Folk Art Quilted Traditions Blog Hop Continues

I forgot to share this neat photo of my little pelican on my Folk Art Quilted Traditions table runner. Doesn’t he match perfectly!

Today we are heading out on a little trip to Minnesota to see Builder Bob’s mom, she will be 96 on Saturday. I hope my mind and body are in as good of shape as hers when I am that age. It is a 8-hour drive but…..we will take two days to get there. We have a favorite Meat Market called Nick’s Sausage in Hayward, MN and we will be picking up some meat to take with us.

I thought I would show you the beautiful fat quarters I got at the Calico Hutch quilt shop in Hayward, Minnesota. We happened to be there the last Friday of the month when all fat quarters are only $1.50 each. I picked up some batiks…….

a few more and then some cute packages of scraps. The staff were very nice and fun, we were at this shop 3 years ago and it is still just as neat! Lots and lots of beautiful quilts, kits, and fabrics.

How did we find this shop…….it is in the same little town as the Calico Hutch which is one of my favorite quilt shops to stop at. It is so much fun to look back at old blog posts and revisit memories! The first time we stopped at Calico Hutch was in 2010 when all of the family got together for his mom’s 90th birthday!

In September of  2013 we stopped at the Calico Hutch again and I picked up all these neat little scrap packs and had so much fun with them! I know we stopped last year but I can’t seem to find a post.

We also met a couple of women that had come for the fat quarter special……nothing like a sale to get us talking! Marj and Karen were so much fun! Karen and Bob talked about remodeling while Marj and I grabbed the goodies. Hmmm…..I wonder if there were any fat quarters left for Karen after we left.

Here they are trying to look serious……not working guys! I didn’t take any photos inside darn it. I think it was because I had too many things in my basket.

The last time we came to Hayward, Bob bought some fantastic summer sausage at Nick’s Smoked Meats and we picked up some again to take home. When I found these packages at the quilt store I just had to buy them! These are scraps of fabric that are packaged and taken to Nicks to be weighed and the label printed. I opened only one so far and I can’t wait to get home and open the rest!

We are taking little Sadie with us so we will stay in Albert Lea, MN which is about halfway. We are now looking for pet-friendly hotels……..she has changed our lives!

Folk Art Quilted Traditions book by Suzy Webster

I hope you have been enjoying the Folk Art Quilted Traditions blog hop and today you can visit the following blogs:

Thursday October 13th

• Pamela Boatright – Pamela Quilts
• Teri Lucas – Generation Q Magazine
• Maryellen McAuliffe – Mary Mack Made Mine

Have you noticed that many of us did the same table runner that was in Suzy’s book? It is so neat and I am amazed at how different everyone’s table runner looks in all the different beautiful colors of batiks! Enjoy your day!

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