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My large quilt guild, Pride of the Prairie, had it's quilt show this past weekend.  We only have about 60 members, but 36 of those members entered 282 quilts & items.  I showed the 17 items I entered in the previous post.  I also had a booth with 14 of my vintage sewing machines (12 were hand cranks).

Here are some of the quilts from the show.  This first quilt is just one of the group quilts that the guild made for Quilts of Valor this past year (we made 3 Churn Dash quilts plus a few others, too).

Sharon ...

My large quilt guild is having it's bi-annual quilt show this weekend.  I only had time to take photos of the quilts & items that I entered this morning. I entered 17 items, and 13 of the items were in judged categories.  There is a new category, Found and Finished, for items that we 'found' somewhere and finished.  This category isn't judged, just displayed.  I wasn't expecting to win any ribbons (we have many excellent quilters in this guild), BUT, I got 4 ribbons!!!  Two First place ribbons, a 2nd place ribbon and a 3rd place ribbon!!!  WOW ...

The Fine Art of Fiber is an annual collaboration of Illinois Quilters, Inc., North Suburban Needlearts Guild, and the Weaver's Guild of the North Shore.  It's held at the Chicago Botanic Garden the first Thursday through Saturday of November.  

A couple of years ago I saw my librarian friend Elisa at the show. This time I emailed her and we arranged to meet up.  She's not a quilter but she appreciates quilting and she likes to shop at the boutique.  We had lunch in the Garden cafe, too. 

We posed with an elaborately-quilted jacket made by Sue ...

I'm awake early in the morning but I'm not always dressed and sufficiently caffeinated to go down to the lakefront.

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The Village Quilters held their biennial show at the College of Lake County on Friday and Saturday.  Irene and I went on Friday.  We saw many friends from our guild and others.  Here are some of the quilts on display. 

Local shows are great, aren't they?  

There were more than a dozen vendors.  

I made a contribution at the Quilts of Valor booth and in return got to choose fabric ...

I went to a quilt show today.  It was well over an hour from my house, but worth it.  I was smart, and asked hubby if there were any disc golf courses that he wanted to play that were near the quilt show (In Grayslake, IL).  Of course there were several disc golf courses, so he drove, dropped me off, then he went to play disc golf (he scored 6 under, so he was happy;).

I took photos of some of the quilts that caught my eye at this quilt show.  I thought that some of you might like an ...

I love how some of you ALSO had to dust those knick-knacks! I can hardly wait for this morning to do my job! 

OH MY GOSH --- The Saskatoon Quilters Guild Show. What can I say—it was a fantastic show, and I am so glad I decided to come. It was the BEST (by far) of any guild show that I have ever been to, and I've been to a fair number. Why? Well, I'll tell you shortly. 

I stopped by the apartment for a little bit before I left, as I had some time to kill before ...

Our local guild is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and our guest speaking on Saturday will be Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. As it happens, it was from her blog that the circle I attend chose this year’s BOM as a group project, so we’ve been asked to bring our blocks to the […]

Just before leaving for my trip to the Houston Quilt Festival, I did the most recent installment of the BOM from Wonderfil. Now the third row is complete, and there is only one more row — two or three blocks — to go! I’m guessing that one of those will be the bottom portion of […]

Wealthy Chicagoans in the Gilded Age (1890's) bought Impressionists as modern and avant-garde, and relatively inexpensive.  They were patrons of the Art Institute and thus the museum developed its Impressionist collection.  

"Paris Street, Rainy Day" was acquired in 1964 and has become one of AIC's most famous paintings.  Caillebotte painted it in 1877.

I had hoped to go to this famous intersection (Carrefour du Moscou) when ...

I mentioned the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild in the previous post, they have provided a quilt on every bed in the rehab facility where my Dad is currently residing. It just so happened that the guild was holding their annual quilt show this past weekend. After telling dad "good-bye" I was able to stop and visit the show on our way out of town. The show was held at a local Community College, this

I mentioned the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild in the previous post, they have provided a quilt on every bed in the rehab facility where my Dad is currently residing. It just so happened that the guild was holding their annual quilt show this past weekend. After telling dad "good-bye" I was able to stop and visit the show on our way out of town. The show was held at a local Community College, this

View of the lake from a second-floor window.  Podgaji "flags" guided visitors to the front door.

There were 75? or so quilts on display.

This was fun!  Each visitor got a clipboard with a scavenger hunt sheet.  ("How many points are in the star in quilt #70?" "Which quilt is named Daniel?" "What color is the center pinwheel on quilt ...

I had to make sure I was up bright and early on Sunday morning, because I was going to a quilt show, how exciting!  My quilt club had hired a mini bus  and 11 of us climbed aboard, settled down, and we headed south to Otaihanga to Southward Car Museum.  The morning started off well when the bag of lollies was passed around.  "Lollies at this time of the morning?", someone asked.  And why not!

We've arrived, and that's our little bus in front

The ladies taking our entry fee warmly welcomed us, and then we checked out ...

I also got a new cutting mat, half price.  My table (by Tracy's) is big and the 40 x 72 mat isn't carried in stores.  

The bright LED light has an articulated ...

 Last week Wisconsin Quilt Show returned to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison for the 21st year.   It was begun by Nancy Zieman and Wisconsin PBS as the Wisconsin Quilt Expo, hence my blog label.   This was the seventh time I've attended and the first time I've stayed overnight.

We set up the sewing machines in the hotel breakfast room / lounge.  That attracted other hotel guests and we had good conversations.  

Both the FW ...

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