Friday, April 27, 2012

Meet my new friends at the AQS Show

Meet my new friend Eizabeth Adair. Together with her daughter, she owns Grand Bazaar Fabrics, an online fabric store featuring bright, bold prints. Her booth was extremely colorful and busy! Check out her website www.grandbazaarfabrics.com

Here is Elizabeth's beautiful daughter, Jenna Street. Jenna is an artist who was often busy gathering ideas for quilting projects. Jenna and Elizabeth are thinking strongly about opening their own shop in Atlanta.

Isn't this a great necklace? Nancy Watts purchased it for me ($18) from Pam Bocko, owner and creator of Pieceful Designs. Pam says she can hardly keep up with the bobbin necklace orders. She winds the bobbins and has her husband string the beads.

Pam Bocko, owner of Pieceful Designs, is from Eugene Oregon. Her parents had travelled to Paducah to help Pam with her booth. Pam has some extremely creative patterns and kits in her online store. Visit her website at www.piecefuldesigns.com

Pam Potter is my booth buddy and next door neighor. She owns New Hampshire Quilters' Emporium, an online store. Pam's booth was filled with precuts, patterns and clever samples. She had a large selection of Minky kits that were very popular with the crowds. Visit Pam's website www.nhqe.com.



Pam was assisted in her booth by her lovely daughter.

Two more friends, Nancy Jordan (right) and Karol Paulus(left) were busy in their booth, The-Sampler.com. Karol owns the online store and stocks the full line of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. Visit their online store www.the-sampler.com.

The Big Winners at Paducah

Avatar Revisited, Judy Woodworth, Gering, NE
APQS Longarm Machine Quilting Award


B.S. I Love You, Janet Stone, Overland Park, KS
Brother Wall Machine Workmanship Award

Creme de la Creme, Bonnie Keller, Chehalis, WA
Coats & Clark Wall Hand Workmanship Award

Two Dozen Roses, Monica Troy, Lemont, IL
Handi Quilter Wall Longarm Machine Quilting Award

Radiance, Susan Stewart, Pittsburg, KS
Bernina of America Machine Workmanship Award

Mini Magic, Mariya Waters, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Benartex Best Miniature Award

Imagining India, Pat Holy, Ann Arbor, MI
Moda Best Wall Award

Star Struck, Cheryl L. See, Ashburn, VA
AQS Hand Workmanship Award

Harmony Within, Sue McCarty, Roy, UT
Janome of America Best of Show
This quilt will be donated to the quilt museum here in Paducah

Winning Quilts at AQS Paducah

Baltimore in the Provence, Ellen Heck, Somis, CA
1st Place Hand Quilted Large Wall Quilts

Jewel Box, Cheri Meineke-Johnson & Linda V. Taylor, Corinth TX
1st Place Longarm/Midarm Machine Large Wall Quilts

Ms. McDonald Had A Farm, Hanging By A Thread, Chehalis, WA
2nd Place, Group Bed Quilts
Pride of Baltimore II, Barbara M. Burnham and Marty Vint, Ellicott City, MD
3rd Place, Longarm/Midarm Machine Large Wall Quilts


Baltimore Roses, Diana K. Trost, Toledo, OH
2nd Place Home Machine Large Wall Quilts

Feathers In The Wind, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Paducah, KY
3rd Place Home Machine Large Wall Quilts

Red Stars At Night 3 Quilters Delight, Loretta Painter, Cyndi Herrmann, Kate Meyers, Norris, TN
3rd Place Group Bed Quilts

Song Of The Earth, Liz Jones, Leominster, Herfordshire, United Kingdom
1st Place Home Machine, Large Wall Quilts

Spring Is In the Air, Terri Krysan, Lakeville, MN
2nd Place Longarm/Midarm Large Wall Quilts

First Pics from Paducah


It took Nancy Watts and I over 6 hours to figure out how to set up the booth for maximum traffic flow.


We were very fortunate in our booth placement. We had 1-1/2 booths on center aisle near the exit door of the Pavillion.

Right across the aisle from our booth is Judy Woodworth's beautiful quilt. This is a whole cloth quilt that Judy's husband painted. Judy is from Gering Nebraska. She is also one of the Top Winners of the AQS show.

On Tuesday night, after we set up the booth, the city of Paducah hosted a reception for the vendors. After a lavish supper buffet, we were able to take a tour of the quilt museum. Extraordinary.

