Spooner Advocate Column- Jan 17,2013

Good morning neighbors! How is everyone doing out there? 

 

All I can say this morning is burr. I am really getting soft in my old age I tell ya! I suppose I should not complain as it is winter and we have been fairly spoiled this year.

 

Congrats to the Spooner Rails for winning against Ladysmith last Friday. Sounds like it was a good basketball game! I also heard that the teens really had fun at the dance afterwards. Sounds like there was alot of movin' and groovin'. Thanks to all the teachers/volunteers that chaperoned the dance.

 

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College has there new Extension Programming Calendar out. Jan 11th Intro to Jan 23rd Fish Decoy Making Part 1- 4-8 pm, Jan 24th Fish Decoy Making Part 2- 4-8pm, Jan 29th Bread making Class- 5-8 pm, Jan 31 Intro Backyard Chickens 5-6pm followed by the Film: "American Meat" 6:30-8pm. To register for any of these classes please contact Arlene Larson at 715-634-4790 ext 196 alarson@lco.edu  or marlowa@lco.edu

 

Hayward Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild held their meeting today and all I can say is these women can quilt! We had a great demo by Jean, showing us some heart patterns and JoAnn, showing us how to applique. I am leaving with some great patterns and inspiration. Thank you ladies for sharing all your talent with us. If you are like me I like things on my calendar as far ahead as possible so here you go.... The 2013 Hayward Quilt Show is July 25-26 from 10 am- 4 pm at the Flat Creek Inn in Hayward, WI. If you have questions or donations please contact haywardpiecemakers@hotmail.com.

 

I just wanted to ask all those in the area to let me know what is going on. There must be something going on at the churches, quilting groups, 4H or something. Give me a call and let me know. I appreciate all of you reading the column weekly. Until next week, keep smiling!   

Hayward Piecemakers Quilting Guild- Nov, 2012

I joined the Hayward Piecemakers Quilting Guild awhile back and when we had our last meeting- November 12th I finally was able to wear my name tag! Yes, that's right I FINALLY got it quilted! Are you proud of me or what!!! LOL I have to say I was pretty happy as I had been trying to get it done and with being in school and all the other obstacles in life I have not been able to sew the name tag OR make it to a meeting. It was great being able to see all the lovely ladies, see what beautiful projects that they have been working on. Of course that day I did not have my camera, so no pictures of the wonderful projects. However I will walk you through the making of the name tag.


The pieces were cut into squares already, so I just made sure they were squared up. Then cut diagonal.




Did the same with the other colors. I had to make sure to keep the colors in their own piles as each color is a different size.




Now some would use the paper pattern and just sew the fabric to it and then later take the paper off. Not me as I have not done that before. I was on a time limit and I did not want to mess up. So I just pieced it like I have learned to do. So the white will be the center with the dark blue pinned in position for sewing.




Bad picture, my camera is going. I need to get a new one quickly! But here you see the red id sewn on two sides, then pressed out. Now the other two pieces are pinned and once sewn you will then press out.





As you see here each color has been sewn, then pressed out. The little triangles you see are trimmed off before you pin the next color in place.




I like to pin the next color on first and then what I do is trim it to make sure that it is straight and the little triangles are off.





Press them out. I am a presser. I like to know what it looks like and if it is straight. Whatever you are comfortable doing.




This one was pinned and then sewn. I did this as some people will sew and then trim. Some people pin and then trim.




This is what it will look like before pressing it out.




After pressing out. Wish the camera was doing better pictures, but you get the idea!



Squared up.



Then you get to put the strips on that go around the name and the square.




Half done, now do the other two sides.




So this is what the badge is going to look like. I will write my name on the white piece. But before doing that I have to bind it.





Here I am folding the edge over and pinning it. Then I will start sewing.




Here is the back, you can see I like little stitches. This is my first attempt at doing a binding. I was amazed at how long it took me to do just this little bit! My friend Anita can bind! She is super fast. Maybe some year I will be half as good!





Done sewing! The edges are straighter than they look! LOL




Complete for the meeting. Have my name on there and the Guild pin. At some point I may use some floss and stitch my name. For now it is just fine.

