While we were near the little town of Hot Springs SD I decided to see if I could find a quilt shop to pick up some different thread to piece my tumblers. I had brought a different thread than I normally use for some unknown reason – really I’m not sure what was going through my head. I didn’t like it so I ran into this shop – totally forgot my camera and just took this photo later from the street. They had a really neat quilt hanging in the store that the lady said she thought was called “Gypsy Wife” very colorful. I will need to do a search for it on line when I have decent internet. (When I was able to get on line before this posted I did a quick search and found the pattern – here is a link – a Jen Kingwell design)I’m pretty sure I have seen it on pinterest and probably pinned it at some time as it really looked familiar. I did find some thread and will give it a try but it wasn’t YLI hand quilting thread that I love to piece with – I will be watching for it along the way at other shops.
“Tumbling into Insanity” has grown a little bit! or maybe not – I loose track after awhile of what I have scheduled – sorry if this is the same size as last I showed!
A neat almost ghost town that we pulled up to for a rest break and ate our lunch in the camper along the way to the Badlands National Park – more from the park next. So much of this country is so isolated that if you ever get a chance or desire to get away from the cities to see the “real” America head to the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana – beautiful scenery!!
YLI hand quilting thread is hard to find, in my experience … not sure why. I just order mine online, but that won’t help you know, will it? 🙁 I hope you’re able to find some. I did find a listing of stores that carry YLI at their website … of course, there’s no guarantee that any of these shops carry *hand* quilting thread. But maybe it will help?? http://www.ylicorp.com/CPanel/Document/e83da892-0f6e-42e2-a704-04523e03e663-Web%20store%20listing.pdf
Wow, there is a lot going on in that Gypsy Wife quilt!!! I guess I like something a little more sedate. Did you bring your LeMoyne Star pieces with you? I keep looking for them, but I missed several of your blogs when I had house guests, so you may have mentioned them at that time.
I really enjoy reading about your vacation. Thanks for sharing with us.
i’ve seen someone finish up that quilt recently but I can’t recall where…
How fun that you saw a Jen Kingwell quilt in the middle of nowhere! I love her stuff — she designed the Steampunk quilt that I made. Love that Ghost Town look — having great fun following you on your vacation!
The gypsy wife quilt has been fairly popular this year. Someone even did a quilt along on it. It is a really pretty quilt, isn’t it? I’m enjoying following your travels and your pictures.
HeartSong is one of my FAVE shops!!!!! There’s also a shop in Custer, Spearfish and Belle Fourche ….an authentic cowboy town! (Bakery Fabrics….owned/run by friend Annie!!!). Eat at Patty’s Place for wonderful Southern BBQ!!! The Black Hills is my/our second “home”……….several treks that direction every year!!!! Love your piecing!!! If you get to Hill City, The Mercantile quilt shop (right downtown) is fab, too!!! Eat at the Alpine Inn for great German food at lunchtime!!!!!!
Jen Kingwell’s patterns are so cute…hadn’t seen any of those before. It looks hot in the street scene photo!
I’ve never heard of anyone piecing with YLI hand quilting thread before. Are you piecing by hand with it, or by machine? I have used YLI hand quilting thread for hand quilting and I have a stash of assorted colors, but I don’t remember where I purchased it. Anywho, it sounds like my soul needs to take a trip to the rural Midwest because, in my neck of the woods, I’m starting to get panic attacks every time I get in the car and drive by yet ANOTHER new neighborhood under construction. They just keep tearing down the old homes with large lots and smacking as many houses down, as close together as possible. My soul just wants to see an empty field with a forest far off in the distance, you know?