$30.00 At The Flea Market

I'm always amazed at how much cool stuff I can find at a Flea Market for a small amount of money.  I spent $30.00 today at the Flea Market in Wilmot Wisconsin and this is what I got for my money:

A  nice variety of beads!

Some jewelry pieces that I can take apart for the beads.

More pieces that I can take apart for the beads and I thought I could use that little Partridge In A Pear Tree brooch on a Christmas door hanger!

Finally, a little vintage kitty for my collection.  I don't buy too much in the way of collectibles anymore.  I have plenty of pretty little collectible things but I do have an affinity for sweet little vintage cat figurines.  They have to have pretty little faces.  One of these days, I'll take you on a tour of my little cat collection.  I just find them at flea markets and antique shops.  I guess there's nothing wrong with being a crazy cat lady!

Anyway, that's my Flea Market treasure for today!

Sneak Peek

I thought you would all enjoy a sneak peek of the Summer 2015 issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine.  Here it is, the cover design:

This one is a special edition!  50 pages as opposed to the traditional 40.  I'll go back to 40 pages with the Autumn issue.  The special Seascape Issue will be released on May 1st.

Midwest Flea Market Schedule 2015

I was asked if I would post the Midwest Flea Market schedule for 2015.  This is for the Chicago, Milwaukee and Rockford area.  These are the Antique Flea Markets that Scott and I go to.

Graylake, Illinois Fairgrounds:

April 11th & 12th
May 9th & 10th
May 23rd Late Night Flea Market
June 20th & 21 (weekend change for only this year)
July 11th & 12th
August 8th & 9th
September 12th & 13th
October 10th & 11th
November 7th & 8th
December 12th & 13th Show Hours: Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 9am to 3pm / $7

Kane County, Illinois Fairgrounds:

April 11 & 12th  
May 2nd & 3rd
June 6th & 7th
July 4th & 5th
August 1st & 2nd 
September 5th & 6th
October 3rd & 4th
November Show-   *Oct 31st & Nov 1st
December 5th and 6th
First 2016 show -- March 5th and 6th

Admission $5.00 per day Adults



Elkhorn Wisconsin Fairgrounds:

May 17
June 28
August 9
September 27
Admission $5.00 per person 

Wilmot Wisconsin Wilmot Mountain:

SEASON EIGHT GRAND OPENING: April 12, 2015!!! 

Open every Sunday: 7:00am-3:00pm

                                                        Admission $1.00 per person

Crazy Quilt Peacocks

I was asked if I could post photos of all the Peacock Crazy Quilt Pieces I did over the years.

This one was a lace peacock:

And these are the ones with the fancy tails:

Last but not least is this piece:

I stitched the peacock back in the 1980's.  About 2 years ago, I decided to make it into a wall hanging with crazy quilting on either side.  I just need to put it together which I'm planning on doing this Summer.

So, I think that's all of them!  At least so far!

Peacock Wall Hanging Completed

The Peacock Wall Hanging is complete!  I always do the peacock's tail last.  I start by adding a piece of vintage jewelry to the top of the tail.  In this case, I used a pair of vintage earrings:

The next step is to "shape" the tail.  It's a matter of getting the fancy yarn to lay right:

The next step is to add the eyes to the feathers.  I used some large round gold sequins with a smaller pink flower sequin in the center:

Finally, the bottom of the tail gets a little bit of a trim:

So this is complete and ready to go!  My client plans to do the finishing herself so I'll ask her if she would send me a photo when it's hanging on her wall.