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Tu-Na Quilts: Fall Into a QAL Block 11 Released Today
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Tu-Na Quilts: Fall Into a QAL Block 10 Released Today
Tu-Na Quilts has gone missing.
If you are seeing this it’s because Tu-Na has had a delay in posting the canning block for the Fall Into a QAL due to her trying to get too many things done and only 24 hours in a day before she left for her 3 week trip to explore places over the ocean and far away.
Please visit any of the other hosts for information on making this pattern.
Block designer Sandra Healy of Sandra Healy designs. Find the pattern here.
- April at JANDA Bend Quilts
- Vanda at Quilting with Vanda
- Sherry at Powered by Quilting
- Bobbi at Snowy Days Quilting
- Jennifer at The Inquiring Quilter*
- Abbie at Sparkle On
I’ll be back in about a week after I’ve completed my canning. You’ll be surprised to see what I’ll be putting in those cute little jars. What’s in your jar?
Tu-Na Quilts: A Postage Stamp Turkey
Fall Into a QAL Block 9 Released Today
Today has arrived!! Thanks for stopping by to see my block that I designed for the Fall Into a QAL. This QAL is brought to you by Partners in Design: Where Friends and Fabric Meet.
Presenting my Postage Stamp Turkey Block
Tu-Na Quilts: Fall Into a QAL Block Eight Released Today
BOMsBOMsWelcome to the release of the eighth block for the Fall Into a QAL.
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Presenting the Autumn Leaf Block
If you are looking for my Fabulous Freebies Blog Hop post, you will find it here. But you are still invited to check out this leaf block before you go.
Tu-Na Quilts: Finding Free Patterns
Welcome to Fabulous Freebies Blog Hop hosted by Calico Joan of Moosestash Quilting. Thanks Joan.
Let’s explore the world of online bee swaps and a very special quilt-a-long as part of Fabulous Freebies.
Tu-Na Travels: Day Seven, 398 Miles, 4 Quilt Shops, 0 Remaining!
The loons did not call us to arise as they had last year (read that post here) but we awoke before the alarm sounded anyway. We both sighed — for me it meant that my shop hop fun was coming to a close and for Tu-Na Helper it meant that his fun could now begin.
Tu-Na Quilts: Day Six, 288 Miles, 9 Quilt Shops, 4 Remaining
If you recall from yesterday’s post (day 5), we secured the last hotel room in the greater Brainerd area for the night.
Cue the Music ♪ Do do, Do do, Do do ♪
We arose early to prepare to drive the short 30 minute trip to the quilt shop in Pequot Lakes in order to be there when it opened at 9 am. I was still getting ready as Tu-Na Helper announced he would start taking our bags to the car.
He grabbed the cooler, slung his bag over his shoulder, unlocked the door, reached for the handle, and pulled. Nothing happened. He moved the deadbolt to the lock and then to the unlock position again and pulled on the door handle. Again, nothing happened. We looked at each other. Could we both still be sleeping and dreaming or is this the beginning of a quilting thriller? Help! Let me out. There’s shops to visit and fabric that needs to be bought!
He tried several more times locking and unlocking the door and pulling down on the handle with the same result and then searched the room for the telephone to call the front desk. There was no phone.
Tu-Na Travels: Day Five, 419 Miles, 10 Quilt Shops, 13 Remaining
Morning came early and we headed toward Randall to visit The Old Creamery Quilt Shop (I featured them in 2016 here). We both groaned when we pulled into the parking lot as it was filled with cars AND a bus!
Tu-Na Travels: Day Four, 251 Miles, 8 Quilt Shops, 23 Remaining
I knew something (or should I say someone) was missing when I first stepped through the door of Heather’s Book Nook & Sew Much More in Granite Falls. I looked around and then I asked.
Tu-Na Quilts: Day Three, 346 Miles, 9 Quilt Shops, 31 Remaining
Oops, Finishing Day Two
Maybe it’s my imagination or maybe it’s not but this year’s route seems to be flowing so much better and faster. The first two days found us visiting a fair amount of shops each day because we were able to get to shops that open at nine in the morning and then to several that were open far into the evening. This really helps to get us moving down the list but it sure makes for a long, tiring day and a short night.
That being said, I now have leverage to admit that I forgot to mention that we checked out of the Metro section last night (day 2 post). It was about 7 pm when we arrived at Eagle Creek Quilt Shop in Shakopee. I featured them a couple of years ago (read their interesting story here).
A class was in process but I still was able to look around at the shop samples; ask if they had the pattern, A Little Bit Shorter Tall Tree, that was on my list; leisurely browse the clearance fabrics; and make a purchase before we got our passports stamped and received our incentive prize for finishing the Metro section.
However, I need to apologize to the lady waiting to use the restroom. Since the classroom tables usually hold the clearance fabrics, the staff had stacked the many bolts alongside one wall inside the single-use, spacious restroom and I took the opportunity to “kill two birds with one stone” albeit a little too leisurely.
We each received a mesh bag for completing the Metro section. There were only 8 shops in this section which is down from 11 a few years ago. Several quilt shops have closed but some have decided not to participate. Tu-Na Helper still abides by his motto, “If they’re not on the hop, we don’t stop.” I guess he has to draw the line somewhere.
