I live in farmington iowa I too enjoy the simple live

Lady T is in West Point and you are in Farmington and I have talked to a couple of other locals one in Ft. Madison and one in Stockport. We should get together some time!

Have you ever been to Rutledge? They have a great fabric store there. It is owned by the same people who own the Dutchman's store at Cantril.

Do any of you "southern Iowa" gals shop at the Dutchmen's?
I love that store & make several trips a year. It's an all day
trip for me.

outside of Lawton

We go down almost once a month and a lot of times during the summer we are there 2 or 3 times amonth. It is a 45 min drive for us and my mom is from there originally. She grew up on a farm there and went to Harmony high school there. So she had to tell me who lived where when she was growing up. I hear it everytime. And she hated riding the bus down the cliff road that winds into Bentonport? I think it is.

We also make a trip at least once a year down to Rutledge. It's an hour and a half drive one way. They have the same sort of fabrics as Dutchman's at Cantril. but always a differant assortment. They have one long wall with fabrics on curtain rods that swing out and it is from floor to ceiling. I love their fabrics. Averages around $5 ayard. A lot of it is $2.99 to $6.99.

Anyone close to us who would like to come I am hosting a Quilt Retreat at Bentonsport Sept 24 to 26. You don't have to pay to stay there you can come and join us during the day if you like! There are no fees just your meals. I thought we would probably go out to eat for supper on Sat otherwise I will probably have the owner of the B & B provide sandwiches for lunch. Haven't decide yet for Fri supper. I will do some demonstrations if anyone wants and just bring whatever you would like to work on.

I have 5 people so far and possibly one more. We have room for 12 all totalled. so we have room for 6 more.

HI from Northeast Iowa.

Ooo wish I could get there Rhonda!

From East central Iowa here. Born and raised...never left. :) Right in the middle of nowhere...between Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Muscatine and Davenport. LOL ....middle of nowhere :)

[quote=the old one]Hi, Orange City Quilter, one of our daughters is visiting from south east Iowa, and today we went to Roelof's in Sioux Center. Where do you get your fabric? I really like scrap quilting the best, it is too hard to choose only four or five fabrics for a whole quilt (for me, that is) so I pick a color scheme and use whatever suits my eyes. Do you belong to a group? piecefully, the old one, or Gail
The "old one" is an inside family joke, but it fits!![/quo


I go to Inweave in Hawarden, for the most part. I also like to do scrappy. I don't belong to any group and am self taught. Maybe we can meet sometime? Do you belong to a group?

I wish you could too!

Would love to be part of the quilt retreat. Still trying to decide if I can make it work.

:lol: HAPPY TO BE FROM IOWA. I'M A TRANSPLANT FROM NEW JERSEY. MOVED TO WEST CENTRAL IOWA 47 YEARS AGO.

:lol: I take all my quilts to Stitches in Time in Perry, Iowa to be quilted by Marti. She does a beautiful job.

Deb from Kalona I have 2 quilt shops within walking distance from my house. Stitch-n-Sew and Willowcreek. If I come up missing DH knows where to find me. LOL

I spend alot of money at Stitch n Sew. It is one of my favorite shops. I sold my stuff to Yoder's antiques and gifts for 12 yrs until this year. She closed the store. I sold some stuff to Juanita at Willowcreek in April but haven't had time to make more for her. If I get around I need to find out if she still wants any more merchandise. I have bought alot from those two stores over the last 12 years. I taught my first class at Willow Creek.

Bennett's Grandma

ya Country Threads, but I don't go there much. I like all of the others around. I shop at the Quited Forest in Forest City the most or Seames To Me in Algona or a shop up in Mankato, MN where I have a son. They are open on Sunday afternoon. Just did a Shop Hop that tooke me from Algona to Osage and from Hayward, MN to Iowa Falls. Had a lot of FUN!!!

I've been to all those shops except the Mankato one--like them all!

Born and raised in Dubuque, lived most of my adult years in Des Moines, and now am just north of Des Moines.
Love it - except for the winters. There is no place as lush as this.

Hi from central Iowa - Hardin County. I've lived here all my life and love it.

Hello, Orange City--we have been without internet for over twenty four hours, don't know why, but it is back now. Would love to meet some day, this week is pretty busy, Don's new glasses will be in LeMars, don't know what day, and Thursday afternoon I have Second Thursdays to attend--that's our quilters group, there are twelve of us, so we can meet in each other's houses, and not have to find another place. I belonged to Sioux Prairie Quilters for quite awhile, but health issues made me decide to give it up. See you soon, I hope. piecefully, the old one

Hi, I am from Boone, Iowa

Hi
I am from Hawkeye in NE Iowa!
I help host a Quilt Show here every year in June at K&K Gardens..It is so cool to see the quilts and flowers blended together with antique props...would make a nice day trip for all you Iowa girls...

From Maquoketa, Iowa

I will mark my calendar! Oh wait gotta get a 2011 one soon!

For some reason I am still without internet! I am in Sioux City From Friday night to Wednesday morning. you can pm me privetly.

I'm in the Des Moines area

Me to...NE side. Maybe we could meet sometime?

go to cantril about once a month. right now i am trying to use the material i have, am doing a lot of scrap quilts it would be fun to get together with someone else that quilts only one of my friends do and i do love to see quilts. do any of you go to cantril fall sale

I try to go to the fall sale every year. Hv a sister just 5 miles
from there. Hope to get to the one at Rutledge this Oct. as well.
Have never been to it.

We were in Cantril Tues. we go down a couple of times a month, I only get to Rutledge about once a year. It is an hour and a half for me to Rutledge and 45 mins to Cantril. I buy my hamburger there in 10 pound rolls.

Please tell me about the Cantril, Iowa fall sale. I would like
to go. When/what is it? Thanks

Please tell me about the Cantril & Rutledge fall sales.
I'm interested in going. When?????

Dutchman's sale at Cantril is Sept 29 thru Oct 2 this year.I
don't know about Rutledge or if they hve a sale. Just know I
want to visit there as well. I'm planning to go to Cantril on
Sept 30

I grow up about 7 miles from Rutledge. Whenever I can I go to Zimmermans when I'm in the area.

Cedar Rapids Iowa here :)

wow...guess that I didn't realize that we had so many Iowa quilters :D Not such a "small world" after all :D I am really glad to see each and every one of you here:D Hugs

I'm from Sully, which is in south central Iowa. It's about even between Grinnell, Newton, & Pella. I grew up in Michigan, but transplanted here 5 1/2 years ago. My husband grew up here.

I take it you have an autistic in your family? If we've talked about it before sorry! I am so quick to forget things! LOL

I have a 9 yr old DGS who is autistic.

We're in SE Iowa.