Goodies from the DeKalb Quilt show and area thrift stores.

One of the first things I saw, as I walked into the DeKalb Quilt Show, was a vendor booth.  That booth had the new 'Singer' fabric displayed.  I've seen this online, but, I prefer to purchase fabrics from local stores, not online.  Of course, I had to have some of these fabrics, especially as I have some of the machines featured on the fabrics.

Singer Treadle fabric

Singer hand crank fabric

Singer logo fabric

Singer fabric

I also purchased two sewing themed T-Shirts, but, they had to make them up overnight, so, another vendor was going to pick them up for me.  I'll get  them later this week. 

There was a consignment booth for the quilt guild, and, I couldn't resist checking it out.  I bought a specialty ruler.

I don't know what the intended use is for this ruler, but, it will be great for trimming up squares.  I also found this spool holder.  The wooden part that holds the spool is too large for any of my spools, but, I'm sure hubby can trim  it down for me. 

After the quilt show, I checked out some of the local thrift and antique stores.  I scored at the very first store.  I found this lovely hexie shaped quilt.  It isn't lined, but, it is quilted.  It was either a summer weight quilt, or, meant for a table.  It is fairly large.

hexie shaped quilt

This quilt had a label on the back.  I really like what she put on it. 

hexie quilt label

I showed this quilt to the lady at the antique shop, and she said she knows the lady who made the quilt.  Small world. 

I found a few items at the antique shop, too.

I haven't seen a doily/hot pad with this design before

I couldn't pass up this cute teapot

Debbie Mumm fabric, who could resist?

At the last thrift store, I found these sewing machine cams.  I don't have a clue what machine they might go to (nothing on the box). 

cams for an unknown machine

All in all, it was a very fun day on Saturday.  My family reunion in Arkansas is coming up, and I always find lots of great stuff on that trip, too.  I'll be visiting several quilt stores, lots of antique shops, and a few thrift stores, too.  It will be a month of fun finds.

Quilt Show

Yesterday, I went to the DeKalb County Quilters Guild Fiber Arts Show (DeKalb, IL).  I've been to this show a few years ago.  This is a smaller show, but, lots of eye candy.  I did have one gripe, many of the quilts didn't have the sheet that tells who made the quilt, etc, but, just an envelope with a number (so you could vote).  They apparently had a snafu.  I'll include info on the quilts, if there was any. 

There were lots of other fiber arts, but, I didn't get any pictures of any of them.  Nice, though.

Before I even entered the show, this lovely quilt top, made from men's ties, was draped across the (closed off) staircase. 

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I saw vendors first (more on that tomorrow).  The quilts on this side were in little 'U' shaped areas and hard to see or photograph.  These were smaller quilts.

no info, but you can see why I took a picture of it (Red & quilting)

no info on this one (just an envelope with a number on it)

On to the larger quilts.

I thought this was an interesting way to use fabric with things printed on it.  It worked great. No info, though.

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This quilt has info, and I ask you to please read it.  This quilt is from the Civil War, and has all the men's names on it, from the community, that went to war.

There were several modern quilts, sprinkled through out the show.  Nice.

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This next quilt had snowflakes on the batik. 

up close of one of the snowflakes

This next quilt was all hand appliqued.  There were several that were all hand appliqued. 

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up close

up close

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This next quilt is for Deb.  She makes lots of colorwash quilts.

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I checked out the vendors, and the guilds consignment booth.  I also stopped at several thrift stores in DeKalb, after the show.  I'll have a post of all of those things later (I still need to take pictures). 

Hope your Saturday was as fun as mine was.