Quiltville Comes to Spring Green, Wisconsin

Bonnie Hunter came to town yesterday and brought a beautiful scrappy trunk show with her. I've been following her blog for a while now and couldn't wait for this day to arrive. She spoke to a full house. People came by the car load and bus load. (I'll let Bonnie tell the story about the bus on her blog.) Bonnie is a excellent lecturer. She had so many tips to share and she kept us all laughing.

You can visit Bonnie's blog Quiltville to find links to her mystery quilts. The quilt above was made by Bonnie.

And here is the same pattern made and modified by another quilter (I wish I knew her name).

I purchased a copy of Bonnie's book "Scraps and Shirttails" a few weeks ago. I've been wanting to make this quilt ever since:

This is Virginia Bound. It was my favorite until I saw this quilt:

I love these little log cabin blocks. When I first saw this quilt I thought WOW! Then I thought, "who would want to make blocks so small? Oh yeah, me, duh."

I hope all of you have a chance to hear Bonnie speak. She inspires and will change the way you think about your stash. Thanks Bonnie!

Pictures published with permission of Bonnie K. Hunter.

P.S. There are still four more days to enter my 100th blog post giveaway.

Bonnie Hunter Coming Soon

Pardon the duplicate post....

Bonnie Hunter is coming to speak in our area!

Some of you may know Bonnie from the Quiltville.com website and her famous blog too.

I am happy to announce that she will be speaking at Arthur's Restaurant in Spring Green Wisconsin on Monday, November 10th at 7:00pm. That is at the intersection of Hwy 14 and Hwy 23 in Spring Green.

Her trunk show and lecture will be a spectacular show to say the least. And her long awaited book, "Scraps and Shirttails" will be available for sale at the book signing following the Trunk Show.

I am so excited to host Bonnie. I have been a follower of her "Scrap User System" in which you learn to cut your scraps into usable sizes like 2" strips, or 2 1/2", or 3" strips or more. You cut your smaller pieces into usable squares or bricks too!

Then after organizing your scraps into bins of same sizes, Bonnie gives you patterns on her website that she created pulling fabric from those bins and using those precut strips and squares!
soon to be released book...............Bonnie's new book will have even more patterns to use those scraps up. After all, $9 a yard is still $9 a yard even in scraps. You can see from the book's cover that Bonnie also recycles in its finest state. Using 100% cotton shirts from thrift stores as fabric too.

So if you want to get off work early, come for dinner, stay for the show -- save the date now.
Monday, November 10th
Arthur's Restaurant, Spring Green WI
* 7:00pm * small fee at the door
More details later, Lets show Bonnie that Wisconsin quilters support great Quilt Teachers!
**If you would be willing to distribute flyers to your local guilds, contact me at homestead986@hotmail.com Thank you! Patsy