Quilt Festival Chicago

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom's Birthday was earlier this week and one of the things that we did to celebrate was to go to 

Quilt Festival Chicago last weekend.

They had a fabulous exhibit of quilts by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts.

This one is my favorite.

I would love to do this pattern with wool applique...

Those blues and creams! *sigh*

They were all so lovely!

We also had a chance to visit a few quilts made by the friend of one 

of the Bittersweet Stitching Sisters.

So very talented

And the absolute best in the Primitive Quilts section!

Love the free bag we received from Rainbow fabrics!

I tried so hard to be good and limit my purchases.

( I am after all trying to Stitch from my Stash!)

I think that I was pretty good.

I did buy two new wool patterns. Love the Clipboard Quilt Series!

Mom bought one too.

Lori Smith had a booth and let me just say that these are even more gorgeous in person!

I love Kai scissors so much that I decided to try one of their rotary cutters.

I liked the small size of this one.

Rag Spun Studio had the best buttons!

Can you believe that the buttons on top are made of leather?!

How cool is that?!

I had two favorite booths at the show.

The first was

Brooklyn Haberdashery

They go around the world to find the best artisan made notions.

The pins above are blown glass with tiny flowers - made in Japan.

The teeny scissors were made in Italy.

I love Japanese packaging! 

And what was inside?

Traditional Japanese pottery

The spool is a magnetic needle/pin holder.

(And perfect for my new scissors!)

And the little button is also a magnetic needle holder.

I used my hand to show their small size. 

Aren't they sew sweet?

Mom bought a spool as well.

Our other favorite booth was Epicurean Boutique.

I think we could have spent all day in their booth!

I was good and didn't buy anything, just enjoyed the inspiration.

Unfortunately I didn't take pictures of Mom's purchases there.

But let me just say their booth was amazing!

I sure enjoyed Mom's birthday ;) and hope that she did too!

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved.

Psalm 62:5-6

Blessings, Patti