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 Nimble Thimbles is a small quilt guild in Franklin, Indiana, my hometown.  This past weekend was their annual quilt show.  There were many vintage/antique quilts as well as new.  

Look at these tiny hexies and hand quilting!

This weekend is the Faithful Circle Quilt Show in Woodridge, Illinois.  I was asked to display some of my vintage sewing machines at this quilt show.  I was happy to oblige.  I chose 18 sewing machines for the quilt show (the most I've ever taken to a show/demo).  I had to carefully pack my car.  I took the photos so that I can re-pack my car after the show is over.

3 machines on the floorboards and 6 machines on the seat

better view of the machines

6 machines in the back (first layer)

quilts for the tables ...

The 19th Great Wisconsin Quilt Show was September 7-9 in Madison.  This was the fifth time I've gone and the fourth time I've taken a one-day trip by bus, chartered by a local quilt shop.     Irene picked me up at 6:15 a.m. Friday to go to the Kenosha County administration complex to board the bus.  We left  promptly at 7 a.m. and arrived at the Alliant Center (south side of the city) in time for the show opening at 9:00.  

I did a turn around the quilt exhibits first.  (I took photos of the ...

The members of the Oxford Quilter's Guild are making placemats for Meals on Wheels recipients for Christmas so each member of the guild has been asked to make 4-5 placemats.  I decided to get mine done early. So far, I have one done and three in progress. This first one was made with some charm squares that were in my stash. 

This one still needs to be quilted. 

I used more of the lighthouse fabric on the back of ...

 Yesterday I went to the Prairie Fest Quilt Show.  I try to go every year (lots of posts on my blog from previous years).  This year I put 5 of my quilts in the show.  Here are previous photos of the quilts I had in the show (I didn't take photos of my quilts this time).

Peter Pan quilt

LOTR/Hobbit quilt

Harry Potter Castle quilt

Emmalynn's Compass quilt

Covid Toilet Paper challenge quilt

Here are some of the quilts from the show.

up close

Because this is in a small space, they lay some of the quilts ...

No, not me!

I spent a few hours this week hand stitching sleeves on my quilts for the upcoming Oxford Guild quilt show..5/9 are done.  The three larger quilts still need their sleeves sewn on. I can get them done this week.  

I only managed to work on my sunflower cross stitch once this week so there is only a small change from last week.  I'm hoping to finish off this flower this week. We will see how much time there is after sewing the sleeves on the other three quilts. 

Finn had a haircut this week. He was looking ...

The Desert Quilters of Nevada, my local guild, has just wrapped up our annual show. There were so many gorgeous quilts, attesting to the expertise of our members! The judge, NACQI Certified Judge Nancy Fula, was fantastic, giving detailed critiques of each piece. This year marked a change in how entrants received those comments, in […]

 How long has it been since you last attended a quilt show?  For me it has been about 10 years.  So I was super excited when my neighbor and quilting buddy Judy suggested we needed a girls day out at the Indiana Heritage Quilt Show.  

My large quilt guild, Pride of the Prairie, is having it's first quilt show in 5 years.  The last quilt show was cancelled 2 days before it was supposed to take place due to the Covid Shutdown.  There are around 350 quilts that are in the quilt show this time.  I entered 9 quilts in the show.  I was surprised that I won 2 ribbons for 3rd place.  Here are the quilts I won ribbons for.

Emmalynn's Compass

2023 Challenge quilt

I took photos of some of the quilts that caught my eye.  I hope you enjoy them ...

First of all, I have to eat my words. Referring back to October and the whim that led me to enter a quilt into the Road to California show, a few days after I’d sent in that entry, I also was notified that the AQS show in Paducah was also looking for quilts. In for […]

The Spring Quilt show season is gearing up. This weekend alone has 3 major shows just in the southeast US. QuiltCon in Atlanta, GA; AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach; Fl, and the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA.

Quilters are ready to get out and go. We start looking for that next project, with happy spring color after a long cold winter. A quilt show is the ideal place for getting inspiration, buying supplies and learning new techniques. Chances are you’ll find a show in your neck of the woods during the next few months. Here’s a handy ...

The Spring Quilt show season is gearing up. This weekend alone has 3 major shows just in the southeast US. QuiltCon in Atlanta, GA; AQS QuiltWeek in Daytona Beach; Fl, and the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA.

Quilters are ready to get out and go. We start looking for that next project, with happy spring color after a long cold winter. A quilt show is the ideal place for getting inspiration, buying supplies and learning new techniques. Chances are you’ll find a show in your neck of the woods during the next few months. Here’s a handy ...

I jumped out of the frying pan (education week) into a weekend of teaching classes! The two classes went fine yesterday; I have two clubs this morning. Then I'll spend the rest of the day sending homework and Zoom links, and I should be good. 

I didn't get much done after the clubs as I was tired (I wonder why?), and I sat and read a book for a bit (after my walk, of course), and I was in bed early! But today is another day, and lots of exciting stuff to share. Today, it's all about ...

So many quilt shows coming and here's a list for those who may be close enough to attend!

But first, If you'd like to see your quilt hanging in the Quilts, Inc show at Long Beach or Houston. Click the link HERE.

                                           Festival of Quilts, March 10&11.Hillsboro, Oregon

                                     April 28-30 Umpqua Valley Quilters' Guild, Roseburg, Oregon

                                         Quilt Show at ...

Yesterday our local quilt guild had a bus trip to the wonderful Road to California show — over and back all in one day. We all had a great time, with lots of laughter and chatter all the way. We had done a similar thing ten years ago, when I bought a rotating cutting mat; […]