International Quilt Festival Chicago - Day 3

We started Day 3 of our adventure with leftover pizza for breakfast.

Lunch time - Sloppy Joes!

Dinner - Buffet at the Hotel - Tasty!!!!

And so ends our last day at Chicago Quilt Festival. Tomorrow we head home.

International Quilt Festival Chicago - Day 2

It's Thursday and we have another day of shopping ahead of us, so we have a little breakfast to get our strength up and hold us over for a late lunch.

Lunch time!

Decided to try something different this time - Cindy got the Eggplant Parmesan, Kathy got the Chicken Parmesan sandwich and Rhona got the Chicken Fettucine Alfredo. It was all just as good as their pizza!

On to Preview night at Quilt Festival...... and so ends Day 2.

International Quilt Festival Chicago - Day 1

Wednesday morning bright and early 3 of the SoTA's headed for International Quilt Festival Chicago. First stop was Cracker Barrel in Bloomington for breakfast.

On the road again, we headed north. Kathy had been told about a Candy Factory around Merrillville, so we searched and look what we found!

We decided this was a good place for a mid-morning snack.

They have a 60 foot Chocolate Fountain in the store!

Now we're on a sugar high, so it's on the road again to Chicago.

Next stop - lunch at Mannie's.

A little shopping and then we're off to Garrett's popcorn

Our afternoon snack......

A few snacks in the hotel room in case we get hungry.....

and now it's dinnertime and time for the BEST pizza in the WORLD!!!

And so ended Day 1 of our Big Adventure.

Latte Quilt

A friend of Sherry's and mine made this quilt...It is the Latte Quilt by Kerrie Hay...Sharon has made this for her bedroom..Sherry is going to quilt it for her.. Each block is stunning... Truthfully words can barely describe this quilt—WOW, awesome, fantastic, would come close. It is a tone on tone quilt. Each block is beautifully designed with embroidered lace type motifs combined with decorative stitching and quilting. After Sherry gets the quilting done I will post a picture here of the finished quilt...The Ol'Blogger

High on Life

"Before"...Okay three (Kathy,Cindy and Rhona) go to Chicago for the quilt show...and arrived home safely Saturday with projects challenges to finish....Cindy was to re-upholstery her computer chair...

"After"...She took one hour on Sunday and finished her challenge...while in Chicago in the warehouse she purchased the fabric...it has circles...remember the divider wall she and Kent did for their computer area..the glass was made with circles.. so the reason she wanted the fabric..Perfect....

The man at the warehouse thanked them for entertaining them..."for the show" I believe was his words...People even wanted to join them and know what they were drinking...Cindy answer..."nothing we are just high on life"...that would be the SoTA Sisters always fun no matter what...The Ol'Blogger

My April UFO

My UFO for April...Rhona bought these sewing kits for us while she and Cindy were in Texas for the quilt show...we are to have them done by CN...I added my Elvis watch, now I can always know what time it is...I am not as hung up on time as I use to be...but sometimes time is needed to make life easier for others...so I need to do my part :0)...

Opened.... there is a place for needles, pins and scissors.etc..Thank you again dear sweet Rhona....The Ol'Blogger

PS...while three of our girls are in Chicago the other three got together today....Jody worked on a quilt in progress, Sherry practiced her calligraphy letters and they taught me how to do a DNA stitch with beads...we did check on the girls and they were at the warehouse...Fun was had by all today....

Kathy's UFO

Kathy UFO for April...The girls took a class on fusing glass and these are Kathy's pieces...Then she beaded these chains for each...the one is a pin...I love each one...I will be joining "The Elder" tomorrow at Sherry's and they are going to teach me to make a beaded chain...Making your own jewelry is a practical and inexpensive way to indulge ones creative side...Like we need another outlet...sure we do...The Ol'Blogger

Another SoTA goes Wild....

Another "SoTA Goes Wild" wall hangings...Cindy created this beauty for her sewing room...which was part of our show-n-tell for the April meeting...I think we are all making one of these..for fun....~The group of people you associate with says a lot about your character... in my opinion, we are on the right track.~this wall hanging says: we enjoy each other and life...The Ol'Blogger

April F.M.F.U. Monthly Meeting..

We had are monthly meeting at Rhona's...It was a beautiful day in many ways...Pictured above: Rhona's sweat shirt turned into a jacket...
Here is Cindy's front and back

They used lace, yo-yo's and buttons to decorate the sweat shirts...Rhona created her with the longer length where Cindy cut hers for a short look...Both are stunning....Everyone was to have theirs made for the Chicago trip...Which will be Wed-Sat...

So far these are the only two finished...so time has been lengthened till Chocolate Night...

Rhona served us Rebecca's spaghetti with salad and bread...It was delicious...For desert she had made banana pudding...just like my Mom always made...which touched my heart...Thank you again sweet girl...We missed Sherry and Kathy was only able to stop to drop off some things she had for us..But Cindy P. did join again this month..

Will be sharing our show-n-tell and April UFO'S in the up coming days...The Ol'Blogger

Clutch Purses

This purse I made this week for my niece's prom...I laid a piece of netting with silver beads on top of the black fabric...quilted it with Sulky Shimmer silver thread...

This was the last of the fabric my sister purchased on her outing with us...