Last of the Goodies

I am finally posting the last of the goodies I found at the Quilting and Needle Arts Extravaganza in Statesville two weeks ago. 

This is the Overall Quilter.  She had some wonderful patterns and these cute kits.  I bought one for a needle case and scissor holder.  Also see the little folded fabric with the label on it.  She called these quilt candy!  What a great business card.

After the show I walked a block down and stopped at the Westmoreland Antique mall where I found all the glassware bargains.  I asked about a place to eat saying it didn't matter where I just wanted a good burger and fries.  So look where she sent me...on the way to my car...perfect!

Just a tiny hole in the wall cafe with an awesome menu!

I got the grilled foot long and homemade chips! Yum!

I missed sharing this wonderful civil war era reproduction prints from Renee's Quilt Shop.

They also had an amazing supply of preprinted panels of all sorts.

The repro prints will make amazing centers for the Civil War Quilt block of the week.

Lincoln and his log cabin.

Declaration of Independence I think would be great for the back.

Don't you love this eagle?

Keep dreaming...Colleen



One of my favorite spring pictures...not that I want spring yet.
Snow, snow, snow!



Goodies and a Giveaway (mine)!

So I need to finish my show and share about the Quilting Extravaganza from yesterday's post.

The Cottage Quilt Shop from Taylorsville, NC had some fabric and machines set up for demos. 

They were also selling thread and these genius little bobbins with a magnet in them.  I got two as freebies! They sew so smooth and the thread is wonderful!

I also found these two sweet fat quarters, the one you can't see is a darling bunny repro print.

BTW the glass items I am displaying the fabric in I bought down the street from the Statesville Civic Center at the Westmoreland Antiques and Collectibles in the bargain basement for $.25-$1.00. They will be used to make pincushions for me and some other lucky people.

I love these kitschy fish!  And their all mine!

Five minutes after I walked into the vendor area they picked door prizes and I won a wonderful pattern of my choice from this lovely lady...Annie of Annie's Keepsakes.

I picked this pattern for cupcake pincushions and also bought some sheets of wool felt for future flower and felting projects. 

These lovely ladies from Bill's Sewing Machine CO were just a laugh a minute! 

I found a couple of red and black fabrics for a block swap block and a green print for a bag pattern I have been wanting to make.

Enough Saturday goodies, I will share more later in the week.  Now I have to share these goodies I won in some blog giveaways!

This rotary cutter from the Fat Quarter shop I won on a blog whose name I lost-ugh!  It's wonderful! Thanks!

Then last Friday I received an email from Jessica at Quiltyhabit saying I won her first ever giveaway of a Moda Origins charm pack!

Plus...scraps from her scrap bag!  And you know I love other people's scraps...Look Amy Butler's Soul Blossoms!

Thanks Jessica!

And now for my giveaway!  I have been 90's stash busting again, this time in the pinks and reds.  I found some yardage you may want to use for some Valentine's Day projects.

These pieces range from 1/3 to almost 7/8 yards.  Two pin dots, a heart, and an all over print.

This wonderful red Egyptian print has gold accents.  I may find some ribbon or a few other goodies to add to the mix.

To enter:

1.  Leave a comment below telling me your favorite new fabric line (I'm loving me some Soul Blossoms).

2.  Facebook it and leave a comment below.

3.  Blog about it and leave a comment below.

That's three chances to win.

Contest ends Monday, February 7 at 5pm when I have the random number generator pick a number.  Good luck!

Keep dreaming...Colleen

A great view of Pilot Mountain across a corn field and country side, from Andy Grifin show fame(Mt Pilot).

Quilting back in time

I was excited today to discover the weekly history blog Civil War Quilts written by Barabara Brackman.  Every week she gives the pattern for a Civil War era block and a story from that era.  She is a designer for Moda who designs Civil War reproduction fabrics. It is only the second week so only two blocks have been posted.   I realized when I sorted my stash that some of the 90's fabric is repro from around that era-I think they were Smithsonian collection?  This could be another way to bust my 90's stash.

I also found a stash of HST already sewn into squares with white on white prints that have the same old feeling.  I decided not to worry about size and went ahead and quickly sewed together the two blocks.

This first block is called 'Catch Me If You Can' in honor of the Underground railroad.  Notice how authentic I am using slightly different prints when I ran out.

The second block is my favorite star block with many names but on the blog is called 'North Star'.  You have to go read about the 1856 baby quilt in this pattern made for an abolitionist fair.  I put a little twist on it by not using a solid center.  I used the hst I already had cut.

I have been working on other projects.  Including finishing my Valentine tree and other projects from the Be Mine blog tour.  I also found this fabric in my stash hiding with the fat quarters to use with the charm squares in the other projects.  However they were put on hold as I was finally able to work on Mom's birthday gift for Sunday.  Sadly there are no more Sew Days this week as we are back to school tomorrow.  Of course we do have a vacation day Monday, so THREE DAY WEEKEND!

More pics to follow.

Keep dreaming…Colleen

Christmas snow and geese on the lake at Mom and Dad's.