The Quilt Shoppe

BOB TAYLOR!

2010-06-10T07:44:00.001-07:00

YES! Our Quilter of the Month is Bob Taylor...a man! Bob, we love you, love your talent, skill, eye for color, and enthusiasm! Who doesn't love a quilter that comes into The Quilt Shoppe and says "what's the hardest thing you have", you show him the Bargello consisting of 10 million pieces, he likes it, selects his fabrics, has it done in a little over one week, it's fantastic AND its his first quilt! Men Ugh! You are in our hearts and an inspiration to all of us and all quilters or wanna be quilters! You continue to amaze us with every quilt, not to mention your charm!

Happy Mothers Day to Me!

2010-05-14T23:04:00.001-07:00

Do I have the best Daughter in the world!!!
YES! These custom "keds"
were made especially for me from "Plume"
Perfect as I am off to Quilt Market to purchase amazing fabrics
for all of you.
Just had to share!

JANET LOVELESS

2010-04-07T20:50:00.000-07:00

has been a customer and friend of The Quilt Shoppe since its conception in 2004! We welcome Janet into the Hall of Fame...Quilter of the Month. Her talents in embroidery are spectacular from creating embroidered Flutterby butterflys, Halloween Boo's, glow in the dark tooth fairy pillows and her most recent design of dance bags for Jo and Jane! Her work is fantastic, her friendship valued and true. We love you Janet and thank you for all you do and for being such an important person in the evolution of The Quilt Shoppe!
Happy Quilting,
Kathy, Marie, Linda, Mary and Tula

Sandy Noellsch

2010-03-06T09:32:00.000-08:00

Sandy, who is fairly new to our little world of quilting has definitely made some new friends! Fun, we are talking super fun, full of life, the type of person that when they walk into a room the room becomes a better place! If you have not signed up to be on our next May Day Bus Trip you need to. Sandy and her Sister are coming along once again. I believe this will be their 3rd trip with us?
Welcome Sandy to the elite group of "Quilter of the Month", we love you, love having you come in and enjoy your wonderful quilting skills. "Mad Quilting Skills". Oh yeah, stay out of Mod Podge, we want you here!
Kathy, Marie, Jen, Linda, Mary

2010-02-25T20:35:00.000-08:00

I "MUST" boast and you "MUST" check out www.tulapink.com she is actually showing how she draws her entire line of fabrics. I've seen her do it, it's an incredible process and I'm glad she is sharing it with you. So many people ask her how to become a textile designer. I know she was born with it in her soul.

ERIN KING!

2010-02-03T10:25:00.000-08:00

Thank you Erin for all your support throughout the past years. You have "MAD" Quilting Skills and we could all learn something from you. Your color selection and your fabric choices are impeccable. It is apparent that you LOVE FABRIC...and we love that!

So welcome to the Quilter of the Month...hood

photo to follow as Erin will be coming in on Sunday for the Sale!

We will get pics of her quilts too!!

THE QUILTER OF THE MONTH IS...

2010-02-03T10:24:00.001-08:00

You just Never Know What you Will Find

2010-01-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

When I jumped at the offer to travel to San Antonio, Texas with my husband, Larry to the National Cattlemens Conference little did I know that I would discover a totally AWESOME quilt shoppe! It wasn't in the Travelers Guide or "Quilters Bible" as we call it, I didn't see any advertising and no one had told me about this shoppe. I simply started walking down what is known as RiverWalk with my trusty iPhone and simply typed in "quilt shop". Viola! About 2 miles from my current location was Las Colchas. The blurb said "Welcome to Las Colchas, a unique quilt shop located in the heart of downtown San Antonio, Tx. We are dedicated to the preservation of the art of quilting!" I was completely intrigued so I set off on foot. Not a good choice! Totally lost, but following the pinging dot on my iPhone, I finally gave up and called the shop. I was greeting by THE NICEST woman (I would totally hire her to work in our shoppe) she told me I was almost there, keep walking etc. I turned the corner and there it stood, sun shining, yes I said sun shining with the temperature about 70 degrees in all its glory. It was historic! I walked up the front steps to a charming porch draped with quilts of many eras. They were beautiful! I opened the door, the same lovely lady greeted me, asked if I would like some tea or water, I was in heaven. Then I spotted it...Tula Pink Fabric! Unbelievable! It brought tears to my eyes!
The shoppe has been in the same location for about 30 some years. It was a Sears Catalog House! The interior is all original hardwood floors, original windows and the most charming and wonderful place to spend the afternoon! Their fabrics were all beautiful, quilt shop only fabrics, Moda, Windham, Westminster etc. and Tula Pink! So impressed was I! I was introduced to the owner and I am so mad at myself because of course I have forgotten both of these wonderful ladies names :(. Those of you that know me aren't surprised! Anyway, you all MUST go there. We talked about adding Las Colchas to our next bus trip!!! A big Yeah! It was a totally wonderful morning "hike" that turned out to be fantastic. A new shop and new friends!
Now...a free yard of fabric for the first person with the correct translation of Las Colchas.
www.lascolchas.com/

Help Me Mr. Wizard!

