Annetta Grossman-Solomon

Guild in St Charles, had Annetta Grossman-Solomon as their speaker this week. Her talk was all about"Make it Simpler".

She has ways to cut your fabric with less cuts, and and yet get all the needed pieces to put a block together.

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She had sewn the block together then recut it to make the block.

It was all very interesting.

Her quilts were very colorful.

One of our bee members took the class on Monday to make the log cabin in the first picture.
Lyn said it was a lot of fun, and interesting.
Have a great week.
Mary

Thursday Sew

Here is what I worked on yesterday on the "Chic to be Shabby "quilt.  Yes those are "Y" seams.

Sharon insisted I stand with my quilt!

I need to get all of this sewed on.

Sharon is working on a table topper, using hexagons.

This week I got all of these blocks sewn together.  Would like to add borders, then off  to be quilted.

Charlie is guarding my quilt. I got all the pieces sewn on and the  plain border on the outside.

Charlie, is inspecting  another quilt to make sure I have it together correctly.

Then he had to decide to hide under it!
Some inspector he is.

I feel like I got a lot accomplished today, yea.
Have a great week.

Mary

Shipshewana

Got the opportunity to go to Shipshewana.  It is an annual event with the Mainliner Club of United Airlines.   This has been an annual event for the last 12 years at least.  It is an all day bus trip.  We leave by 7:00 am  and return about 9:30 pm.  We are on our own to explore the town or the flea market until 3:45 pm. Then off to the Das Dutchman for a delicious chicken dinner and a little shopping in their shops before heading home.

A couple of barn quilts on the side of Yoder's.  This is a store that sells just about everything.  Fabric  to hardware to clothes and shoes.Love that place.

I usually shop in Yoder's first and see what fabric they have that I can't live without. Then walk into town and shop at a couple of stores.  I like to eat my peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the run.  I'm saving myself for that chicken dinner.

At the flea market you can get homemade ice cream.  It was a hot day this year, and the line was long.  I did buy some fresh  Michigan strawberries and a few tomatoes to take home.
I found a bottle tree I could not live without.  Since we were on a bus, it was not a problem bringing it home.

There are a lot of places to stop and shop.

Another barn quilt. It was a fun day.

Have a great day yourself.   Mary

Ancestery.com

I started on a journey several years ago to map out our family tree.  One thing I knew was it would not be able to go far back in time.  Three of my four grandparents came through Ellis Island from Hungary.  The one  grandmother that did not, is from Hungarian parents that had. In Hungary the information about families is registered in churches and not open to the  public.  They just do not have public records like we do.  One of the things I did, was have a DNA test that can tell you what types of nationality you are.  Guess what, I am almost full blooded, Hungarian, 91%. 6% is British and 3% is unknown.

This is my Mother's parents, Rose and Nicholas Bagley.  I  have found information about when Nicholas came through Ellis Island. I am having a harder time locating information about my grandmother.It seems there may have been information but it has been lost.  There is only one of my mother's brothers still alive.  They have helped with a few things that were found in his baby book.
I probably am not doing it correctly, but have this huge tree with about 265 names on it.  It gets interesting when a death and remarriage, or divorce and remarriage happens.  I had been married before, so there is another group of names that gets added.  I am not going very far back on any of that.  I just place what information I know or have a record of. There are enough complications as it is.
It has been an interesting journey so far.  I have actually found and contacted a second cousin on my Mom's side.  It is exciting to come in contact with a new relative.
My Mother had 8 brothers and sisters, and Dad had 2 sisters.  I wish I had started this a long time ago, before they had all passed away.  With the 1940 census now being published, it has been able to provide a little more information.

We think this may be a picture of Grandpop Bagley when he cam through Ellis Island. One cousin does not understand why I am doing this. I do want to know about my ancestry. Our son has never gotten the opportunity to meet any of this family. They are all from the East Coast.  Until two years ago, I had not been out there since 1964 when I graduated from high school.  Once I was out of school and on my own, I did not have any money to travel, so could not attend any family gatherings.  I did keep in contact with most of them.  My Mom was a great one to keep in contact, she always knew what was going on.

One thing I have found out, my love of needlework comes from my Grandmother Bagley. She did embroidery and crochet. I have several pieces of her handwork that I treasure.

