Country Sampler Quilts

And the Winners Are ....

 

We've got two lucky winners for our Quilt Market Swag Bag give-a-way.  Our first winner is Shelley Dahgren, whose working on finishing up some UFOs this season.  Congrats, Shelley!!

 

Our second winner is Ginnie Kadavy whose also finishing up some quilty goodies so she can start some new projects the first of the year.  Ginnie has finished up two sets of placemats, two Patch Abilities wall hangings, a BOM, and the "Diamonds are Forever" quilt from here at Country Sampler.  Way to go, Ginnie!!

 

Shelley and Ginnie - drop me an email and let me know if you want to pick up your swag bags (Monday or after) at one of the shops or if I need to send it to ya.

 

To everybody ... it was so great to hear what everybody is working on, I really enjoyed your emails.  Thanks for entering!!  :-)

Market Swag Bags

Boy oh boy, it's cold here in Nebraska.  It's not usually this cold this soon, but there's some Artic blast thingy that's causing havic with a lot of the US weather.  Seeww, to give us a little pick me up during this winter blast, I thought we'd have a much needed give-away.

 

At Market, Ann and I get lots of little gifty-quilty thing from the various vendors.  We've pooled our goodies together (including books, patterns, a little cut fabric, and some charm packs!!), and have come up with two swag bags to give away to two lucky people. 

 

Just leave me a little email, telling me what you've been stitching on lately, and on Friday, November 21st, we'll pick two lucky winners!  Easy peasy, right??  

 

 

 

 

Good luck!

Quilt Market Booths - Part Two ...

I've got a few more booths and projects to show you.  Quilt Market is full of eye candy, so here's a few more to tempt you to start a new project!

 

We were excited to purchase several patterns from the Shop Girls of Country Sampler in Spring Green, WI.  We have a special bond with this quilt shop; not only do we share the same name and seem to like many of the same type of quilts, but every so often we get one of their fabric deliveries or they get one of ours!  

 

Here's a look at their booth and projects (we bought the patterns for every single one - yea!!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We bought the Country Sampler fabric, Settlement, too!

 

 

 

 

This photo below is from the booth of a new designer for Moda, Brenda Riddle, of Acorn Quilts.  She's designed a wonderful line of fabric, called Ambleside, due out in March (we bought it for both stores!).  Her display was lovely ...

 

 

 

 

And so was this Ambleside quilt from the Moda booth!  (Bought the quilt kits for this beauty,too!)

 

(Sorry it's a little washed out ... it's those dang little spotlights again!  It was really soft and pretty, though.)

 

Oh, and here's the Quilts Remembered booth...

 

We bought several of her new reproduction patterns including ...

 

 

 

 

 

Then there's the Hearty Good Wishes booth .... isn't it fun?

 

Although the fabric has  a "sea" influence and there's no ocean within thousands of miles from Nebraska, I bought the fabric anyway for the West Center store. Maybe I'm crazy, but I really liked the fabric!

 

Another fun booth - or rows of booths - was the Shannon booth.  They had TONS of inspiration using their "Cuddle" fabric...

 

We bought that pattern (with all four designs in it, for the West Center store's kid department) ...

 

but I wouldn't have thought to use Cuddle!

 

Here's some more pics of their booth -- all using Cuddle fabric ...

 

 

These numbers are cut from Cuddle!!

 

 

 

 

Fun, huh?!

 

Okay, enough booths!  Have a great stitching week end!

 

 

 

Quilt Market Booths ...

I thought I'd share a few booths from market.  I don't take a lot of these pictures, I'm usually intent on the individual quilts -- but I do have a few to share with you.  

First up, is Laundry Basket Quilts.  Edyta had a large booth and it's stuffed full of her projects - past and present - so I took a lot of pictures!  I think we took patterns home of all her new patterns (two have to be sent to us, because her husband forgot to bring then, but the rest we've got in stock at both stores).  We also ordered her new fabric, Sticks and Stones, due out in April of 2015 - I can't wait to see it in the shops!

 

 

 

Do you recognize this quilt from the cover of her latest book??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty awesome, huh?  Can you tell she had a butterfly theme going??  

 

Here's some other quick photos of booths ...

 

Fig Tree always has a beautiful booth ...

 

 

And Red Crinoline ...

 

 

And Gerri, with Planted Seed Designs ...

 

 

All those quilts are in Gerri's latest book, Quilted Living, so of course, we bought it!!

 

 

Here's a close up of some of her quilts and projects ...

 

 

 

 

Soooo, pretty!!

More booths in my next post ... I think my ADD is kicking in and I'm off to the next thing!  We'll talk soon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A New Block of the Month!!

So let's get started with some new goodies from Market.

First up is the new block of the month from Marcus Brothers and Heartspun Quilts, called Prairie Gathering ...

 

 

As you can see, A Prairie Gathering is a two color, Medallion style quilt.  There are blocks in the quilt, of course, but it really isn't a traditional block-of-the-month.  During the year long program, you will be making parts of the quilt from the center out.  By the third month, the entire center medallion is complete.  In a few more months, the Flying Geese border, and Checkerboard border are complete, with each subsequent border being completed as you go through the months.

 

Nifty, huh?  And I love, love, love the red.  Those rich reds seem to blend in almost any color of room and it's perfect to accent Christmas, Valentine's Day, or the Fourth of July.  

 

Now, I don't have a ton of information yet on how we're going to structure this BOM or the cost. Heck, we haven't even received our fabric for a model yet, but as soon as I get some information on kitting amounts etc., I'll let you know ... probably, in a couple of weeks.  I am hoping to start the program in the first of the year, though.

 

We also bought the fabric and patterns to make these little beauties...

 

 

All three small quilts are from one pattern using one layer cake!  I can't wait to start 'em!

Quilt Market and the Ruby Jubilee Celbration ...

I know, I know .... I'm late in posting about Fall Quilt Market.  I did try and take a few pictures to share with you though.  It's always exciting the first day of market to walk through these doors ...

 

 

We did start at row 1, but had to make a quick detour to see an awesome display of quilts from the Ruby Jubilee Celebration commemorating the 40th anniversary of Quilt Market. 

 

This exhibit was inspired by the 2011 Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts in New York. I missed that show (dang it!) and while the Houston exhibit is comprised of different quilts...red and white quilts made since 1974 mixed with antique red and white quilts...the effect was awe inspiring.

 

 

 

They also had lots of smaller red and white quilts on display around the perimeter.  Although they were red and white (duh)-- their basic designs might give you some inspiration for our upcoming spring Blue and White Quilt Show for 2015 (basic information on the show is in the fall newsletter).  

 

Here's just a few of the many pictures I took of these wonderful little quilts.  I know the photos aren't great, but that's what you get when they put those little spotlights on the quilts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More on some of the displays and what we bought is coming this week.  Stay tuned!