Country Patchwork Quilt Guild Show

This variation of the English Medallion quilt was machine pieced and hand quilted by Kathryn Jones. The pattern was taken from Bettina Havig's book, "Classic English."

I always love to see Jo Morton designs and fabrics -- this "Snowballs at Harvest" was made by Gayle and Marlyn Hawley, machine quilted by Michael Marsh. It is made only with Jo's fabrics, and will be given to their grandson.

"Dusky Meadows" was machine pieced by Gloria Krumsiek, our friend here at the Lake of the Ozarks, and machine quilted by Denise Hester. Renee Nanneman is a good friend of Gloria's and gave her a fat quarter set of her fabrics, "Meadowsweet." She used all of them but one and placed a bird in the center of all but two blocks. The quilt was published in the July/August issue of "Quiltmaker" magazine.

I think I like this quilt from the Gee's Bend exhibit best. "Rick Rack" by Mary Lee Bendolph is made from all corduroy. She is a community elder and marched with Martin Luther King in the 1960's.

From the program: "In 1972, the Freedom Quilting Bee secured a contract iwth Sears, Roebuck to produce corduroy pillow covers which were an inexpensive staple item that appeared in the Sears catalogs for years, and the Sears contract soon became the Bee's main income. The introduction of corduroy scraps stimulated a profound creative response and beginning in 1973 and continuing forward for 2 decades, well over 100 documented quilts were made in Gee's Bend that utilized the corduroy remnants."

Country Patchwork Quilt Guild Show

On Saturday, Rachel and I drove to Marshall, Missouri, for the quilt show. They had a special exhibit of Gee's Bend Quilts -- Here's Naida and Sharon taking it all in.

Sew Crazy Retreat at The Barn

Mary and Jane made the same quilt in 2 versions -- how different they look!

JoLynn worked really hard to get this tractor and truck quilt top made for her grandson!

Kathleen brought a Jo's Little Women Club project -- "Calico Surprise" -- beautifully machine quilted by her.

Candy brought 2 quilts to show -- one is a reproduction stars quilt; the other one is a 30's quilt.

This year's fabric was a bright stripe -- Helen worked to get them set together; there's just one block missing from our friend Vicki who couldn't make it.

Kay is from Kirksville, Mo -- she also had her blocks from last year's retreat put together in this fun quilt!

Becky led the way with her jacket made from last year's exchange blocks. Every year there is a challenge fabric and those who participate make enough blocks for everyone and then exchange them. Good job Becky -- you'll be ready for the holidays!

Sew Crazy Retreat at The Barn

Not much worth talking about happened since the last post -- mostly at home trying to finishing selling on ebay. But, last weekend, I had my annual fun retreat with the Sew Crazy Girls. This was our 10th year and Sew Much Fun! Thanks to Candy for organizing it, and everyone who attended for all the laughs and fun. I'll show a few of the Show and Tell from the weekend.