Sunday, June 22, 2014

Minnesota Quilters Show! And, A Give Away!

As you know, I did a little vending in Minnesota in the last few weeks! It was a great experience for me. I love sharing tidbits of Appliqué, English Paper Piecing and Punchneedle with others! It is so rewarding to see faces and eyes light up when they see that yes, they can do these wonderful arts! I think we need to lure in as many quilters as possible to keep these arts alive for the generations to come. Thanks to my friend Marcia for helping me once again at a show. She is a great help! I couldn't do it with out my wonderful helpers, Geri and Marcia! (And occasionally, my dear hubs, Jeff!). Ginger helps me too as you see below! She keeps me company as I am packing up for the trips to vend. Here, she KNOWS something is up and that her "mom" will be leaving again. She guarded and watched me the entire time I was bringing things upstairs. After a while she parked her caboose in the middle as she got tired of following me up and down, up and down. She stayed there like that for over an hour! Haha! Most of the time her head was laying on the step as comfy as could be. Ah, the life of a dog!

The show was filled with beautiful quilts from all over the country. Very many were absolutely stunning! Two quilting friends asked me to look for their judged quilts and let them know if they won a ribbon...low and behold, they both won ribbons! The first I came across in the aisles belonged to Karen Woten. She won a ribbon for 2nd place in the Large Appliqué category! Congratulations Karen!

Her quilt is the Emily Monroe Quilt, which she drew from a picture seen in a museum book. She is very talented, don't you think! She used wool on cotton for this quilt and quilted it with an old fashioned spider web design. It was stunning! Wool appliqué has become one of her favorite hobbies, along with hand appliqué and hand quilting.

Then, around the corner was the other friend's quilt! This one is Julee Prose's Civil War Bride Quilt. She also won a ribbon! Well, actually TWO ribbons! She won 1st Place in the Large Appliqué Category along with Best Hand Quilting! Congratulations Julee!

She used interesting cotton shirting a as her backgrounds to give her own spin on this quilt made by many. It's lovely! Her hand appliqué is stunning, and so are her hand quilting stitches!

I am so proud to know both of these ladies who continually win ribbons in large shows. The talent in the Des Moines area is so great and inspiring! There is always a reason to attend sewing groups because the inspiration is overflowing! I am blessed to have so many talented women in my life.

While I travel, I do love to stop at McDonalds for coffee or a large diet coke while I drive. I have not paid attention to the happy meal toys for quite some time, but the current toy caught my eye...the theme for the girls is American Girl and the toy that caught my eye? A darling sewing machine box! We have made a few trips lately and my dear husband so nicely stopped at McDonalds for every meal as we traveled across the country, so that I could see if they were giving away this special toy yet! FINNALLY, we found a resturant that was giving this as the Happy Meal toy! I was so excited!

I thought it was so cute, I got a few of them! I will be doing a give away for this cute little sewing box. How cute will this be with small sized sewing supplies inside! A thimble, a few bobbins full of thread, some paper pieces ready to use, hand sewn pieced blocks ready to sew and some small embroidery scissors... What fun!

I will fill this little sewing machine box with goodies and mail it to one lucky winner. I would like to put out a request for you to share my blog with someone. If you have a blog, please consider adding me to your blog roll on your sidebar. All you need to do to be entered in the drawing is please make a comment to let me know that you've followed my request to add me to your blog roll on your side bar or that you have shared my blog with someone. If you are not a follower, I'd love to see some new faces in my "following" gadget! I will keep posting pictures of what will be added to this little box in the coming weeks. Maybe it will even overflow with goodies! Help me grow my blog by joining in the fun.

I always try to include everyone in a giveaway here at Traditional Primitives. So, everyone who participates will get a little something by email. Be sure I have access to your email address when you post so I can send you a little freebie! I'll be showing that in future posts as well.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week ahead!

Take care,

Missie

 

31 comments:

  1. Glad you had a fun time at the MN show. What beautiful quilts from your talented friends! So happy for them that they both won ribbons! Cute little sewing machine box - how big is it? You just never know where we will find little quilty things!

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  2. I love that quilt and have it in my folder with some of the blocks, have always wanted to try and reproduce some it it, she did a beautiful job.

