Road Trip and a winner

Two of the past three weekends have been spent down at Mom's.

When I was down for Veteran's Day weekend, we decided to take our first road trip together!

We went to Calico Moon in Lebanon, IL.

I have been wanting to go for a while and I am so glad that we went!

They don't allow photos inside, but let me say that it was wonderful!

The first floor is primitive home décor and the second floor is a quilt shop filled with wooly goodness.

Mom bought these gorgeous wools for a project that she has since finished!

You will see it soon in another edition of "Pennies from Heaven".

I made purchases on both floors of the shop :)

I bought this gorgeous platter by Red Oaks Pottery.

I first learned about this pottery on my trip to The Country Loft in California and always regretted not purchasing a piece. Now I have a platter of my very own!

I also bought this folk art bird make do - I love the fabric and the fun bun-like tail.

and I purchased some fabric and wool upstairs.

When we went back for Thanksgiving, my sister made these wonderful table decorations/favors - knitted pumpkins!!! Aren't they awesome?!

I love their colors, ribbing and little knitted stems!

These are the three that went home with me :)

It will be such a treat when I pull them out next year!

Veteran's Day weekend I finished this sweet little mat.

I love the plaids and the orange and turquoise together.

"Seasonal Mini" by Willow Wood Market in Bemidji, MN

I purchased the kit at the Hayward WI quilt show last summer.

Thanksgiving weekend was a treat as I didn't have to drive!

So I brought along this little kit which was a bonus from Maggie Bonanomi at Boxwood & Berries this year.

and here it is all finished - my rendition.

There was a pretty ribbon that held the kit together, so I had to use it on the mat.

I love the antique fabric for the acorn and bird wing - an extremely worn velvet with just the tiniest bit of fluff left to it... The binding and backing is one of the fabrics that I picked up on our road trip.

Well, the moment that you've been waiting for...

Thank you ever so much for the 39 entries in my little giveaway!

It sounds like we would have fun traveling together as we all like to make similar stops on our travels to hunt for treasures :)

The winner is Julie of Me and My Stitches! Congratulations Julie!

Your package will soon be on its way. I found out that Julie has a wonderful blog herself that you can visit here. And she also has a wonderful web shop here. I may have had to do some shopping while I was there... Just saying...

I still have to share the rest of my time with Mom these past few weeks full of primitives and pennies. Hope to post that soon.

I also am working on some new offerings for the first time after a break of a few months. They may be a day or two late, but will appear soon.

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye are called in one body;

and be ye thankful."

~Colossians 3:15

Blessings, Patti

Hayward Piecemakers Quilt Show

We've been heading up to Hayward, Wisconsin for almost 20 summers now and I have never been there for their local quilt show! This year I was lucky enough to attend!

Such stunning and inspiring work!

So many different styles and colors!

I really loved this one especially after I read the card attached. 

"I started out cutting the first strips all wrong, but I made it work by cutting the remaining strips equally wrong."

And in the end it didn't matter, as it turned out stunning!!!

Love the cardinals in the birch trees!

This one was special too, as the card read,

"I wanted a quilt for my husband's birthday. Seeing that he is my best catch, I wanted a fish design."

So sweet!

This quilt started with some found antique quilt squares. 

The maker then searched out vintage fabrics to complete it.

Lovely results!

I loved how the local nursery supplied pretty flowers to set off the quilts.

This beautiful quilt was raffled off during the show.

I bought my tickets, but didn't win it.

There was also a nice merchant mall. 

Gail of River's Edge was there, but we were so busy chatting, that I forgot to take photos!

I was also thrilled to find a designer who was new to me:

Willow Wood Market

She had many of her own lovely designs as well as some from other designers.

A lot to take in...

And so many that I have never seen before.

I had such a hard time deciding what would go home with me...

Here were my choices:

This Yoko Saito book is fabulous!

Somehow I missed it during my day at River's Edge. I guess there was too much to see and take in. So I was thrilled to see it at Gail's booth at the show. It is expensive, but there are so many wonderful patterns that it is well worth the price. I highly recommend it for Birthday and Christmas lists :)

I was also excited to find these two antique shuttles for $3 at the guild boutique.

And from Willow Wood Market I bought three kits - two were Bonnie's original designs and one was for her take on a Wooden Spool Design. I loved the plaids and textures. Can't wait to get started!

Such a wonderful way to spend part of our final day of vacation. My husband was so sweet and said that he wanted to be sure that I didn't miss it, so he took me there before we headed to his final round of golf. Stopped at a Wisconsin Supper Club for a fish fry and headed out for a final kayak ride.

It was a perfect final day!

I'll have one more vacation post with a little giveaway... coming soon!

 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

~Luke 10:27

Blessings, Patti