV.COM and click to LIKE Adel Quilting & Dry Goods on Facebook.  Not only will you get all of our Facebook posts but, your name will also be entered in a drawing for a $100 Gift Certificate from ADQDG Co.

If you LIKE the Adel Quilting Facebook page and then share it, your name goes in the drawing several more times!

Nothing to lose, everything to gain.  Those are my kind of odds.

That's it, That's all!

Our special order Iowa Fabric is all gone!  I'm sure it is still available at some shops around the state but, in Adel, we had 7 bolts and it is all gone.  

We do still have kits for our sample quilt and will have two bags (a tote and a lunch clutch) kitted for the All Iowa Shop Hop, June 1-20.

Thank you for your orders.  The All Iowa Shop Hop is really developing into a fun time for quilters.  

This year, the state is divided into 6 districts.  Visit each shop in any district to be eligible for prizes.  There is about 12-14 shops in each district.  There are also great prizes for visiting all shops.  Check the All Iowa website for details and see what shops are doing with the All Iowa fabric.

New, from Riley Blake

Cool Air Force fabric selections from Riley Blake just in.  What do you think?  Make it up in the pattern shown below (Stars Over Adel)?

Karol's Show and Share

Karol Skeffington has a mission.  She is making a quilt for each of her children and grandchildren for Christmas gifts this year.  Here are the first 5.  She almost half-way.

This is the pattern Walk About

This one is an original design, featuring music fabric.

This is a tumbling block but, I have never seen one like this before, have you?

More musical fabric - - - 

And one more Walk about.  Karol really loved how the ombre fabric worked in these setting squares.  This snowy weather should keep her on task for a while longer!

May 2 in Adel!

Wait - - - - - WHAT?????

Seasonal panels? - - - I'm so confused!

Here it is!

Here is our shop sample using the All Iowa fabric and the solid squares customers will pick up at each shop during the All Iowa Shop Hop, June 1-20.  Kits are available, starting today, to order for $69.99.  This is a twin size quilt.

Close up

Best of Show - Paducah

Fiesta Mexico by Karen Kay Buckley receives "Best of Show" Award at the 2013 Quilt Show in Paducah, KY.

PADUCAH, KY. - Thousands of quilters descended on Paducah, Kentucky this week. For most of them, Tuesday night was one of the week's biggest events. More than 75 quilts were shown off and recognized as part of the awards ceremony at the Carson Center. This year's winner is called 'Fiesta Mexico.' The work of art was made by Renae Haddadin of Utah and Karen Buckley of Pennsylvania.

Sunday Sewday

We made a quick trip north today to visit kids so, Sunday Sewday was abbreviated but, I did get binding on two quilts and finished up this little road map quilt for Jackson.

This is simply 1 yard of fabric, quilted and bound.

 I personalized some of the buildings by printing company logos on fabric and then appliqueing to the buildings.  Jackson's folks own Champion Seed.

Some of his grandparents operate Safe Soy.

A couple other grandparents work for the USPS (or are from there retired).  This building was already in the fabric design.

Of course, you all know this grandparent!

And there's a toy factory.  If you look close, you'll see Jackson in the window!

Today!

Come in at 12:30 today (or call for an appointment) to sit in on a fun Demo Day.  We will be showing several different wallets and bag organizers.  Fun to make.  Fun to gift.  Stay afterwards for a 10% discount.  See you later!

Mark the date! May 1

On May 1, we are authorized to take orders for the new Iowa fabric.  This fabric was designed for the All Iowa Shop Hop and will not be re-printed.  

It comes in the color shown, "Park", in a slightly softer version of the color shown called "Garden" and in a black and grey version called "Onyx".

If you would like some of this one-time fabric by Kaufman, call first thing May 1 or be on our front porch when we open at 9 am!

This Saturday, April 27, in Adel!

It's another free demo day in the shop this Saturday.  

This month, we will demonstrate a couple little wallets, cell phone   holders and purse organizers.  The timing is perfect and these are addictive to make.  You will want to make several to use with  graduate and mom gift certificates!

Stop in around 12:30 for the demo and stay for 10% discount on your purchases.

Sunday Sewday?

It was more like Friday, Saturday AND Sunday Sewday as I snuck away with a few friends for a weekend of stitching!

We holed up in this lodge with a panoramic view of the timber. We enjoyed the view but, stayed focused on that 1/4" seam!

Sue finished up her "Cheers To Ten More" quilt.  This was our retreat quilt project to honor our 10th Ladies of the Lake quilt retreat last fall.  Done!  Nice job, Sue.

Jan got the whole quilt center put together on this special request quilt for a wedding gift.  Really turned out nice. I'll be posting a picture of this quilt with borders in the next month or so.

Jan also kicked out several donation pillow cases and made yet another of her flannel crib blankets.  These are a favorite among her co-workers.  I wonder how many of these Jan has made!

I worked on orphan quilt projects for our quilt auction in June.  These blocks were donated by Joyce Scott.  They were blocks her mother had made over the years.  I squared them all to the same size, sometimes sacrificing the points, and set them together with Moda's Ombre Dots fabric.  Gave these old blocks a new life, didn't it?

Another orphan quilt challenge - - the pieced blocks were donated by Nancy Johnson and the redwork blocks were made by Quilt Circle members one evening as a learning tool.  I added the red corners to help tie the redwork blocks in with the bigger blocks.  A dark red binding will really pull it all together.  There is one more large pieced block that I plan to center on the back.

Then I took miscellaneous blocks that were donated to our Orphan Quilt project and made these little zipper pouches, a trick a customer recently shared. This was fun.