    Debbie

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  3. Bojth quilts are gorgeous! I'm glad you had fun vending and found such a cute toy! I already have you on my blog roll so that I can keep track of you! :)

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  4. 0;-Lovely quilts! Thanks for sharing. I follow you with Bloglovin' :-)

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  5. I agree that we need to spread the word that hand work is still alive and well ... and so enjoyable! On that note, I was thrilled to see that there were ribbons give for handquilted quilts. As a handquilter, it saddens me to see the emphasis at so many shows given to machine quilting. :-(

    I've added my face to your followers, and I just sent an email, sharing the link to your blog with several quilty friends.

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  6. Too cute! I've sent the link to your blog to a few of my quilting friends - maybe we'll all need to gather at McDonalds for lunch so we can each get one of these little sewing machines. Thanks for the heads up!

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  7. Thanks for the shout out about my quilt and Karen's also for sending me pictures from the show....see ya Tuesday.

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  8. Gorgeous quilts!! Of course I follow...love your blog!!
    Paulette

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  9. Wow, you have very talented quilting friends--"birds of a feather", you know!
    What a cute little sewing machine box.
    You are on my side bar blog roll--have been for some time!

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  10. Very cute little sewing machine box, & of course the quilts made by your friends are just so beautiful.
    I've followed by email for quite some time now & enjoy reading your blog. lyn.robyn.smith@gmail.com

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  11. Thanks so much for sharing, Missy. I am an email follower.

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  12. I don't have a blog, but I follow yours by email, and have sent it along to some quilty friends! Great to see those winner ribbon quilts - thanks for sharing!

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    1. Missie, I've been out of town/email for a while...am I actually the winner???

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  13. I already receive your email but I joined your following group now. Beautiful quilts and I can see why your friends won!

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  14. I enjoy reading your blog. You make so many beautiful things. I follow by email.

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  15. I also do not have a blog but have followed yours by email for awhile now. I love Julee's wool applique quilt-gorgeous.

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  16. Cute little box! I don't have a blog roll on my blog, but I shared your blog with my mom and my daughter! And I follow you on feedly. Thanks for the giveaway. :0)

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  17. I've added your link to my blog roll--can't believe I hadn't already done that! The Emily Monroe quilt was my very favorite in the show. I've been thinking of recreating it myself after seeing it in several books. It looked like you were kept very busy in your booth! I can see a few visits to McDonald's in my future--haha!

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  18. I added you to my blog list on my sidebar and I'm also going to do a little post. :-) I receive your newsletter and love your blog!

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  19. I came over from Sandie's blog, and I'll be a new follower as soon as I finish this comment. I love the little sewing box, and I'll be stalking McD's to find one of my own. Nice to meet you!

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  20. I don't have a blog but thanks for the heads up on the little sewing machine box. I will have to look for it. Love to read your blog.

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  21. What a unique little box. And from McDonald's of all places.

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  22. The little sewing machine box is so lovely and cute. I haven`t seen them over here so please put my name in the giveaway. Happy Stitching.

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  23. HELLO, what a neat Blog! I enjoyed visiting+will follow you via email! Thanks for sharing on your blog+giveaway !

    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  24. What a cute little sewing machine box...I have not seen them here in the south and would love to win one...I am now following you on bloglovin and put you in my sidebar....those winning quilts are just beautiful...hope you are having a blessed day...I am glad to have found your blog through Faeries and Fibres....

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  25. Hi Missie!
    Of course I am a follower...you have been on my sidebar for a long time!! Thanks for the chance to win your give away! Very sweet!!
    Paulette

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  26. Hi Missie!
    Such a cute toy, its been along time for McDonald Happy Meals but kids would love that for a long time. Putting necessities in a little container is so fun.
    Thanks for a chance at your give away! I follow and have you on my sidebar.

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  27. Love that little treasure.. New to blog but love your EPP method..

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  28. Cute little box. If I had a blog you'd already be on the list as I've followed you for awhile. I have emailed the link to try and bring more into the following.

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  29. What a sweet little sewing box! You have been on my sidebar for a long time, love your blog! Thanks for the chance!

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  30. Olive the little tool box but also like the finger stiletto and your new product the starch brush. How cool is that. I am doing a very large applique quilt with lots of little pieces and both would be very helpful. I did send emails to my boss about your blog early on I hope they checked out your blog

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