Have a great day. Mary

Part 2 International Quilt Festival

On Friday I went back to the quilt festival.  Had to make a second found to check on the quilts and see if  there was anything I "needed" from the vendors.
Lunch was at Carlucci's down the street. Check out this "salad"!

I had lasagna.  It was so good.  We had 8 for lunch today.  It was good to see everyone.  It  was the quilt bee  ladies I had lunch with today.

Here is Ms MacDonald Had a Farm, by Lynn Czaban and the Members of the  Hanging By a Thread group. This was so interesting.  Finding just the right pieces of fabric in your stash to use in the applique.

Then I got to meet up with my friends from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Myself, Sandy, Lois, Pat and Bonnie.  We are going to be up there in August for a week of sewing and fun with friends I love it when we can be together..

Berne House Quilt, from Berne Switzerland.  Quilt guild members each made a house block. They were then all sewn together to make this beautiful quilt.

I just had to show this quilt.  It is another small one names Lux Aurumque. It is made by Jacquie Harvey of the United Kingdom.

You need to see this as it is hand quilted.  It is wonderful.   I really could not get over the amazing quilting that is being done. 

One more Moo quilt.  "And the Cow says Boo" by Peggy Baldwin-Clayton by Galveston, Texas.

The quilt show continued through Saturday and Sunday.  You walk away in awe.  Between the show of quilts and the vendors you walk away excited to start a new adventure.

Saturday, I cleaned up my sewing space and did some embroidery.  I had picked up more paper pieces for making my hexagon flowers.  Bought some leaf shapes with the thought of another project.  It is not like I need any more projects.
The embroidery I did Saturday was three small kits I had, that needed to be worked on. Now to do the finishing of them.

Have a great day, Mary

International Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Ill

Here are the lovely ladies of PaperPieces.com

They took a picture of me that went out on Facebook!

The "ChiCOWgo" quilt exhibit was here. What a hoot!
Cowmen Miranda is by Sue Cresse, of Castaic, California

Dia de los Mooertos, Patricia Wood of Goliad, Texas

Miss MOO La La at the MOOlin Rouge by Sandy Fisher, Davis, California

Purple Cow, by Mary Lou Weidman, of Spoken Valley, Washington.
Mary Lou and Melanie Bautista McFarland, wrote the book "Out of the Box with easy blocks".  This is the cow that started the Cow
craze.

Red  White & MOO by Melanie McFarland, of Manhattan Beach , California

Cow Culator is by Connie Donaldson of Spokane Valley, Washington

The is "Lazy Afternoon" by Michelle Jackson of Albuquerque, New Mexico

3-D Sunflowers by Martha DeLeonardis of Katy, Texas
All  the petals on the flowers, and the leaves are all raised on the quilt.  It was very pretty.

A Walk Through the Flowers by Luann Bruce of Watertown, Conn.

The Button Box by Revecca Navarro of Sugarland, Texas
The accents, like the flowers on the ground, and the ones in the sky, their noses, are all buttons.

Here is Hula Hibiscus, by Lisa Calle of Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Colorstrips # 1, by Lynda Faires of Louisville, Colorado

The Quilt Show by Carole Gorder

Hollyhocks II, by Joanne Hoffman and Shirley Hobbs of Hill City S Dakota
The machine quilting is bseautiful.

ELated by Ted Storm of the Netherlands

Closeup of the HAND QUILTING.
This is a beautiful quilt.  I was amazed at the quilting.

Mini Magic by Mariya jWaters of Doncoster Melbourne, Victoria

She Dances by Dawn Piasta

Who Me?  by Ruth Powers of Carbondale, Kansas

Will you Play with Me by Mary Beth Clark of South Elgin, IL.

Mini Magic.  This is a very small quilt.  Look at the quilting on this one.  I find it amazing the quilting  that is being done on the show quilts.  They are beautiful.

I went to the festival on Thursday night.  They have a preview night from 5 to 9.  You can show the vendors and view the quilts.  It is so nice because there are no crowds.  The festival had been in Chicago for several years. About 3 years ago it was changed to Cincinnati, Ohio.  I think they like us, as this show is back in Chicago.   The dates for next year have already been set.
Yea!!!  So many of us have missed this show.  It was great to be there again.  It was fun meeting up with a lot of friends.

Have a great day, Mary