Holiday travels

I've had some fun this past week unrelated to quilting. We started with a great Thanksgiving visit with my sister Carol and her family in Nashville. We toured the Country Music Hall of Fame and visited a nearby site of a Civil War battle. It took place on the grounds of a plantation and we were able to tour the restored home. I may have gotten some inspiration for a quilt from the floorcloth in the dining room.

Another fun part of our trip was a stop on the way home to pick up "Charlie", an Australian Shepherd / Poodle puppy. For awhile I'll have to see how much quilting I can get done during "naptime".

Nancy

Mystery Weekend #44

Susan and I have had a busy month so far teaching 4 sessions of Mystery Weekend #44 . We had about 70 participants! We can finally reveal the quilts! Susan made her quilt using an assortment of soft reproduction prints. I used a selection of Asian prints. We'll be getting a pattern ready shortly after the first of the year. We'll also have kits available in both of our fabric selections when the pattern is ready. The name of the quilt is "Shoo Fly". Both of our quilts are on display in the shop.

One of the really fun parts of Mystery Weekend is the show and tell that participants bring to each session. Some of the quilts are from past Mystery Weekends or Mystery by Mail quilts. Others are projects that have been completed from other patterns, in classes or created by the maker. It's so much fun to see the great fabric selections. We snapped some photos of the quilts to share. I've added quilt names to the photos of the quilts made using Glad Creations patterns. Enjoy the slide show below.
Nancy

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas Stockings

The staff (and former staff) at Glad Creations got together this week for our annual Christmas Stocking event. We made 31 stockings for the Aliveness Project holiday basket program. Can you believe we made all these stockings in one evening? Not only did we produce a huge collection of stockings - we had a fantastic time too!
Nancy

Quilt Market

We hear it's snowing in Minnesota - but Susan and I are having a great time in Houston at International Quilt Market! There's so much great energy and inspiration. Here we are in the "Me & My Sister" booth on our way to see the new Moda fabric lines. We ordered some really fun groups from their Metro lines. We know the staff at the shop will be glad to hear we ordered the new "Chez Moi" line. It's called "Hunky Dory" and should be delivered in March 2010.

We're coming up with some fun new ideas and seeing lots of great new products.
We walked through the entire show today - we just barely finished the last aisle at closing time. Tomorrow we'll walk the entire show again and make some decisions. We'll also make sure we have some time to walk through the fantastic quilt exhibits. We'll wrap things up on Monday morning with an appointment in the Hoffman Fabrics booth - always a highlight of the trip to market.

Nancy

Too fun!

The latest fabric line from American Jane has just arrived - "Happy Campers". This fun fabric line from Moda includes bright primary colors and some great vintage pieces.

Vine Creek

Loads of new fabric for fall is arriving at the shop. Fans of designs by Kansas Troubles will love their new line - Vine Creek. It's a great selection of green, red, blue and brown in those great colors you expect.
We have the whole line in stock!
Nancy

Scrap Tamers Mystery Quilt

The mystery has been revealed! This is a photo of my Scrap Tamer mystery quilt from last session, Sept. 2008-August 2009. Many of the club members made it from their stashes. How fun to see so many fabric combinations as they've been choosing their border fabric. I'm guessing we will see several for show and tell when the new club starts. The first session of the next Scrap Tamers Club will meet on Sept 19 and run for 9 months. There is still room in the afternoon sessions if you missed the signup day. We will again make a mystery quilt as part of the club. Check out the class schedule if you'd like more information about Scrap Tamers.
Susan