I was pretty happy that I got it done AND I won the drawing for wearing my name tag! I never win anything! I was super excited!
Do you belong to a guild? Are you in the Hayward, WI area? You are welcome to come to  our meeting. The next Hayward Piecemakers meeting is January 14th at 10:00 am at the Hayward Library.



Wisconsin Quilt Shop Hop- June 8-24, 2012

Hello there friends Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to see what is going on here at the farm. If you have hopped over from another blog welcome!! Jo's Country Junction is doing her Try- it Tuesday, you try differnt things on Tuesday. Sometimes they work and well sometimes they do not. Of course Tip Junkie has her home made link up today as well. Both sites have great things to look at and learn how to do. So if you gt time bop over and find something new to try. What I am trying to do is get to all the quilt shops in my section (section 4) for the first ever Quilt Shop Hop! So far I have made it to 3 of the 13. It has been fun to see how different each shop is, what they make for demos, how they display things. How much goodies they stock to make you drool and want to clone yourself so you can accomplish making them ALL!!!! As I have gone to the different shops I have had the pleasure to meet some great folks. When you go to the shops make sure you get a passport so that the shop person can stamp it. Also each store has designed a block using the fabric that has been created just for the Shop Hop - so make sure you get a block at each place!!

This is the Busy Bobbin- Rice Lake, WI  They carry a lot of stuff in the ground level store!! Ii really like the block that they designed. Their website Busy Bobbin

This is Thimbles Quilt Shop in Trego, WI. This is quilt shop is pretty close to me. I like that she had little stop in and learn something to make on Saturdays during the winter. One was an apron, an ironing board cover- quick,cute and fun! You can check them out on their website Thimbles

Ok so this next place is like my DREAM store. It is how I always think a Quilt store should look like. I would LOVE to own a quilt shop and have yarn and goods in it but it would have to look something like this.

These folks are located in Ladysmith, WI. The website is www.heartlighthouse.com- when you go to the site check out the shop hop tab. They have some great projects made with the Wisconsin fabric!

This is the shop from the front- why yes those are all kinds of goodies on the front porch!

Now I am not the most educated but I think this pattern is called Bobbins- ither way that is what they look like and are CUTE!!

Love the quilt on the bench- could you tell it was hot and sultry out yesterday? lol

Is this cute? Plus their plants are soooo nice!

I think is is wonderful when folks use quilts. Not just display them somewhere where they will stay clean and untouched.  Instead really use them to add warmth, character, charm to an area. They have added charm here, makes me want to curl up and read a book! Way to share all the lovely quilts!

This is so me! I was just sharing with my daughter this weekend that my Grandma Andre' had one of these and she would have me help her! What a great way to display this old gem!

This as well as the Dresden plate are two of my favorite patterns!

I am currently working on paper piecing some hexies together- mine are smaller than these. Just think of all the time and workmanship that went into this! Lovely, just lovely!

Bright, fun! I really need to start using some brighter fabric. I always think things like this are cute when I see them but I never think to make them. hmmm ned to put that on the bucket list.

A warm and welcoming quilt, love the colors!  Blue is another color I just never pick to work with!

I am a scrap quilt kind of girl. It must be the thrifty in me. Before really getting hooked up through the internet I always thought scrappy had to always look kind of like this I love the crazy quilt feel, look as well as the stitching that goes with it. I  know now you can do various quilts with scraps and upcycled fabric and they can be in various patterns such as the dresden plate- thrift stores are a great place to shop for 100% cotton shirts!

Just check out the little stitches! Wow.

Here is another one that is displayed in the back of the shop!

I have to say I am really getting into stars lately. I have done some wonky ones, might have to try something like this.

Please go check out some of the folks that I have shared today. I would love to hear what you are working on. I can't show you the blocks that I got at each of the stores as it is a mystery quilt and I would not want to spoil the fun for others. I will of course share them once they are made- I can wait to get the rest of the blocks! What are you working on? I need to go shopping at some point and get a quilt to display on my porch or the fence or put on my bed. That is another thing to try.