Lime Light is painted on the exterior of the National Quilt Museum

Our first stop in Paducah was the Welcome Center to load up on local maps (and use the RR)

Whitehaven is a former residence, now turned into the Welcome Center for Paducah. What a beautiful place.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

New Kits in the Shop

 



This Take 5 quilt kit is completely PRE-CUT.  The blocks and strips are cut for you --- all you have to do is sit and sew!  The finished quilt measures 74x74 and features fabric from the Groove On line by Marie Osmond for Quilting Treasures.  We plan to take this kit to Paducah.  The kit includes fabric for the quilt top and binding, backing sold separately.  Retail $79.00.



This Twirl kit (54x54) comes in a cute little bag from Moda, featuring a layer cake and coordinating fabric from the new Me & My Sisters line of fabric.  The pattern includes pattern instructions for 2 other quilts.  The kit includes fabric for the quilt top and binding, backing sold separately.  Retail $50.00.

Look What's Quilting - 2/27/12



Cindy Hansen brought in this small quilt top.  The blocks were made by her mother's Sunday School class in Jacksonville.  The diamond blocks were cut and glued by students who signed their names to the block.  Cindy chose to quilt it with YLI monofilament thread in Vickie's Meander pattern.


Eloise Haight, Minden, pieced this triple Irish chain.  She chose to quilt it with Vickie's Meander pattern in Cobalt Blue thread by Signature.



Eloise Haight, Minden, pieced this scrappy log cabin.  The layout of the blocks allowed for a distinct design.  Eloise chose to quilt it with Along the Way pattern (which really showed well in the white space) in Ivory thread by Signature.



Jean Whitfield, Harlan, pieced this striking quilt.  She chose to quilt it with Loops & Swirls pattern in Black thread by Signature.


 This quilt was constructed by Karen Wingert's sister.  It's a biggie - 105x105.  Karen chose to quilt it with Noodle Soup pattern in white thread by Signature.

Karen Wingert pieced this scrappy king-sized quilt.  She chose to quilt it with Hearts & Loops pattern in YLI monofilament thread.




Marilyn Anderson, Jacksonville, pieced this Log Cabin Star quilt using a Kansas Troubles jelly roll.  She chose to quilt it with Star Layered pattern in Latte thread by Signature.




Something's fishy with Mary Jo Bonsall's stack-n-whack.  If it weren't for the borders, you would never know that the focus fabric features great big FISH.  Mary Jo chose to quilt it with  Fidget pattern in Latte thread by Signature.



Mary Neppl, Denison, brings us the funnest (I know it's not a word, but they really are FUN) quilts.  She loves penguins, so she plans to keep this quilt for herself. Mary will add the eyes and other embellishments when she gets it home.  She chose to quilt it with Loops & Swirls pattern in YLI monofilament thread.



Looking for a quick scrappy quilt design?  Try alternating a nine-patch block with a large half-square, like this quilt by Pat Rock.  The quilt is a gift for her grandson.  Pat chose to quilt it with Leafy Meander pattern in Rust thread by Signature.
Sheryl Thomas, Kirkman, may be the Queen of Panel Quilts.  She found this panel on her travels and made 2 quilts -- one for her and one for her mother.  Sheryl chose to quilt both with Loops and Swirls pattern in Dark Olive thread by Signature.


Tiarra Osentovsky, Lincoln, pieced this strippy dinosaur quilt for her son.  She chose to quilt it with Dino pattern in Black thread by Signature.


Macia Hansen constgructed this Big Easy quilt from fabrics from It's a Hoot line by Moda.  She chose to quilt it with Owls pattern in YLI monofilament thread. 

Monday, February 27, 2012

Show & Tell - 2/27/12



Becky Kersten dropped by to show us a completed quilt made from fabrics she and Granny chose from our store.  It's simple in design, and turned out really cute!



Marlene Gaffigan, Harlan, stopped in to show us her completed civil war quilt made from a kit from Prairie Star in Elk Horn.  Marlene used wool bat and hand quilted the quilt.  It's a beauty!


Marlene Gaffigan, Harlan, is a civil war reproduction fabric collector.  I haven't seen her pass up a civil war kit yet!  Here, she shows off her Farmer's Daughter quilt, made from her stash.  Wow!  It's all paper-pieced and her piecing is extraordinary.  I'm so glad she stopped in to share it with us!