The Calico Horse Quilt Shop

Seattle Judy needed some background Civil War Fabric to finish off her quilt and wanted to know if I wanted to go to the Calico Horse in Redlands…!!  Does a dog have fleas?  Is the Pope Catholic?  Is our house on wheel?  YES!!!

Now this Quilt Shop is in my top three list…LOVE this shop!!  It’s about a 35 minute drive down the Freeway towards LA.  So last Friday, Judy, myself and Chris, another Civil War Fabric lover, tootled off down the freeway!

Here’s Chris and Judy…I’m taking the picture…see the reflection..

OK..enough of the outside!  Let’s get inside!!

Ahhhh…just like I remembered!!  Tons of gorgeous Civil War Fabric.

Wonderful books…

And the quilts…corrections…the stunning quilts!!

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As a beginner hand appliquer I was in awe of this quilt!!  Gorgeous!!

Look at that little house quilt on the bottom shelf!!  SEW sweet!

Here’s a close-up of it!!  LOVE it!!

This fabric is called Remembrance by Moda…love it!!

Wonderful wool projects and tons of perle cotton thread.

Love all the quilts on display…and each quilt is kitted up ready for purchase!!  Ah…to be rich!!

We had a wonderful time…ending the day at Starbuck’s!  There’s nothing like having a cup of coffee with quilting friends …to discuss quilts, projects and of course…all of our great buys!  SEW exciting!!

Have a Super Sunday and Happy Quilting!~P

Freeway Drivin’ Mama….YIKES!!

Some of you were wondering what I was doing while all those talented quilters are madly sewing on our Wednesdays in the  Clubhouse.  Well I wandered around with my camera in hand and chit chatted and watched and learned and hoped that some of their incredible talent would rub off on me…

It wasn’t long before they sent me back to my table…so I pulled out my bag of left over homespun scraps (left over from this quilt)…and pieced together the background to this little wall hanging…

 

Then I cut out the wool shapes…

and glued them down using Roxanne’s Glue Baste.

Now I have another hand stitching project that needs to get stitched!

I really like this pattern…it’s called Autumn Bounty by Kathy Cardiff.  I bought this pattern last year at the Country Loft in La Mesa, CA.  If you like this pattern too, you can probably order it from their on-line shop.

My step-daughter, Carrie, arrived last night for a holiday and will be staying with us for a week before she flies to Hawaii!  This morning we are off to breakfast, a tour of Palm Springs and will end up at the College on the Desert (COD) for their wonderful outdoor market. Sunday we will hit the Desert Outlet Mall…I know that Carrie LOVES to shop!  So I guess I will white knuckle the FREEWAY!  YIKES!!  That’s an adventure that Carrie will not forget anytime soon!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend planned too!

Have a Super Saturday and Happy Quilting!

Clubhouse Quilting…

Man, I love Wednesdays!!  And all the Quilters who show up on Wednesdays love it just as much as I do!!  You can just tell!!  As we set up, everyone is laughing and joking and sharing their projects.   We have a couple of ‘new gals’ and they fit right in!!  And the talent in the room is incredible!  As I walk around visiting with my camera, I am in awe!!

As usual, Penny was up to her old tricks!!  She was busy machine appliqueing these lovely flowers.  The pattern is from an Eleanor Burns’ book (which was back at her trailer)…She bought the book and the fabric from Eleanor Burns’ booth while at the Road to California last year.  There are tone and tone white squares in between each flower…which she is planning to hand quilt in….  Can’t wait to see this one finished!!  It is going to be a beauty!

Here are Seattle Judy and Anne showing off their creations at the end of the day!!  Aren’t they beauties!!

Anne is giving hers to her grand daughter….

And Judy made hers for The Sands RV Resort owner’s daughter as a special Thank you gift!

There were several bags being made in various stages of completion…I’m loving Roxannes’s…she is using fabric from Blackbird!!  This bag is going to be stunning!!  Wish my camera picked up the true colours of this fabric!!

This is the culprit that started the BAG CRAZE!!  Penny made this bag at home to hold all of her quilting ‘stuff’ and of course everyone wanted to make one!!  Penny’s pattern was back home but she REMEMBERED it…so she took the ladies through it STEP BY STEP!!  What a quilter…hey!  (notice the Canadian hey…can’t break from traditions and disappoint the Americans…hahaha)

Phyllis was busy finishing off this sweet little apron.  VERY cute!

Here she is modelling her newest creation…it’s a wrap apron!  This is one side….

And this is the other side!  Elegant or what….I would be afraid of getting it dirty!!

Colleen, another NEWBIE, was putting together a runner….it’s going to be lovely!

But it was her bag that caught my eye!!  It’s her sewing bag and it was HUGE!!    It had pockets for all her rulers and her cutting mat.

Here’s Judy…our THIRD Judy…so I dubbed her Saskatchewan Judy…a VERY nice addition!  She just had her first grandchild so she is busy making the cutest baby quilt!!

Have a look…!!  Sweet!!  And it’s made out of the softest flannelette!!

Yup, it’s dang cute!!

And Chris was working away on her BOM…the Centre and LAST block!!

STUNNING!! The  Civil War Fabric that she is using is so rich and warm!  LOVE IT!!  She wanted to go iron it before I took the picture!!  I told her we wouldn’t mind one bit!!

This is the pattern for the centre block….

And here is the picture of the whole quilt….  Look at how Chris has crossed off each block as she has finished it off!!  Got to love it!!

Now Chris has to start the border…AND she said she has been dreading it…look at all those half square triangles!!  OUCH!  This is definitely a heirloom in the making!! 

So there you have it!!  Clubhouse quilting at it’s finest!!

Have a FUN Friday and Happy Quilting!!~P