giveaway

Ti
blogging at
Book Chatter & Other Stuff
has Matthew Pearl
as a guest on her blog

PLUS a GIVEAWAY!

Details on this post:
Guest Post: Matthew Pearl on Serial Thrillers and GIVEAWAY

giveaway

Marietta
who blogs at
Sweet Old Vintage
is giving away
sets of embellished
Paper Doll Ornaments

Details on her post
GIVE-A-WAY

Quilt Show

Heritage Quilters
"Indiana Rose XII" Quilt Show

Saturday, October 3, 2009 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, October 4, 2009 11 am - 4 pm

Timothy Ball School
720 West Summit St.
Crown Point, IN. 46307

Admission: Adults $5.00
Children 5 thru 12 $1.00
Children under 5 Free

For more information
e-mail indianarose10@yahoo.com
or heritagequilters@yahoo.com

Quote

"If you think

you can do a thing

or think you can't do a thing,

you're right"

Henry Ford

giveaway

Carol Anne
has a wonderful
giveaway
on her blog
Carol Anne's Boutique


Details are
on her post

Give Away at Carol Anne's Boutique



Aren't these
fairie sheets
THE BEST?

Wizard of Oz Festival

28th Wizard of Oz Festival, Web Site

Sept 18, 19 & 20
Chesterton, IN

LaPorte Sunflower Fair

11th Annual Sunflower Fair

Sept 19th
LaPorte, IN

Celebration of the Arts 2009

Celebration of the Arts

Schoolhouse Shop

Two Day Juried show
Sat 10-5
Sun 11-5
Chesterton, Indiana

DOOR VILLAGE
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Sept 12 & 13, 2009
HISTORY
COMES
ALIVE
20th anniversary
Celebration

Door Village Harvest Festival 2009

Says on the web site there are
tons of things to see/do, including
HOOSIER HERITAGE ART SHOW

Looks like it is near
Westville, IN
Map on Web site

giveaway

Isn't she lovely?
Jo
blogging at
The Cart before the Horse

has a couple things offered
on her giveaway ...

details at this post:
200 posts & a giveaway (or two)

giveaway

A lovely punchneedle project
offered by Carin, blogging at
The Cross Stitch Giant

as a giveaway on this post:
Birthday Give-A-Way!

Popcorn Festival - Sept 12th

Valparaiso Popcorn Festival

Brochure

giveaway

Interested in quilting?
Be sure to stop by
BOM Mini Series post
from
The Jolly Jabber
live from the fat quarter shop
blog

Chocolate!!!

Every Friday --- get your coupons from Mars

Real Chocolate Relief Act

Pulled out some fabrics

After reading thru the Friendship Star, 6" block notes
I pulled out some possible fabrics

I'm liking the blue with stars
I can cut the squares
so I'm using more of the
the darker blues

Still undecided about the
yellow

I have a couple pencils
Each pencil compliments a different fabric

I think I've narrowed down
choices to THREE

I love yellow

"absolutely no floral"
No problem

Each section will be 2 1/2" to form
a 6" star block

Yeah ... wish me luck on the cutting out part

2009 - Friendship Star Block

For 20+ years, The staff at Wood's Historic Grist Mill
(located in Deep River County Park)
have collected quilt blocks for an annual Friendship Quilt

Here are the details for the 2009-2010 Friendship Quilt:


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If you are new to my blog,
there is background information and pictures
on these posts
from this blog.

Per the Quilting News, blocks were received from
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Wisconsin
for the Lotsa-Potsa Flower quilt.
Blocks were collected during 2008 & nearly 200 blocks were received.

Quilting Bees are being held on
August 23, September 28, & October 25th
1-4
Wood's Historic Grist Mill

A Quick Trip ...

After dropping Alex off at school, made a mad dash to get ready & head to the South Shore train station. It was a beautiful, cool, sunny day & I thought a visit to Chicago was in order. I went the Chicago Cultural Center first --- for a snap of the ceiling. It is such a beautiful building. Headed over to the Art Institute to view the 2nd rotation of Beyond Golden Clouds Japanese Screens

What a room full of beauty!!! That closes on September 27th

Then, I crossed the hallway and entered a special exhibit A Case for Wine which closes Sept 20th. I had not intended to wander thru this exhibit until I was told there were many TEXTILES
on display.

Textiles??? On display???Made for the Cathedral Seo de Urgel, Lérida, Spain

Yeah, went right on over & was delighted at the stumpwork around a wall mirror,


a needlepoint chair seat, a small bag, a bedcover with embroidery --- and more! I did an on-line search for textiles on display. Some of these came up in the search, others did not.

If you follow the link to the current exhibitions, you will see selected works --- not a lot of photos of the textiles, tho.

There were embroidered pieces, filet net pieces, a beautiful altar piece, altar cloth, fragments, etc. I was delighted to stumble on this exhibit.

Chalice Cover, Early 17th century


Had to walk quickly to the train station ... had to get back to haul DS around. Wish I would have had more free time today : )

My Mom's birthday is later this month & we may go see the exhibits, lunch, etc. I keep my fingers crossed for good weather & no mishaps!

SO --- if you are out and about in Chicago, take the time & check out the exhibit!!!

Tatted bookmark with buttons!

Isn't this tatting beautiful? I received this beautiful bookmark from Cathy B who blogs at With Needle & Thread Thanks Cathy & thanks to your Mom, too! Cathy writes that she started blogging four years ago & I was one of the first to comment on her new blog Lucky Me!!! I'm thrilled to own this tatted bookmark, made by her Mom Did I mention I'm going to take some tatting lessons on October 22nd at 1:00 p.m.? I'm not real sure I'll be good at it I've always admired this art and will appreciate it more once I know how it is created!