Missouri Star Quilt Tour July 2017

Got My Bag Ready for Trip to Missouri Star!

It's so exciting!  Finally I am going to Hamilton, MO to visit the home of Missouri Star Quilt (LINK) and the now famous You Tube celebrity, Jenny Doane.  All thanks to Eagle Rock Tours out of Mineral City and Fredericktown, Ohio.  Click Here to visit the Eagle Rock Website!

We, my friend Barbie and I, have taken other trips with Eagle Rock and the tour agent Lisa Pfouts.  We went to Shipshewana in 2015 (CLICK HERE) and to the AQS Show, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  (CLICK HERE).  Click on the links and see my blog posts from those trips.  Having experienced these quilting adventures with Eagle Rock, I can highly recommend their service and dependability.  We also had tons of fun meeting new quilting friends!  Barbie and I are already booked on the tour for Missour Star Quilt.  You can find this trip on the Eagle Rock website, but here are some details:

Time: July 17- July 21Price: $639 **** A two hour trunk show with Jenny Doane!  (sew excited about this!)Shop hops 

Get further details about the quilt tour from the Eagle Rock Website (Spring Summer Link)  and more details about Missouri Star by clicking on the links above.

Hope to meet some blogging friends on the upcoming trip!

Happy Spring Quilting!  

Coopersville, Michigan Farm Museum & Quilt Show

In early August, my dear friend Barb and I were excited to travel with Eagle Rock Tours to Grand Rapids, Michigan for the AQS (American Quilters Society) Quilt Week.  As you can see from our picture, we were in the company of lovely ladies who enjoy quilting, and as you can tell by the bags, who enjoy shopping.  What an awesome day we had at the DeVos Place Convention Center.

Coopersville Farm Museum

The next day after the AQS show our tour visited the small town of Coopersville, Michigan.  This hidden gem is a sweet country museum that has grown from originally a tractor museum to a community and event center.  To check out their well designed website:  CLICK HERE!     A list of some of their upcoming community events that is posted on their site - they sure keep busy!  

Petting Zoo ~ Chili Cook-off ~ Pancake Breakfast ~ Quilt Show ~ Doll Show ~ Art Galleries ~ Fall Kids Party ~ Tea Parties ~ Christmas with Mrs. Claus

~ Jam Nights ~ Bands & Buds ~ Rotary Club ~ Train Guys ~ Tractor Club ~ Coin & Collectibles Club ~ Quilting Circle ~ Tractor Show ~ Bake Sale ~ more!

The visit to Coopersville Museum and quilt show was a highlight for me.  Take a look at how the director of the museum, Lee Ann Proia, skillfully arranged the quilts around the other exhibits in the museum.   There were model trains, old sewing machines, tractors, barn walls, old wringer washers, wrenches, kaleidoscopes and more.  

Remember the old feed sack quilts?

This old wringer washer took me back to the days of watching my mom do the wash.

As you can tell by the pictures, this is not your ordinary quilt show.  It was a treat for the eye to see so many beautiful quilts displayed with such care in this rural museum.  What a delight to browse through these displays; I would love to go back again.  I would highly encourage anyone who travels to Michigan to stop by and visit the Coopersville Farm Museum.  You won't be disappointed.

Quilts and Autos in Shipshewana Indiana

Last week Barbie and I traveled on a quilt tour with Eagle Rock Tours to Shipshewana, Indiana.  We met lots of wonderful new quilting friends and saw some amazing exhibits.  I want to start with the Hostetler's Hudson Auto Museum because of their unique quilt show of Hudson Autos combined with quilts.  It was just "awesome."

I'll let the pictures do the talking.  Enjoy!

Grandmother's Flower Garden on a red convertible.  Woo Hoo!!
This was one of my favorites!

The pictures are wonderful to see, but to be there in person was even better.  I have to say that the combination of shiny chrome, vintage cars and colorful quilts was an extraordinary visual experience that I will always remember.  It was beautiful!