National Quilting Day and Moocows

"Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo." ~ James Joyce "first line" from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Jen and Barb AKA the Cow Whisperers

On Saturday, National Quilting Day, we had a special QBee day at Barb's lovely new home down on the farm, so to speak.  She lives near Newcomerstown, Ohio and invited us to spend the day quilting at her home.  And so we invaded came with bags and sewing machines.  We had a great time starting off with a show and tell:

Dana's exquisite quilt - NICE

My Block of the Month quilt - finally

Jen's first quilt complete with her own quilting and binding.  We are so proud of our newest quilter.

Barb's favorite wall hanging - for now.  

Barb's snipped baby strip quilt.  So cute!

Barb's Alaskan Wildflower Quilt - My favorite!

Alaskan Floral Quilt

The flora quilt above is made from a kit purchased from The Rushin' Taylor's Quilt Alaska Shop in Skaguay, (Skagway), Alaska.  We had the pleasure of finding and visiting this shop last September when we visited Alaska.  It's a wonderful place!

Click Here to visit Rushin'Tailor's Quilt Alaska Shop.

Our gracious hostess, Little Barb, hid behind her latest lovely quilt.  So springy!

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Barb's house had the perfect place for a little quilt show

The quilting day went all too quickly as usual.  Little Barb made us a lovely lunch of sloppy joes and homemade vegetable soup.  Yes, the meat was from their own cows.  Delicious!

Gina and Little Barb, above show that you can eat, sew and watch a local basketball game at the same time.  Isn't that perfect?

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over." – Ray Bradbury

25th Annual quilt Show at Farmpark

I had the pleasure of traveling with a couple of friends, Anita and Tina, to Geauga County to attend the Farmpark Quilt Show.  It was a little snowy and cold, so the perfect day to see some demonstrations, view the quilts and visit the vendors since this is the vendors weekend - March 4th through March 6th.  You still have time to visit the show which runs through March 23rd.  It is well worth a visit.  The quilts are fabulous!

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOW, CLICK ON THIS LINK TO VISIT THE FARMPARK WEBSITE

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ENJOY THE SHOW

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 Very unique Owl Quilt!

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 Loved the pansies!

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 I can't resist posting pictures of Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilts

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 Featured Artist . . . Pat Pauly

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  "Colors of Cancer" Quilt

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 Tina and Anita enjoying the show

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 "Violins of Hope" Quilt 

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 That is "one huge quilt"!!

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"Remembering Mom" Quilt by Jan Mitri who taught a class at our Streetsboro Quilt Guild.