2010-01-15T06:46:00.000-08:00

Remember that great show? I don't recall the name of the actual show but if you do give us shout. Whenever the character got found himself somewhere where he did not want to be he could just say "Help me Mr. Wizard" and the Wizard would pull him out of the situation and return him to his wonderful, warm, sunny life...oh wait that's me.

This was the view from my bedroom window when I awoke the other morning and somehow all I could think of was "Help me Mr. Wizard". By the time I slid my way to daycare to drop off the Twinkies, then to the Shoppe I discovered that the front doors would not open from "the ground swelling". Now I'm not one to curse mind you but what the #$%$ is "ground swelling? I am very familiar with "Ground Shaking", "Ground Slipping" but...nope, nothin on "Ground Swelling".

In California on say "Earthquake Days" much like snow days here, we would just go to our favorite restaurant, which of course would open early for those of us that needed to calm our nerves, the girls would gather in our finest, lunch would begin and we would discuss the condition of our nearest and dearest, praying that our real estate listings had not completely crumbled to the ground, putting us all out of business! Which brings me back to "Do I Miss California?". YES, I miss the Weather and the Restaurants! That's It!
Thank God I moved to the Midwest!

January's Quilter of the Month Is...Janet

2010-01-01T07:22:00.000-08:00

RONCZKOWSKI! Yeah Janet!!!!!

As our very first Quilter of the Month Janet will receive 25% off ALL purchases during her reigning month, her own parking space, a Free Class and a basket of goodies! We here at The Quilt Shoppe want to thank her for her participation in numerous classes, her enthusiasm for all the crazy ideas and events we seem to come up with, her organization and concern for taking care of Linda on the many bus trips she has taken and most of all...her friendship, smiling face and unwavering cheeriness! Thank you so much, Janet you are truly a part of the family.
Kathy, Marie, Linda, Mary, Tula and Diana

Our First Ever Quilter of the Month!

2009-12-12T20:30:00.000-08:00

Okay Ladies its only... December! January 1st we will present the very First "Quilter of the Month" for 2010. Each month we will select someone who we feel meets all the criteria.

What is the Criteria you ask? It would be the same Criteria that qualifies a person for their own parking block in front of the Shoppe! Gotcha! No one knows how I selected the initial names for the existing parking blocks, not even the recipient! One thing I will tell you is that is has absolutely NOTHING to do with how much money they have spent. Check here each month to see if YOU have become the Quilter of the Month! The Winner will receive a $50 gift certificate! Good Luck and Happy Quilting!

P.S HOW CUTE IS THIS CAR???

Wowie Zowie, need I say more?

2009-11-30T20:00:00.000-08:00

Trust me on this one:
www.tulapink.com

Seeing Stars at STARLIGHT!

2009-11-17T11:37:00.000-08:00

Tula is off to visit the wonderful ladies of The Starlight Quilt Guild! They will be some of the first to see (In person) her latest and greatest quilt...PLUME! Hope they like it! Maybe some other goodies as well??

Full Moon Forrest Lives!

2009-10-20T19:44:00.000-07:00

Imagine our surprise when walking through Quilt Market this past weekend in Houston we came upon this lovely lady "wearing" a beautiful Full Moon Forest Quilt! I told her what a beautiful quilt I thought she had and she proceeded to tell me that it was a "Tula Pink" Fabric called Full Moon Forest. When I gave her my business card she was soooooo excited...I think she thought I was Tula. I told her that no, I was not Tula but my daughter was and if they were going to sit for a minute I know Tula would love to see the quilt. I pulled out my cell, called Ms. Pink who was off eating armadillo cake and told her to beat feet to see one of the most awesome quilts I had ever seen. Well, pictures do tell a 1000 words! The ladies were excited, Tula was completely flattered and soon photos and autographs were flying. Thank you to the "Desperate Quilters Ladies" and their lovely work, we sooo enjoyed meeting all of you!

This is it...Birthday Week Begins!

2009-07-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

Well, we are finally at Birthday Week. I prefer Birthday Month, but at 3 years old the excitement would have to begin way too far in advance for the excitement to last. There would be many fits each morning wondering why this wasn't THE DAY??? So, we are counting down from 5 (Monday).

