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We decided to do it all…

Madame Purl — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:00:23 +0000

So last week starting on Thursday, the fun began… first up the Madison Quilt show. This is my second year and it was as awesome as I remember. More so maybe because now I’m hooked on quilting. We shopped, we ate well, we looked at quilts, and learned a lot. Too much stash came home… all in all a good day.

Friday we went to the NH Sheep and Wool – on the way a couple of quilt shops, we stopped at a lovely cafe, and then wool. I managed to limit my stash enhancement to only 1 ball of yarn.

Saturday we headed back to Madison, more shopping (good deals), more eating, more learning and more fun was had by all. Good deals like these 5.5 yard bundles for $29.95.

Here are a few of the quilts that I really loved in the show. The whole cloth that won Best of Show… this is totally hand quilted. Awesome in person.

And the Viewer’s Choice…the back is hand painted.

And I loved a few of these art quilts. This raven was totally hand painted and then quilted to give it texture. Amazing!

If you want to see more, you can find them here.

Crummy Weather Equals Good Stash

Madame Purl — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:24:42 +0000

So the weather was crummy around here last weekend, but it didn’t stop us from going to a local quilt show over the weekend. I had a blast checking out some local and not so local stores wares and picked out some yummy things to come home with me.

I’d say the quilting, sewing, and applique bug has firmly bit. If you want to see more stash - it’s here. It’s so totally scary to look at that set as I see a lot of stash and that isn’t even a drop worth. Eeek.

Before the weather went bad, I managed to get out and get a few snaps of some more flowers blooming in the garden. Of course my favorite is the bleeding heart.

Dogwood Blossom Sweater

Madame Purl — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:00:23 +0000

Edited to add: Sorry this pattern has a copyright on it. I’m not able to share it. I haven’t knit it, so I won’t be parting with my copy any time soon.

I may be crazy, but when I saw this from Knit Picks -

I had to have it.

This is the yarn.

If that wasn’t enough – these are their new Choma line and just gorgeous. I’m thinking mittens.

Roving Overload

Madame Purl — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:40:53 +0000

Julie and I had another lovely visit. I think it may take me a week to recuperate this time. However, while I do I will have some lovely roving to play with. I also picked up a couple of books – the new Portuguese Knitting one and the new Estonian Mittens All Around the world – and two very tiny crochet hooks for adding beads to knits. Other than that I couldn’t get enough roving.

I’m thinking the orange (top 2nd from left) will have to be spun first for fall. It’s a lovely merino/bamboo/nylon – perfect for socks.

Stitches Midwest 2010

Madame Purl — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:52:34 +0000

Stitches Midwest 2010 was a blast. Even though I have a massive stash – a few balls (Miss Babs on the left and Opal at a good deal on the right), more needles (the 2.5 and 2.75 that I never seem to have enough of) and some more of those great puppy snips followed me home. I’m putting a puppy snip on each to-go bag I use, so I have them handy. Never seem to have a pair of scissors handy when I need them. Also I couldn’t resist the stamp.

I’m blaming it on the yarn fumes. It all started with that purple Opal. Remember my favorite purple pair that had a blow out. I’m hoping for a replacement.

At the end of the day 3 of my friends and I were standing in Miss Babs booth and were admiring the lovely Citrons that they had knit up. Rav link here. Well the Unexpected KAL popped up. Please feel free to join us in a the KAL – you can find details at our group here. All are welcome, all yarn weights and any mods you want to do. We’re very flexible.

Festival

Madame Purl — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:53:32 +0000

Friday some friends and I headed out to Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Festival. We had a great time at their new venue. We all came home with new goodies. The bag was a freebie and a very nice one indeed.

I know I don’t need any more fleece… but this BFL in deep mulberry purple. Then there were also yarn acquisitions. Yum!

There were also a few patterns, little treats bought, and visits with friends. All and all this a good day.

Happy Fleece Day

Madame Purl — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:54:01 +0000

Sorry for the delay… DH and I went to Chicago for the weekend and by the time I got back I fell under the weather. I’m starting to fell better again and to top off a nice morning, I arrived home and found the fleeces… here a day early. Yippee!!!

Of course the wool kitties love the new additions. Everything looks lovely this year. Julie and I had one big fleece split and blended half with Angora and half with Alpaca… then we split those. Those combos turned out lovely.

New Stash

Madame Purl — Sun, 30 May 2010 00:06:58 +0000

I ask you… who could resist a close-out sale on Claudia’s? We’re talking 50% off here folks.

These followed me home.