Whittles and Donita's Country Diner-A fabulous Day Trip for Quilters!

Our intrepid group set out on our annual adventure to Smith's Grove, Kentucky to our new favorite fabric shop, Whittles.  It has a lot of fabric, priced less that most quilt shops.  Of course, it is only worth the drive if you have several ladies to share the gasoline bill!.  We had an abundance of ladies interested in this trip.  Thanks to our lovely Sheelah for organizing and keeping our travel plans up to date with traffic patterns on I65.

Most everyone got fabric to make our Mystery quilt and a few other projects.

After doing a little damage to the bank accounts, we next went to eat at Donita's Country Diner.

Off to Lexington to see a couple of quilt shops and brunch

Our intrepid group was off on another trip to Lexington and a couple of quilt shops.

Another Day Trip for the Quilt Group

Once again we were on the road. This time with 11 in attendance. We went to Blackstone's Home Decor to see a Fleur di lis quilt show and shop. We ate at the Puerto Vallarta restaurant next door, then on to Happy Heart Quilt shop.

Our trip to Craft Town in Salem, Indiana is Cancled

Our trip to a LQS called Craft Town in Salem, Indiana was canceled today as we are having flash flooding everywhere.

We are planning on doing the same trip next Tuesday, August 11th. We will meet at the church parking lot, at Northeast Christian Church, 9900 Brownsboro Road, Louisville, Ky. We will leave at 10:00 and return at 3:00.

Happy Quilting!

Movers and Shakers Oh My!

Movers:

One of our beloved members, Joan, has moved on to Florida.  Boo!   We will miss her.  Joan came to us by way of another member.  Now this is a word of warning to you guilds out there.  It just so happened that Joan and Shirley visited another guild before they found NQF.  The other unnamed quilt guild was very rude to them.  Apparently there was a drawing and you put your name tags in the basket to draw a winner.  Well, they pull our most wonderful girls' name tags out of the drawing in a dramatic way, stating the prizes are for members only.  Shirley then grabs Joan and says, come with me, I know of another group that we need to try.  And much to our gain and their loss, both the Wonder Kids, came our way.

Every quilt guild has a few members that pick up the lion's share of the work and support of members and the guild at large.  Joan is/was such a member.  She organized us for learning new techniques and she gave sage advice to almost everyone in the room.  Whether it was in quilting or life.  

But, life changes and moves on, like the stitches in a quilt.  

Shakers:

We made our way to the lovely Lavenders Fabric Store.  It's at 1280 S. Fork Ridge Rd, Liberty Kentucky.  They are having a sale until June 13th, so you better get there quick!  All the material is $2.75 a yard.  

The Bread of Life was very good this time.  It seem they were pulling everything fresh from their garden nearby.  It was quite different than before, when the food was pretty starchy and heavy.  This is a restaurant that supports the Galleian Home for children.  It is at 546 Middleburg St, Liberty Ky  42539

Kings Department Store gave a very informative tour of their facility.  They die cut many block designs and also are some leather goods.  It is as 546 Middleburg St, Liberty, ky 

This is a store that's been in business for over 50 years and is still run by the same family.  Half of the store is farm supply and the other half is fabric.  It's a 2 1/2 hour drive from Louisville, so we all knew where we needed to go first.  

Now, really it's not about the money saving, which isn't that much when you add up the gas and time.  It's about having a good time and during this economy, spreading the wealth around.  

Kentucky State Fair blue ribbon winner...

We all went today and spent practically the whole day walking and looking and eating. We had a great time. Several of the gals in our group has won ribbons in the past and this year is no different. Joan was the biggest winner. She hasn't entered anything in the fair in a while so, she was over due for quilts and winners. This Joan with her blue ribbons for a Dresden plate quilt and this is her seven sisters quilt. She also won an honorable mention ribbon for her jacket. Shirley also won a ribbon for her lovely applique and pieced quilt. Ruth won a ribbon for her first quilt.

This is Mary who might have inspired this quilter because, it's the same quilt pattern that Mary did and was the big winner last year.

Here's Rosemary looking at the stitches of this beautiful quilt.

All in all a lovely day at the fair.

We are leaving at 10:00 instead of 9:30

Northeast Quilting Friends will be leaving the church parking lot at 10:00 for the Kentucky State Fair. We will be arriving at about 10:30 and will eat lunch there. Your ticket is provided. We will return about 2:00.

Wear comfortable shoes!!!

Several of our gals have entered their quilts and we want to see them, as well as the other quilts in the State Fair.