Monday, April 22, 2024

Cross Stitch Extravaganza - Quilter’s Station

Had a wonderful week last week at the Cross Stitch Extravaganza put on by Quilter’s Station in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Our road trip began and ended in Lamoni, Ia. We love stopping at the Amish Country Store and have stopped there many times, but this time, we ate a late lunch at the Pizza Shack. It was so good, we had lunch there on the way home too. We also discovered two wonderful antique stores.


We save Wednesday for shopping at CC and Company, the antique shops in Greenwood, and more shopping at Quilter’s Station! A visit to Greenwood would not be complete without a visit to the tea room!







The main event is on Thursday and Friday. Four designers with great projects. We loved them all! All brought trunk shows to ooh and aah over.

Kim Nugent from Samplers Not Forgotten was up first! Her project was an Amish Puzzle Ball. She also designed a sweet little pincushion for us. Prior to the retreat, our group all worked on “One Nation” a needlebook and biscornu, so we had to take a picture with her.








Rae Niles from Red Barn Samplers told us an amazing story about how she acquired a collection of samplers. She provided us with a sweet pincushion project and the corresponding sampler.







On Friday, Jeannine McGowan from the Blue Flower started out the day with an amazing sampler!





Our next group project will be Jeanine’s “Bees in the Greenhouse.”

Last but not least, Annie Belcher from Annie Beez also shared her inspiration and the pattern for a sweet little sampler. Belle was there too!





All four designers delivered such delightful stories and projects!


Next Cross Stitch Extravaganza is in September! Come if you can - you won’t be dissappointed!

4 comments:

Marilyn said...

That looks like a fantastic time with great projects!
Marilyn

Robin in Virginia said...

It looks like it was a wonderful retreat, Cathy. What a wonderful assortment of projects you had!

Stasi said...

So much fun...must be grand time!

marly said...

Well that looks like a fantastic excursion! Great needlework exhibit, so many nice finishes. The food photos got to me too.