What is this they asked?

"A Birthday present from Mary Dunning, that works at mommy's Quilt Shoppe", I explained. "Ohhhhhh! We love her, she is pretty!" And then the wrapping paper began to fly. Jo of course had to try it on right now and is going to wear it to Miss Joy's tomorrow (Day4). Oh yes, with her red Barbie Princess play high heels. Very chic! Photos to follow. Thank you very much Mary, as you can see Jane wasn't exactly happy about posing for the photo shoot, but once Daddy convinced them that he would play in the fort with them it was all GO!

Ah, the joys of summer!

2009-07-07T20:23:00.000-07:00

It doesn't get better than this! What else can I say?

The Coons Aren't Sleeping Anymore!

2009-06-15T00:38:00.000-07:00

The view from our front yard on Friday! Yes, that is Larry and if you will notice Jane is sitting on his shoulders. Jo and I are taking the photo.

After having excellent Pizza at Hilltop Stop Pizza in Stewartsville we came out to find Storm Chasers all over the parking lot watching this little bit of Tornadic weather. www.stormchaselive.com

Come to find out the big activity had been Sunday night when 400+ Storm Chasers including The Weather Channel had been at the end of our lane. It was a little intimidating for Ms. Pink as this was her first big storm. Actually I think she was a little irritated with me, running around with my weather alert radio and in a bit of a panic. Larry of course was upstairs sleeping with the girls. It all blew by us however, it hit Lake Viking pretty hard. My Sisters lake house had some pretty extensive damage to the roof and of course her flowers. As long as its all cleaned up by the time we come for Father's Day on Sunday. Sleep tight and Happy Quilting!

It's all Polka Spots to Me!

2009-06-04T13:03:00.000-07:00

Okay, so my mom owns a Quilt Shoppe, my biggest sister is Tula Pink and a really huge fabric designer which is why I say "that as long as its all polka spots it matches, right?" I mean how can a girl go wrong with rubber boots on a 90 degree day, especially when both boots are right feet and they look so cute? My mommy is so crazy to say this didn't really match so good.

Only in Stewartsville

2009-06-01T19:09:00.000-07:00

Seriously, I have only been in Stewartsville, Mo for 9 years but I couldn't believe my eyes or my Father in Law when I spotted this sleeping coon. I know life is really slow here, all we talk about is the weather, but what to expect next...a lounging 12 point buck?

3:30 am UGH!

2009-05-22T01:37:00.000-07:00

We have received two new lines this week!

SherriBerriDesigns Christmas, (Winter Wonder) and Halloween (Costume Club). Sheri is new to the Quilting world but comes from a huge scrapbooking and finish goods business. She is local too, Kansas!

Still working on the photos from Quilt Market. By the time I get them up it will be time for Fall Market in Houston. Tula is planning on having a booth, should be really fun and exciting. We will be marketing her newest line which is still hush, hush, top secret, but well worth the wait. New patterns to go along with the new line and quilts.

SUPER EXCITING! We are planning a "Sample Spree" at the Shoppe! For every $10.00 you spend during the month of June at the Shoppe you will receive a raffle ticket. We will then raffle off 3 of our finest "Sample Quilts". The raffle is set for Saturday the 11th of July from 12:00 to 2:00. You must be present to win, no exchanges or trades. No one will know what quilts will be raffled until the day of the raffle, so don't even try to pry it out of us. Yes, we will have refreshments etc. Watch you email for details, even though I just gave them to you.

Seems quiet on the Twinkie front. Back to catch a few winks??

Happy Quilting,

Kathy

Dry Run, here we come!

2009-05-18T20:12:00.000-07:00

Okay, ladies I am actually going to do the "Blog" thing. Before you know it I will be "Twittering".

I promise if this gets too out of control I will remove myself prior to any major damage.

Love you all,

Updates from Pittsburgh Quilt Market, plus photos within hours!

Sneek Peek... Amy Butler, me and one other rock star designer in the Ladies Room!

Hope to see you in the a.m.

Why a Blog?

2008-04-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

Why a blog is the question, the answer is so that we folks here at Country Expressions Quilt Shoppe can get ideas, inspiration and scoops as they arise. By scoops I mean what is happening in your "quilters world", what are some of the hot fabrics that you have seen, what you as the customer would like to see in our shoppe. Fun productive stuff that we can all share .

So, first topic....I heard that one of the Granddaughters of the Walmart fortune is going to open a fabric "chain". The new "WoAnns? Is this competition for privately owned really nice, beautiful quality fabric Quilt Shoppes?