Christian's Quilt is Finished

I finished Christian's quilt on Monday, washed it on Tuesday and now need to get it mailed, the shower is June 8th. Sure wish I could be there.I had to stand on the bed for hubby to take the pictures, there is no where else with enough room in this motel. We have 2 rooms, but both are pretty full.In the " living room" I have all my sewing stuff.... I have been able to sew 3 days this week and that has been so good.Our event got rained out today so I have been working on a table runner.That was a little more involved than I expected, but it is turning out pretty good. I am making it out of batiks and I don't like to sew ( nor handle) batiks. I also seem to detect an odor that I don't like???? OK, I know I am crazy, but that's me.... I do plan to make Christian another quilt when I am at home, and all my sewing things are close at hand. I am finding it very difficult sewing " on the road" I never seem to have what I need, and buying more seems like a big waste of money. BUT, I sure have enjoyed sewing this week. FUN,FUN...VBS...

There is a lady that works at this motel ( she does breakfast) , she is a quilter and works one day a week at the LQS here, she has been so nice, and has brought some of her quilts for me to see. She is very good. She was really complementary of my quilt also. It has been fun having someone to talk quilting with. I think she and I will probably keep in touch. She has a daughter that lives in Charlotte. Maybe she will come visit me sometime.

I am going to get up from here and get ready for my day tomorrow, hope all of you are enjoying good weather and busy quilting memories. Later, Bobbin

Need Information? Just ask....

We went here, because I needed a foot for my Pfaff machine, or so I thought..... Sometime you just need to talk to the right person....Betty, who was working, ask me a few questions, and to my surprise, I really didn't need a new foot, I just needed to know how to work my machine ( Sorry Shirley), apparently I had forgotten how the presser foot lever on the Pfaff machines work. So she explained, and now I won't have to change plans from what I wanted to do in the beginning. I wanted to free motion meander around the outer borders, so now I will get that done tomorrow. So a great big "THANK YOU TO BETTY"I also want you to enjoy some of her quilts...

She teaches , and these are some of the quilts she has taught, aren't they pretty? After you see these, this will be all my quilt shops for a while, as we will be here another week then on Indianapolis, an I hope I can find a shop or 2 there. So blogging friends, keep on Quilting Memories, someone will be forever greatful.. Bobbin

My Sisters Quilt Shop, La Fox, Ill

" My Sisters Quilt Shop in La Fox, Ill......Very neat shop. Lots of pretties here also and a great "watch dog" ( I love black Labs) Gus is his name, very friendly***VBS*** This shop is right behind the railroad tracks and they are very busy....I was in there about 45 minutes and at least 4 went by, and they travel FAST.....

I asked how she came up with her shop name, she said she has 5 sisters and 4 brothers and when she was trying to decide what to call the shop, she overheard 2 of her sisters talking about " my sisters quilt shop", thus, the name.... I didn't buy very much, not that she didn't have several pieces of fabric I liked, but if I bought everything I like at each shop I go to, we couldn't carry it all home****LOL**** I do have to remember that where ever I go......Well, I had posted about the Pfaff shop I went to, but that went into cyber space. So am going to post that again. So if you try to keep up with my travels, I will have posted 3 times today.So, keep reading, next post coming right up.........Bobbin

Prairie Shop Quilts

This , too was a nice shop, I enjoyed talking and looking, lots of eye candy.I DO like eye candy ***VBS***.I truly loved this pillow, she had several, if I lived around here she may inspire me to make some pillows...........NAAAA, I don't like to make pillows, not even pillow covers...There was lots of fabric and notions also, if you are ever in the area you should stop by ( and BUY) I'm sure she would like that.This is what I bought.Yes, I finally found the red micron pen I needed so of course I got 2.If you need one, you should always buy 2, ....RIGHT.... Well, that's what you do when you are traveling anyway..Sounded reasonable to me.....I plan someday in my lifetime to make a quilt out of dots, so am buying some fats , hope I don't repeat myself too many times...

We went to 2 more shops but blogger isn't co-operating with me adding pics, so will do another post soon.

Tomorrow I am going to QUILT,,, yeah me....

