A Quilt Show and An Estate Sale

Talk about a weekend on the go.

Now I need a weekend to recuperate from the weekend.

Saturday was the Pendleton Quilt Show.

It was nice, not as many vendors as usual

which I am finding is kinda the norm since 2008.

There were of course some pretties:

 These 2 are by Jess Berry.

His work is all self designed and hand appliqued and quilted.

Sunday, while lazily roaming Craigslist antiques,

I ran across an add for an estate sale in Waitsburg, WA.

I was going to wait until next weekend

to go that direction for a few odds

but decided to go today instead.

The prices (on Sunday) at half off were fair.

The 'regular' price was what one might find

in a much larger city so perhaps fair in a different geographic area.

They were fair enough to find a few goofy little goodies.

 A whimsical frog tape dispenser.

 

                                                    This thimble intrigued me.  

It has a thread cutter on the side.

It's just sitting on the tea cup, because it's little.

Mr. LB went fishing today so

when I saw this picture, I just cracked up.

It's called "Pa & Ma Philosopher."

I got a few other things also,

that I neeeeeded of course.

I've been being good about saving so I almost felt guilty

after buying these things today.

Mr. LB laughed at me when I told him that and said,

"Just don't spend the mortgage."

May you all have a beautiful Sunday evening.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

Buggy Barn Quilt Show

Mom and I went to the wonderful

Buggy Barn Quilt & Folk Art show

in Reardan, Washington.

This is the wonderful Buggy Barn quilt shop.
I will just let the pictures do the talking...

 It started at 10am.  We were 20 min. early.

This is the view of the cars in front of us.

And the cars behind us...

We didn't have to wait a long time,

though when waiting for a quilt show,

it does seems like forever.

Now quilts...

 That's Mom saying, "Look how they..."

This is the second barn that 

they use as a sort of annex during the show.

There was a shower that came through as I was

taking the picture so it's a little dark.

By the time we made it around the barn, 

the sun was shining.

Even quilts on the old water tower base.

Folks are usually pretty nice at quilt shows,

but this was exceptional.  It seemed as though

all of the attendees were as courteous as

the great families that hosted the event. 

I wasn't sure what to expect.

There was a great basket weaver,

wood work, metal work, and several

vintage style booths.

I kinda forgot to take pictures when we were 

looking around at the booths.

I did get one of this great little wagon.

After the rain, I was trying to shade my lens with my hand

(also in the picture) from the sun.

This was probably the most unique 

show I have attended.

It was a beautiful day in spite of the shower

in the morning.

I can't imagine the work that went in to putting

all of this together as

they had to wake up early in order to 

hang quilts the day of the show.

Due to the sketchy weather,

I am guessing they took them down

and re-hung them Sunday morning.

All I can say is

"Job well done!"

If you ever have the opportunity to attend,

I would highly recommend it.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

A Finish

Just a little finish,

but a finish none the less.

This was an order that I had.

Don't you just love those little woolies?

My hand quilting is improving all the time,

and I am finding I enjoy the results.

I somehow jammed my thimble finger

shortly after finishing this.

I don't even know how???

Guess the quilt that has been on the frame

for the last few years 

with the stick and pick method of quilting

will have to wait a few more days:)

as well as getting the binding on the

Christmas Quilt, and...

the list goes on.

This weekend, my mom and I are headed to Rearden, WA
for the Buggy Barn Quilt and Folk Art Show.
I should have some fun pix next week.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches

Baker City Quilt Show 25th Anniversary

I'll try not to do a lot of chatting,

but will share photos.

This one was just on display as

it was not finished.

 Jes Berry made this beautiful applique.

He was last year's featured quilter. 

 This was just so striking.

 Danielle made this one.

She does our machine quilting.

She is so very talented.

 Virginia's Baltimore. She likes purple:)

 My mom mad this one & 

I think she is going to sell it.

(She has made 17 quilts since January~

she couldn't go outside due to some skin issues.)

 When we were helping 'tear-down,'

I saw the gal that made this one.

I said, "Oh, you made the quilt with the

embroidery and little circles right?"

She got a panicked look on her face

and said, "Yes, what happened to it?"

I told her nothing; I was going to compliment her

but didn't mean to give a compliment

in the form of a heart attack.

We both had a little laugh.

The silver was the challenge fabric this year. 

 I just love those puffy skirts.

 I took this one just for Mr. LB.

 I might have to make this one.

 This was one of two judges choice quilts.

The other is just to the left (didn't get a pix.)

 Just some of the guild's block of the months.

Talk about a group of talented women!

 This was just too sweet not to photograph.

 I know it's not a new pattern, 

but I just love this one.

 There were a lot of king and California king sized quilts this year.

 This was just for display.

They had a game this year for their 25th anniversary.

There were 15 silver stars

pinned on quilts throughout the show.

We were to write the 15 quilt numbers

on a piece of paper with our name and ph. #

and they drew a name from those who

had all 15 properly identified.

It was harder than you would think 

when you are looking at the quilts.

(See the lavender girl)

 My mom made this one too.

Just cute.

There were so many beautiful quilts.

The quality this year was even better than last year.

These gals always do a fabulous job.

There were 171 quilts &

several of those were great big.

Hope you enjoyed the mini version of the show.

Until next time,

Nimble Fingers and Even Stitches