Wonky Wishes Day At Thimble Towne!

If you’ve never been to Thimble Towne, YOU MUST GO!

This is no ordinary quilt shop, it’s also a wonderful event center right here in Bakersfield, with a second location in near by Visalia.  Just awesome beyond words!

And I came face to face with the poster that has been announcing my arrival over the past many months as we have had this on the calendar for more than 4 years.  4 years, and I am finally here!

And so is the quilt in this photo, as it was a Wonky Workshop Day yesterday, hosted by the Cotton Patch Quilters of Kern County.

I learned many things yesterday – this area was also big in cotton growing for many years, though citrus and nut trees and vineyards have slowly taken over.

Just check out this space!

My thanks also so the A&E Signature thread company who sent mini king spools of wonderful Signature 3 ply 60 weight thread for all of my students here in Bakersfield.  We’ve got 3 days worth of full workshops, and they are all going home with thread.

Meet Christina from Las Vegas!

Do you see what her shirt says?

That BFF stands for Bonnie’s Fan Forever! AWESOME!

And check out the back:

All of the mysteries she’s done on are on the back!

The only thing left unchecked is “Died and gone to heaven” And I hope that is a long time off yet!  Seriously, we all wanted one – she came up with this design herself.  Too fun.

And wouldn’t you just love to sew on Polka Dottie??

Oh my goodness!

Blocks coming together by lunch time!

Wonderful array of colors and fabrics!

String sashings making the whole production sing!

This is Linda, my driver all the way down from Napa – so happy to have her and her cohort Katie with us!

Lay them all out, ladies!

The pattern for Wonky Wishes is available in the Quiltville Store under the Pattern Singles category.  Did you know there is a SHOP tab at the top of the blog to get you there quickly?

You’ll find the rest of our day together in the video below.  Click to play:

they got so much done - and loads of shopping accomplished on the side with the quilt shop attached to the event center.

From the machine show room at the entrance

To beautiful fabric selections in the fabric department

Don’t forget to look up!

This is a Judy Niemeyer authorized class shop!

So much inspiration!

Where did I bee-line to?  Little Singer 27 with Tiffany decals.

LOVELY!

So happy to have spent the day with these fun gals!

Last night’s sewing.

All from this trip!

I’ve finished ALL of the block kits I brought with me this trip which tells me two things:  1) I must never underestimate the sewing time I might have as in PACK MORE, and 2) These are so easy to make they take less time than I thought they would. 14 blocks heading home with me on Sunday.

Tonight is a lecture night, so there won’t be sewing time anyway – Tomorrow is my last night in Bakersfield so I'll likely be packing up my suitcase and making it ready so I wouldn’t get much Friday night sewing anyway – I’m checking out on Saturday morning, teaching a class Saturday, and then we head over to LAX where I’ll spend Saturday night, and shuttle myself to the airport Sunday morning for my flight home.

Still – should have packed at least 4 more blocks – I was on a ROLL!

Quiltville Quote of the Day

Vintage nine-patch quilt found in Illinois.

And then, maybe I just need a couple of quiet evenings.

Peace can not be found in noise and restlessness.

Find some time to see what the joy of silence can bring to you today.

Have a wonderful Thursday, everyone!