On Wednesday my husband and I took a drive in the countryside north of where we live. I had heard there were some quilt barns in McHenry County, and had a scary map (yes that is scary) to find them by. It was a too small map covering a too wide area. We had a Illinois County map that did help. Anyway, here is some of what we saw!
This was a metal bull, on Bull Valley Road in Woodstock.
This one was called Watermelon.
The Quilt Fest ran for 3 months, July, August, and September. There were all sorts of activities scheduled during that time that were quilt related. There was, also, a Shop Hop with 22 shops during that whole time. It spanned 6 counties across the Northern part of Illinois. As you can tell I was a little late in checking it out!
Hopefully they will do this again next year, and I can plan my time better.
Have a great day in whatever you are doing.
From Mary on another beautiful Fall day.
4 comments:
Oh, Mary, what a cool road trip!! Camels walking down the road?? Ha!! Did you ever find out why?? I have heard that your part of the country has the most quilting stuff in the whole country!! Would love to see those quilts on the barns and buildings!! No such luck here!! Kris
Mary I didn't know you lives close to McHenry. I lived there for a while. You found some pretty barns and quilts on your trip.It is suprising what you can fine on a outing isn't it. Trish
Hi Mary, loved reading your last post. the trip was certainly worth while and I am still in ore at those barn quilts. I was trying to explain what they were at last weeks quilting meeting but I don't think they understood the size if these blocks on the sides of the barns so I told them to look it up on google.
We watch a show called American Pickers here on TV in Australia and sometimes I am lucky to see a block or 2 on the old barns they visit.
Thanks for a great read and great photos.
(((HUGS))) Roz.
What an enjoyable day out Mary. The weather was good and there was plenty to see. Camels? That was a surprise..
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