Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Country Sampler - Day 2

 We started off with a gourmet breakfast made by Kellie.  Ginger filled pancakes with lemon sauce and sausage!!!  Brenda made us a fruit salad too.  Yum!!!
 Now to the main event....shopping at Country Sampler.  Here is Butternut Tavern by Stacy Nash all done up as a pillow. 
This little piece is called Home and is by Pineberry Lane.  Teresa and I immediately snatched up kits of this.   Country Sampler had so many projects all kitted up which made it very easy to get into a frenzy!
Here is a super duper piece that I had seen the chart of before; but when you see the model....well....I just had to get it and so did several others in my group.  I had not noticed before that there are four couples in this piece.  They start out with a Revolutionary War couple, then Civil War, then Spanish-American War (i think) and then World War I.  Can't wait to start this one!

 Here is the model of Peace House.  You can see why I had to start it immediately!
 There were several prim prints throughout the store.  I bought two and this is one of them.
 As you can see; there were things to look at everywhere and all of them were winners!








Here are Teresa, Karin and Pat looking over a quilting book.





 Karin and Linda kitting up some projects.
Karin bought the Lincoln quilt kit so she had to have her picture taken with the shop model.  Gorgeous!

We all fell in love with the wooden risers that this notebook is on.  Of course, I had to purchase one of those handmade notebooks too.  Old-timey kids with flags!  I am in!!!
 Above is one of the new Stacy Nash market pieces.

Below is the basement of the Country Sampler where everything is on sale!  So much fun!!!
Guess what?  I still have some more pictures in my camera to put up on the blog which I will do real soon!

For those of you who have asked, I am trying to get the name of the chart that Kellie is stitching in the previous post and I will let you know as soon as I do.  

I wish every weekend could be a Country Sampler weekend!!

18 comments:

Deb said...

I'm so envious. It looks like it was a wonderful time. I hope to get there this summer (fingers crossed). I love the pillow with the house and the girl. Do you know what the name of the pattern is? I haven't seen it before.

Keeper of the Crowes said...

Country Sampler Part 2 is even more fantastic than Part 1. Can't wait to see what's next!!!!! The pictures are so beautiful, Laura.

Laurie in Iowa said...

Love seeing all your photos of Country Sampler and your stitching group. Can't wait to see the next installment.

Giovanna said...

What lovely stitched pieces, what a lovely place - it must have been such fun, thanks for sharing.

Barb said...

Your pictures make me wish I was there!!

Margaret said...

Ok, I wanna be there too. lol! Good for Karin for getting the Lincoln quilt kit. It's so beautiful! I'm in love with everything, frankly. Thanks for sharing with us so we can shop vicariously!

Karin said...

Love, love it!!! So much fun to see all the pics of our great time together. Thanks Laura! We have a personal chef and a personal blogger in our midsts :-)

Jeanne said...

Thank you so much Laura for posting all these photos. The last time I was on a road trip in WI and MN I looked up Country Sampler but it was too far out of our way for us to make the stop. I do hope to get there someday - always heard it was a great place and now I see it's true! Isn't it just funny how no one can resist a good model? :-) So much better to see something in person vs just a chart photo!

Melody said...

Great pictures of your shop visit! I have been to the Country Sampler a few years ago, now after seeing your pictures I need to go again!!

Stitchinowl said...

Stitching, shopping, friends, good food - the recipe tor a perfect weekend! Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos.
Carolyn

teresa said...

Deb ~ the pillow with the house and the girl is only available from the Stacey Nash club that The Country Sampler runs.

Bertie said...

Wow, what a lovely post, I just like to fly over right now!
Thanks for sharing;))

llknbillburg said...

This looks like such a wonderful trip! Makes me want to jump in the car with my stitching buds and go somewhere fun!!! Laura

BrendaS said...

I want to go again this weekend!!! Thanks for such a great recap Laura:))))

woolwoman said...

I get the newsletter from Country Sampler - OMGosh - I want to go to Wisconsin so bad - maybe one day! Love seeing all you gals having so much fun - you do a great job with the photos Laura - can't wait to see the next installment - Melody

Nancy in WI said...

My favorite place! Thanks for sharing your pictures! I've only been there a few times but order from them. I can't wait to back.

valerie said...

OMGosh! You girls are so lucky! What an amazing time at the Country Sampler! Looks like a shop you can spend hours and hours in!

merumo said...

I discovered your lovely blog from Laurie's "Corgie's Cottage" blog and drooling all over your Country Sampler's pictures!! That's my dream shop to visit someday. I'm a stitcher and quilter, too. What a dangerous place to be, but I'm brave to find out more! Thanks for sharing :D