Prairie Piecemakers Quilt Show

For Mother's Day, 

I thought it would be fitting to take my mom to the Prairie Piecemaker's Show in Regina,SK

My friend Shelby Love always invites us to come to the Trunk Show!!

Fabric Travels was their theme this year.

This was ONE of Shelby's winning pieces in the show!!

Such a cute piece, Shelby!!

Mom and I didn't make it passed the first three vendors without a couple of purchases!!

We even asked Quilter's Haven to sit on this quilt kit for 30 minutes

 so 

mom could mull over her 'need' for it

She needed it....

Happy Mother's Day mom!!

I have never gotten passed Fabriculous at this show without a purchase. 

In fact I had to ask Shelby last time to go back

 and

 buy the Weekender Bag at their booth 2 years ago.

I learned my lesson and just bit the bullet right away.

Afterall... I already owned the curved ruler that was needed!!

Chic Country in Blue and Grey.

No regrets.

There were lots of interesting quilts

Then it was supper 

at 

Shelby's .

Ken was given strict instructions to have it ready 

and 

we feasted and chatted up a storm.

The Loves have fabulous taste in art.

This elevator was done by Shelby's friend, Martha Cole.

(I told Shelby she could leave it to me in her will..

you know..

the 'sister from another mother' thing....)

Shelby's own winning art work of a Regina rooftop scene

Martha also made this for Shelby's 65th birthday

Excuse the bad lighting but this back alley scene was gorgeous!!

For Dessert...

We headed over for the Trunk Show with Elaine Quehl from Ottawa, Ontario

Her works of art were made with her own hand dyed fabrics.

Hostas, peonies, poppies and trees...

She has a real eye for structure and light

One of my favorites...hmmm... blues and browns....

She had great stories to go along with her inspiration for each piece

Such vibrant colors!!

Her trees were majestic

She was asked by Northcott to design fabric based on her own hand dyes

They are wonderful autumn colors

Also a poppy collection...

There were doorprizes like crazy!!

TrendTex generously donated a ton of fabric

Every table had 2 FQ packs which went to the oldest and youngest...

Yup....I was the youngest!!

We were sitting at a winning table....

We didn't win the Babylock from Cindy-rella's 

but 

Mom, Dot, Margaret, Heather and Shelby all were winners!!

Dot's winnings contained a box of fabric from all over the world

Each piece was labeled as to where it had come from!

The fun didn't end there!!

There was 4 presentations of Quilts of Valor.

I am so sorry but didn't catch their names

(or at least I don't want to get them wrong)

But this fine soldier....

He served in WW2

He had a letter that was written 71 years earlier to the day.

It was the day the war ended. 

It was a letter to him mother that he had written to inform her that it was over 

and 

he hoped to be home soon.

His mom had kept the letter.

It was pretty touching to be in the presence of such history. 

Thank you to all our soldiers who serve for our freedom.

Each soldier received a quilt.

Quilts of Valor have a goal of 10,000 quilts 

and 

are at around 6500 right now.

I can't think of a better gift than this soldier's mom getting her boy back home!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Christa 

Creative Stitches in Cowtown

My daughter, Chantel and I made the trek to Calgary this week.

Look at those mountains in the distance.

The fall colors were amazing.

All our leaves fell off a month ago.

I was born  and raised in many places in Calgary(and the rest of the provinces)

so it always feels like home to me!!

I love everything from the mountains to the Tower!

Creative Stitches was at the Roundup Center on Stampede Park.

The quilt exhibit this year was 'Quilts of Valour' and was a viewer's choice contest.

Stonehenge's Oh Canada! sponsored it.

I have my own stash of Oh Canada! from my trip to Grande Prairie, Alberta.

They will be donated to the families of our troops.

This one was Chantel's favorite.

Two quilts were donated anonymously. These kimonos were one of them.

There were twelve in total to choose from.

This autumn colored one was my favorite.

This postage stamp one was beautiful.

A close up of the postage stamp!

One of the presentations we watched was about bordering your quilt by Bernice Bone of Rumpled Quilt Skins from Okotoks, Alberta.

I feel like I have seen this quilt of the ships before.

How about you, Colleen?

This was my favorite technique from the borders talk.

It is a double piped binding that the store offers as a class.



I am going to have to do some research on this technique.

We also listened to Debra Justice of Labours of Love. She does amazing heirloom sewing and I have attended her talks before.

This time she was talking about organizing your sewing room and had some great ideas.

This was her favorite ironing board cover because of the gridding and mat cleaner.

Thought I would give them a try!

 I got some socks!!

WHO can resist Laurel Birch??

Not me!

The grab bags of wonderfil thread were on sale. 

 

It was also a Scrapbooking Show so there were tons of pretty ribbons and such.

With inspiration to get organized, I purchased this at Ikea.

There were other things we wanted but they will have to be shipped!!

One of my favorite stores has always been The Sugar Pine Quilt Shop in Canmore, Alberta. 

They did not let me down. Great inspiration!

We also made time to spend some time with family.

This is my sisters, Tannis, me and Larissa when we were small.

Forty years later......

And this pose was not a set up... same order!!

And we each brought a daughter along!

 Michaela, Breanna and Chantel

Thank you to Aunt Julie and Aunt Simone for hosting our get together.

It was great to see everyone!

Chantel and I had a great time and left town before the snow hit.


NOW....
 I am ready for winter!!


Christa