Here's a close-up of each size.  The largest came from a 10" square.  The middle was a 7 1/2" square and the baby was from a 4" square.

And three more blocks donated by Nancy Johnson, became throw pillows.  Watch for more posts featuring the wonderful beauties Quilt Circle members are creating from donated Orphan Blocks and make plans to come shop during our outdoor quilt show in June.  All proceeds from this fund raiser are donated to the Adel Library.

After I finished up my Orphan Quilt projects, I moved on to baby quilts.  I am making two of these herringbone quilts.  The other will be orange and white.  Using the ombre fabrics from Riley Blake, I simply cut strips and made half square triangle units.  Then I sorted the units in stacks, light, medium and dark and made the rows.  It worked out very easily.

They're here!

The Spring 2013 Better Homes and Gardens Sampler Magazine, that is!  We just received a dozen copies and quilters will be shoving and pushing to get their copy so, hurry in!  Oh, this picture, just too cute not to share.  Our twins are due the end of June.

Flower Box Medley

Have I shown you Flower Box Medley all set together?  This has been a very quite popular quilt around the shop.  Judy Williams did this fabulous job of hand applique for us.  This is a current  block of the month and it's not too late to sign up.  It is even prettier in person so, stop by the shop and take a look.  This BOM is $12 a month for the 11 blocks and $55 for the border kit.

The Iowa Star Quilt Block

Here's a link to paper piecing instructions for the Iowa Star Block, courtesy of the All Iowa Shop Hop (June 1-20) committee.

A Strip Club Sample

Betty Wicks brought in her Strip Club quilt, done in the fall colors.  We had not seen this color-choice made up so, it was a treat indeed.  Betty has done all of our Strip Club quilts and says this one is her favorite!  It won't be complete for another couple of months when she will pick up the strips for the pieced border, inner and out borders and binding.  Nice job, Betty.

Meet David

How cute is he?  His grandma, Sue Denny, made him this little bib from our pattern, Dude Baby. The companion bib pattern for little girls is called Diva Baby.  I love the light reflecting off his little tooth.

A time to "Band" together!

Meet Emma.  She is the cover model for her mother's pattern.  Her mother, Meridith, is raising money so she can go on the Susan B Koeman Walk for the Cure.  

There is a hefty entry fee and travel involved so, one way she is raising funds is to sell either this pattern or the headbands already made. 

Meridith is walking for a friend who is going through treatment.  Let me know if you would like to purchase either, a pattern (just $6) or a headband ($10).  The headbands come in a variety of color combos.

The thing I like about this type of fund raiser is that Meridith is not just asking for money.  She is offering a product.  Nice job and good luck, Meri!

It's Another Quilt Circle of Friends Meeting!

I kicked off our meeting with a little show and tell from the shop.  These first two quilts were made as shop samples by Carol Piziali. Above is Wind Spinner, a jelly-roll quilt.  Below is Come Fly With  Me.  Both quilts are stunning but easily pieced and - - - available in kit!

These little table toppers are also shop samples, made for us by Rozetta.  The pattern is Strata Star.  It comes in several sizes, these being the two smallest.  Jan Mueller will teach this quilt in a Day Camp in July.

Rozetta is also making pillow cases.  This one will match the quilt below made for her grandson.

This is the Walk About pattern.

And the back!

Deb has be dabbling in the miniatures and feeling a little "outside her box".

Joyce is helping her mother downsize and shared her technique for a potholder.  She also shared a large box of her mother's quilt blocks for our fund raiser.

Nancy, as well as many of the members this evening, also brought blocks for our fund raiser.  We call this our Orphan Block Challenge as member adopt these unfinished projects to take home and create something lovely for our auction held during the June outdoor quilt show.  Proceeds are donated to the local library as a thank you for the many days we spend there stitching and chatting each year.

As part of another charity, Margaret collaborated with Deb to make this baby quilt.  These quilts will go to Blank Children's Hospital.

Deb (Heirloom Long Arm Quilting Service) volunteered the machine quilting, placing a butterfly motif in each off-set block.

And another - - - -

- - - - - And another.

Margaret also shared this quilt she recently completed.  Below see a close up of the fussy cut star center squares.

Lonnie got a round of ooooohs when she showed this little farm scene quilt above and her version of Slide Show below.

Madelyne shared this stack of pillowcases she made with her grandma to donate to the local domestic violence shelter via Iowa Comfort Quilts.

Celia is very proud, and rightfully so, of this quilt she completed (another Walk About quilt) to commemorate firemen.  This will be a gift to her son, a local fireman.

Celia was also the winner of a gift basket when her name was drawn after the Central Iowa Shop Hop Scavenger Hunt.  She brought her goodies to show, including this package of layer cake pre-cuts and several fun notions.

Jen shared the darling black and yellow wall hanging recently completed for her bathroom, above, and a table runner she put together from a block of the month she is doing, below.

Deb was thrilled to share some finished projects created in precious sewing time she recently enjoyed. Below is a Jelly Roll Race quilt she made and will donate to a local fund raiser.  Nice.

With spring graduations coming, our topic for the evening was T-Shirt quilts.  Several members brought T-Shirt quilts they had made to show. We discussed our preferences for stabilizing, batting, lay out patterns and quilting.  Thanks for sharing, gals.

We wrapped up our evening with prize drawing, refreshments and by perusing the orphan table and selecting our projects to adopt.

Watch in the next couple months as these orphan projects come to life!  They will be for sale the week of June 1 through 8 to coincide with our Little Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show on Saturday, June 8.

Thanks to my Quilt Circle of Friends for another fabulous evening and especially to Jackie Orton for taking all the pictures!