Take care everyone and do a lot of quilting memories, someone will love you for it....Bobbin

Church marquee

Aspire to Inspire before you EXPIRE...... words of wisdom, don't you agree?

Windmill City Quilts

Windmill City Quilts ia located in Geneva, IL. A very nice shop, but unfortunately she is closing down her storefront and will only be doing an on-line business.I didn't get a chance to talk to her very much and I failed to get her on-line addy, she was real busy, and didn't seem to have any help. She was apparently selling her "stuff" as she goes, but I think I overheard her say if someone wanted the entire contents she would sell that also. If you should be interested, email me and I will hunt up my receipt and see if her phone # is on it, if not I feel sure it would be in the phone book. She has lots of quilts on display, she also carries a lot of notions and especially patterns. I just took some random pics. The pic with the books shows what I purchased, I have read all 3 of the books and enjoyed them.

We also went to 3 other shops last Tuesday and I will post pics of them soon. Tomorrow is another workday, and a long one at that , but I will try to post again tomorrow anyway.Monday and Tuesday I plan to finish quilting the baby quilt so I can get it in the mail. I know someone is giving her a shower soon and I would like for her to get it then. Then I want to get the table runner I cut out 3 weeks ago, at least started. So much to do, so little time **VBG**

Well we finally had a pretty day today and it is supposed to be pretty again tomorrow. I hope it is, I do enjoy sitting outside with DH, but when it's cold, I usually sit in the truck and either embroider or read.I may even sneak in a little nap !!

WE will be here again all next week so that means I should get to sew most of Monday and Tuesday, then I can also sew the next 3 days cause we don't work until 3pm. So I am looking forward to being here, we seem to have picked a very quiet motel, it sure is out in the sticks, but in a pretty place. There is a 10 or so acre field behind the motel which we see out our window. I have been hoping to see a deer or two, but so far no luck. Hope everyone in blog land is having a nice Memorial Day, stay safe, and quilt some memories for me. Later, Bobbin

DH and his cousin

Do you see the resemblence? My DH's Mother and Cousin's Dad were brother and sister. This is when we were in Emporia, Ks a couple weeks ago. We had such a good time. Hope we can get together again soon.

We were within walking distance today of a Hancock's fabrics and I walked it twice, the first time they hadn't opened , so I waited a couple hours and WALKED back. Did they have what I needed.............NO............. I need a red Micron pen, maybe I can get oen somewhere next week. I DID get me a template to use to quilt my baby quilt. I have never done that before, but since I don't have the foot I need to do the meandering I wanted to do, I decided I would try a design. I have never done that before, but It can't be that hard, can it????I am going to try anyway. Any one have any pointers for me ??? All help appreciated***VBS**

Ok, we leave here in the morning for Chicago, Il. Here is our schedule for the 2 weeks we will be there. Remember: HD is Home Depot LO is Lowes and WM is Wal Mart

Wed, Thu, and Fri. we work 3-8 pm ans Sat and Sun ae work 8am -3 pm. If its raining we are either inside or we don't work Now our Schedule;

Week 1

May 21st. Wed LO 955 South Randall Road St. Charles, Il.

May 22nd Thu. HD 2000 Butterfield road Downers Grove, Il

May 23rd Fri. WM 2936 East 79th Ave Merrillville, Indiana

May 24th Sat HD 2920 Audrey Ave. Naperville, Il

May 25th Sun LO 1440 S. Rt. 59 Naperville, Il

Week 2

May 28th. Wed. HD 4060 W. 95th. St. Oak Lawn, Il

May 29th. Thu. LO 15601 South La Grange Road Orland, Il

May 30th. Fri. HD 350 East Kensington Mt. Prospect, Il

May31st. Sat. LO 2480 East Lincoln Hwy. New Lennox, Il

June 1st. Sun. HD 825 E. Dundee RD. Palatine, Il

Ok. thats all for now,will check in, in a couple days.Hope all of you are happily Quilting Memories. Later, Bobbin aka J

P.S. If you live in Chicago, let me know what kind of weather to expect. I sure hope spring has " sprung" there ****VBS***