Ironstone Winery Quilt Show: Post #2 An Assortment of Quilt Entries

And without further adieu, here are some lovely quilts for you to gaze upon! Enjoy!

2010 Ironstone Winery Quilt Show, Murphys CA

On the 22nd I took my mom to the huge quilt show out at Ironstone Winery here in Murphys.  There were several terrific vendors, including Reet of  Reet's Rags to Stitches out of Miranda, CA; a beautiful felt artist with fabulous dolls, penny rugs, bags, wallhangings and a huge selection of wool felt.  Please go take a look at her shop.  Here's is a sample of one of her patterns.  Don't you just love her elephants?

Courtesy of Reet's Rags to Stitches "Elephants" #RR92

I won't bore you with every minute of our morning at the show, but will just tease you with a few pictures.  The first is of my mom wearing a jacket she made.  It's a pattern we picked up in Wheeler, OR at a quilt retreat.  Email or leave a comment here if you'd like information on the painter's smock jacket pattern.  It's super comfy, has two pockets in front, a one snap closure and a pleat in the back making it hang nicely.

Here was my #1 boutique pick.  It's a burlap coffee bean sack made into a shopping tote.  It's fully lined with a few pockets and has a coordinating fabric bottom.  I have two of these burlap sacks. Guess what I'm planning on making out of them? :-)  Look for one as a future giveaway!

 

Wall Hangings, Challenge Pieces & Wearable Art

 

This was my absolute favorite quilt in the entire show. It was made from an Australian pattern, designed by Kim McLean completely out of Kaffe Fasset SCRAPS!  Superb hand applique work and placement of colors make this quilt to die for!

Ok, this post is getting a little long in the tooth.  I'll post the remaining quilt pictures without any text in my next post  - I think it's always inspiring to see what others are making.

Hugs,

Betty & Deanna

Halloween Giveaway: Winner's Roll Call

HUGE thanks to Hilary from A Slice of Delight for making the delicious smelling Candy Corn soaps that were part of our Halloween Giveaway.  Here's the list of the winners!

@PaperFlora2
@JoCopner
@PrettynPreppy (our birthday winner!)
@Artistsforhire
@lolapinkfabrics
@myattictreasur
@andreasjewelry

I have been frantically stitching, backing and trimming out the final towels.  Envelopes are addressed and will be popped into the mail tomorrow.  Congratulations to all the winners and a big THANK YOU to everyone who left a comment.  We've already got the next several giveaways ready to go, including a special Hawaiian fabric sampler from my recent vacation to Maui!  So keep coming back ~ I will be posting the next giveaway here and on Twitter next week.  We've also got another BEE themed giveaway (including an organic BAR of LOTION), knitted dishcloths, sets of Thanksgiving and Christmas napkins, more bags and much more!

We love our followers!!  You make all of our crafting so much more fun and rewarding for us!!

Hugs,
Betty & Deanna


  

The Pink Quilt

Wanted to share with all of you my mom's latest quilt top, made mostly from BasicGrey fabric:









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Giveaway 007 Winners!!!

Congratulations to our new set of winners! As always, I used random.org to generate the winning numbers. We had 22 entries this time!! Thank you all for participating.

Two Halloween Tea Towels and one bar of Candy Corn Soap will be going out on 10/04 to each of these sweeties:

@PaperFlora2

~ AND ~

@JoCopner

Please email or DM your addresses to me!

Giveaway 008 is the same deal and begins NOW! Are you IN??





Hugs,
Betty & Deanna


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