Chicago, Chicago Here we come ***VBS***

The Old and the NEW

It really doesn't matter what you like or own, as long as we can sew I think we are happy campers***VBS***

Yes, I know these machines aren't the oldest or the newest, but they are the only pics I have,But I love them both.

How many machines do you have? How old is your oldest and new your newest? Just curious...I own 4 machines,the oldest one is my White Machine, complete with cabinet, I was so excited when I got to bring that baby home. At the time I was sewing for the public, and had worn out the machine I was useing, I am ashamed to say I can not remember what kind it was nor where I got it, I think probably my MIL gave it to me, so with our income tax refund we got me a brand new machine, boy was I proud.( I traded that one in) That machine cost us a whopping $150.00 ( complete with cabinet),I purchased that one in 1966. I was in the middle of making majorette uniforms for the Pop Warner Football Majorettes. I still remember having to make 17 of them in ONE WEEK, the fabric came in late, that was more than a little stress. I took the last one I made to the field the day of the opening game, the girl put it on and went straight on the field.I remember when they went on the field for the playing of The National Anthem, I stood on the sidelines and cried, I was very proud, but most of all I was soooooo relieved that the job was done... LOL...

Again when I went looking for another machine ( yes I had worn another one out) the guy that serviced my machine, said the last time I took it in,said there is nothing left to fix, you have worn it out...NO he did not sell machines, so he wasn't trying to get me to buy one from him, but he told my DH, SHE NEEDS A NEW MACHINE, he said in all his years of servicing machines he had never met a lady that had worn out 2 machines...I did remind him the first one was old when I got it and by now the " new " one was 35 years old....So off I went and bought me a Pfaff, boy was I in for the shock of my life when I was told what that puppy cost.....but I brought it home, she is still my workhorse and the one I carry with me on the road, I think I purchased her in about 1998............I did not want an embroidery machine, I just wanted a few stitches that I would use, cause I had slowed down my sewing quiet a lot......but in 2000 my DH talked me into buying an emb. machine, I purchased a Bernina 180.....(sold her after having her about 2 months)I really never learned to use it very well, I got involved in a contest and WON my 200 Bernina, and I do enjoy her a great deal, when I am home I only use that one. I have had all the upgrades so now she is classified as a 730.

The 4th machine is the one my Nephew gave me that belonged to my Aunt who died 2 years ago.I did clean it up and oil it when I was home in August but really haven't tried any sewing, will do that when we get back home.

I also have a serger, it's a Bernina 799D, I do like it, but don't use it a lot. But am glad I have it, it does come in handy .

Well, we leave here in the morning, Chicago bound, we are ready, but dread the ride tomorrow, it has rained here for 2 days and is supposed to rain all day tomorrow, but maybe we will run out of it and have a nice day.

Am going to watch a little TV and get to bed early, so I will be awake for the ride***VBS***

Hope everyone is somewhere cozy quilting memories......Have a goodnight everyone.....

HI, MIKE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ***VBS***

Last 2 weeks on the road

Well our journey is winding down, I can see the end of the road. We will still go on trips for the company, but hopefully home a lot more.But, the Scott's program is officially over Sunday Sept 28th, then its homeward bound. Should be there by Tuesday. As all of you know, I'M READY!!!!!

I am excited about going back to the Chicago area, we will be staying at the same motel we have stayed at before, not only is that a very nice, clean and safe place to be, I also met a wonderful lady there, she is a quilter and a very good one too. I am so looking forward to "show and tell". She works at one of the LQS's there so maybe I can go to that store as well. It may be one I have already been to, but that will be ok.........I just love Quilt shops ***VBS*** Now I want to post our schedule, just in case some quilter out there in blogland would like to come by.....I've only had one since we have been out and about, so if you live in any of the areas, come see me, I sure would like meeting you.

Now for our 2 weeks schedule...................Remember, WED,THURS, &FRIDAYS, hours are from 3pm-8pm SAT, & SUN, from 8am-4pm.....We DO NOT work outside if the weather is bad (rain) so look for the large green trailer in the parking lot, if it's there so are we, BUT, sometime the store mgr, doesn't let us bring the car inside, so we go back to the motel,we have no rain dates, so will go to the next scheduled event....If you would like my cell # just email me, that way you can phone before making a trip..... LO=Lowes & HD=Home Depot

