I told you yesterday about the Festival or quilts but I didn’t tell you about the vendors and people demonstrating there.
I’m sad to say I didn’t get a picture of everyone.
First off here is Kelli writing a check at Katie from Quilter’s Garden in Cresco. Â Yep..we bought a few things.
I loved the colors on the jelly roll…that’s mine. Â The “I Ruff You” book Kelli bought and the Farm Fun charm pack too…
Next up was Doreen from Houston Minnesota. Â She is an AMAZING talent. Â You can find her here on her blog.
She take old vintage doilies then she layers them with fabric and machine quilts away…WOW!
She had several pieces that were a treat to look at.
Next up…(my phone phone battery was about shot) Â Sorry no pictures…we came to Red Roxy’s booth.
Happily she had a second Farm Fun charm pack so now Kelli has two. Â They had a great quilt shop in Decorah Iowa. Â Find them on Facebook here.
From there we found a wool vendor. Â She was happily working on a rug. Â This stopped Kelli and I dead in our tracks. Â Remember we’ve been wanting to hook? Â We’ve really wanted to hook but have been afraid to dive in on our own. Â We talked to Becky the vendor and she said that she has a room she works in out of her home in LaCrescent Minnesota. Â Well after talking to her we asked if she might be willing to take us in under her wing and teach us. Â Sometimes that’s the problem with a new hobby…we buy the stuff but don’t really know how to start. Â Becky sounds fun and I think she’d be awesome. Â It was so funny…she said, “I wasn’t formally educated as a rug hooker”. Â I said, “We are formally educated as quilters either!!” Â We don’t care a bit about that. Â We saw her work…it looked great and she seemed helpful. Â What more do we need??!!
The last spot we stopped at was Forest Mills in Postville Iowa’s booth. Â You might remember these are the ladies we’ve worked with when we’ve had to have a quilt kitted with American Patchwork and Quilting. Â The ladies are WONDERFUL!!
I couldn’t resist their cute-cute ABC panel. Â Oh, I’m a sucker for ABC panels…but look at this one. Â It’s boyish. Â Completely boyish.
See the N is for Ninja. Â I love it. Â I keep thinking ah…I’ll make Carver this and I’ll make Carver that..then I think the poor kid doesn’t need to be drowned in quilts. Â If I make him too many he’ll never get a favorite.
You can find Forest Mills on their website here. I’m guessing there will be other of you Grandmas thinking you might need one of these for a grandson too.  Just give them a call and tell them you saw the panel on my blog and they’ll get you set up with one of your own…Hmmm…now to design something with this..can’t wait!
Kelli and I had lots of fun checking out the quilts and the vendors. Â We don’t get out that often so this was a real treat for us!
Remember we’ll be at this location tomorrow…
Hope to see you all there!
You will love rug hooking! It is easy to learn, relaxing and a great alternative to quilting. Yes, I still make quilts….too many in my stash not to, but every Thursday is my rug hooking day. It is also easy to stop for a few minutes to pull a few more loops during any other day.
It looks like you had a wonderful time at the show, could you tell us who had the barn quilts? I cant wait to see what you make with your rug hooking skills.