Wed..Sept,17th, LO......3601 West Touhy Ave. Lincolnwood

Thurs,18th HD............700 Broadview Village Square Broadview

Fri, 19th LO............990 West Algonquin Road Arlington Heights

Sat, 20th HD............621 Brook Forest Ave. Shorewood

Sun,21st LO............400 West Army Trail Road Carol Stream

Wed, 24th HD............200 S. Randall Rd. Algonquin

Thurs, 25th LO............101 North Barrington Road Schaumburg

Fri,26th HD ...........901 Civic Center Plaza Niles

Sat, 27th LO............245 South Weber Road Bolingbrook

Sun,28th HD............105 North Weber Road Bolingbrook

YIIPEE.....Monday,29th, we are homeward bound.....Should be there on Tuesday,30th

Yes, we have enjoyed this trip, we have seen some great places, but most of all met the most wonderful people...Do I want to do this again, You Betcha, but sure need some time off now. It has been a long season, and I think it probably would have been without flaw if not for the weather....I just have had a terrible time adjusting to all the tornado warnings and then the storms that came with the warnings...But I do Thank The LORD that we wern't actually in a tornado, that may have been a breaking point for me, although I like to think I am a pretty strong woman. I also missed my children and G-Children and now my GGChild, but as time goes on, it has been somewhat easier. I guess we all adjust and I do know that I have been fortunate to be with my family all their lives, some people don't get to do that, and I feel so sorry for them, but you do what you have to. I also missed my sister and brother and their spouses, but they were so good to keep up by phone and email and also came to my house the few days we were home the 4th of July....I really needed to see them, and they came, what more could I ask for............WELL, when we get home the very next week my Sister,Brother and their spouses and DH and I are going to meet in Myrtle Beach for a great week of family togetherness and relaxation....It just doesn't get any better than this....

I also want to say a great big THANK YOU to our daughter for taking care of our house and yard and mail, etc, without her this journey would have been even more difficult, maybe next year we can take some of the work off you , we just need to figure a better way..Thanks Again.*VBS*

NO, this isn't my last post before heading home, but just wanted to say thank you to my family for all the love and support while we have been away. See all of you soon...Love to all,

PS: There was a lot of steps to get to the beach area at Lake Erie.....

Well worth the trip though, beautiful place, so glad I got to see the lake

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Pictures of Christian, He's now 2 months old

No quilting stuff today, but wanted to show off Christian, these were taken while we were home last month. He is 2 months old(in pic)

And weighs almost 15 lbs. I think he takes after his Great Grandmother and likes to eat. His Mommy has now put him on formula, and he seemes to be adjusting to that very well. the day we were there, he had had 2 shots, one in each hip, so he didn't feel very good. The only place he wanted to be was on someone's chest,He finally went to sleep and slept right where he was for about 2 hours, but that was ok, I enjoyed every minute of our time together.

The pics of DH and I was at Lake Erie. That sure is a pretty place, and as you can see, I had to put my feet in the water.We had to do down 62 steps to get to the water, and of course that meant we had to come back up all of them,,,,WOW...That was a lot of steps, but I may never get here again, so it was worth it. I think DH is planning for us to go see Lake Michigan next week.

That will be exciting for me as well. As a child in school I remember studying about them..That was a LONG time ago ***VBS***

This is my 100th post for this year, and I do plan to have a give away, but will wait until I get back home....Things like that is just a lot of extra planning when on the road, for one thing, sometime just finding a post office is a pain....But we are headed home in less than 3 weeks, so when I get settled and can put some thought in what I am doing, I will let everyone know.

I also want to thank the ones of you that have left comments, if you haven't heard from me via email, please know I tried, but for whatever reason, lack of an addy or our net hook-up, I haven't been able to respond. I do appreciate all the comments and the nice things you have to say. So, thank you for visiting, come see me again soon.
Hope all of you are Quilting Memories today, I have been working on my Red Work...Have read 2 books and have now decided to get busy doing something constructive.Come back soon,

Applique 101

These 3 applique pieces I done the last few months while on the road. I must say I DID NOT ENJOY DOING THIS....I took them home when we went home in August, took them to the LQS and left them. The funniest thing about this story, I appliqued the blue martian while in Mars, Pa. Fitting, HUH***VBS***

Actually, I gave them to Quiltkemosabe while we were at the quilt guild. I didn't want to take them myself to the LQS, I really don't think they are very good. BUT, I promised to do them. I was just sure I would do the applique by machine and be done with them....That sure didn't work. I think I need some lessons...and I plan to get some when we get back home and I have some time, cause I don't plan to do anymore applique by hand.That was the most tedious and boring thing I have done in a long time ( Sorry Shirley) But I done as I promised and then put the borders on them, then gave them to Quiltkemosabe, never thought anymore about it. Well, actually I did, I was sure they had been put in the "Black Hole" never to be seen again, so imagine my surprise when a few days later when I went into the LQS and there they were all quilted and bound and out for the whole world to see...WOW....They looked ever so much better,so thanks ladies, for all your nice work to make mine look better, they sure needed help and you all knew just what to do to "fix" them.....It sure is great to know such wonderful ladies that will take the time to make my messes look so nice.....I owe all of you***VBS***... I miss ya'll too, will be home in 21 days ( but who's counting?)

I have had a very pleasant day today, my neice came and picked me up and took me to a Quilt shop, it was several miles from here,very nice shop and had some beautiful finished quilts. NOT a very friendly place though, my neice even mentioned how unfriendly tha lady was, completly ignored us....Maybe she was having a bad day....who knows.....people like her aggravate me....

I was already aggravated with myself because I had forgotten my camera, but that was ok, cause there was signs up telling everyone NO PICTURES....SO even though there was some very nicely done quilts, I would not have been able to show you.

I do have a question for all of you. She ( I don't know her name) was telling another lady ( that came in after we did and left long before us )that she should spray her quilt until it was soaked through with white vinegar ( no water mixed in) and then iron it dry,The lady was asking how best to wash her quilt.... Have any of you ever heard of cleaning your quilt that way? Just curious, as I have never heard of that technique? No, I'm not saying she was wrong, just asking...

Feedback, please......

Well, tomorrow it's back to work, am anxious to get this over, although it is nice to be here around family. I do so enjoy seeing my nephew, neice and their children.

Hope all of you are safe from the terrible hurricanes and sitting in your sewing rooms just Quilting Memories......................................................

Pa, Quilt Shops # 4

Dose anyone in blogland have any idea how much fun I have been having? It is really hard to put into words...I am so thankful that I have a husband that is as willing as mine is to take me to all these shops.He even looks on the internet to find them for me ***VBS***

I am at Country Quilters, and they were a fabulous bunch of ladies and I just know going to classes there would be great fun....makes me miss my LQS all the more.

CQ has lots and lots of fabrics, books and notions, but look at the batting they have and that was just one wall, yep, theres another one....They also had lots of pretty quilts to look at. If you live around here or just find yourself somewhere around here, go by and visit, you definitely will be glad. As I told you in a previous post, I left all my info at home ( will be back there in 3 weeks), if you want the address or any info on any of these, just email me when we get home and I will send whatever we have.Please except my apologies. I guess I wouldn't make a very good reporter, cause I can't keep up with my notes......Must be senility...OH, WELL

keep on Quilting Memories, I am going to try to catch up with all of you when I get home.....

Here we are at Allentown Sewing Machine Outlet, they sell sewing machines ( Janome I THINK)

Plus a good variety of fabrics and lots of books and notions. I enjoyed talking to the owner, he was a very nice man and knew a lot about several kinds of machines..If I lived around here and needed my machined serviced, I would not hesitate to take mine to him....He had lots of quilts on display and they had lots of fall classes planned, I'm sure they will be very busy this fall. AND I met his DOG, a beautiful dog too, and friendly, I think he liked ME **VBS***. If you get a chance you should go see him ( the shop) not the dog ***VBS*** This shop is in Allentown, Pa.

This is my first blog for today, am going to post again in a while, about another shop. But we are going to Michigan tomorrow and here is our schedule....Remember Wed, Thurs, and Fri 's hours are 3pm-8pm.....Sat and Sundays are 8am-4pm. We rarely ever stay that late, so try to get there about mid-day. Also, Lo...is Lowes and HD is Home Depot

Wed.......Lo.....3900 Carpenter Rd. Ypsilanti

Thurs....HD.....20500 13 Mile Rd. Roseville

Fri......HD ......13500 Middlebelt.....Lavonia

Sat.....HD.......39500 W 7 Mile RD....Northville

Sun.....HD......8760 26 Mile Rd......Shelby Township

Come By and check us out......

Second Blog for today....Philadelphia Area shop

These ladies were the nicest people, I had such a nice time, a very warm welcome, lots of good conversation and LOTS of beautiful quilts and bags and etc. to see.This was a great weekend,

wish I could do this every weekend, wouldn't that be fun ??? If you are ever in the neighborhood , go visit this shop, you'll be very glad you did, it was wonderful. They have lots of classes, so lots of info there. Lots of patterns as well as books, anything you could possibly need. Great place.....I still have 5 more shops, but won't try to post them today, so come back tomorrow and remember, this is the second post for today, so check out the other one. I don't want you to miss any of these nice shops. Take care and stay busy Quilting Memories,