Ladies of Liberty Mercantile Fabric &Notions

Prairie Women Club

2012-01-27T09:09:00.000-08:00

Prairie Women Club

Saturday, February 11 - 1 pm (this class is full)
Monday February 20 - 10:30 am
Saturday February 25 - 10:30 am

You are invited to join a unique monthly club that will take you on a journey back in time. Gather together as the "Prairie Women" did, and hear anecdotal stories about their quilt making, and what daily life was like for those who traveled by wagon train on the Oregon Trail, to the lives of quilter's during the Civil War, and the years of women's suffrage for equal rights. Not only will you learn how our quilting ancestors created quilts by "Making-Do" with what they had, you will be invited to do so yourself!!!

We have held our first two journeys and what fun we have had! This a great time to sew and visit with others who love history and quilting! Want to join us? We still have room in our Monday and last Saturday of month classes! Pre-sign up is required - $40.00 for 6 months. Call (503-837-0676) or email (ladiesofliberty@hotmail.com) the shop and sign up today!

Birthday club quilts

2012-01-15T18:05:00.000-08:00

Here is Carol's birthday quilt made from the blocks all the ladies made for her. It is beautiful!

We are celebrating our third year tomorrow!

2012-01-13T20:43:00.000-08:00

Wow! Has it really been three years?
Yes it has!
We are celebrating at the shop tomorrow with give-a-ways every hour! Stop in and sign up to win (don't have to be present to win).
Have a slice of cake and a cup of tea with us while you are there also.
Here is many more years at LOL!

Friends ~ Quilts ~ Reminiscences

2012-01-05T21:32:00.000-08:00

When I first came to Independence three years ago to open Ladies of Liberty Mercantile I met a wonderful lady named Joan Wynn! She was so happy that a fabric/quilt shop was going to open in her home town. She made me feel so welcome.

She joined one of my first clubs. She made one of the ladies on the shop quilt for me. She encouraged me to teach a class at the guilds quilt college. She alway made me smile.

She lost her battle with cancer on Christmas Day.

Joan - you will be missed.

Ann and Joan at Little Women's Club

Meet Mattie Dry Goods

2012-01-02T13:01:00.000-08:00

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile has a winning name for our shop rat! Congratulations to Donna Hefty - winner of a fat quarter bundle!

Here is the winning name: Mattie Dry-Goods.

Donna also included a story about Mattie with her entry!

Hello,

I recently came to live at the shop. Let me introduce myself.

I am Mattie Dry-Goods. Mattie is short for Material.

My maiden name is Dry.

My married name is Goods.

I have lived in Oregon my entire life, I like rain showers.

I collect thread pieces I find on the floor and enjoy looking through quilting books and magazines.

I am more active at night and can be found looking at fat quarters, some times they come undone!

I look forward to meeting my customers and welcoming all whom come into my store.

Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T23:06:00.000-08:00

Only an hour to go BUT I don't think I'll make it - so I am saying Happy New Year now.
Thank you for a wonderful yeat at the shop. As January approaches we are starting our third year at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile! Time flies when you are having fun. Thanks for making it so fun for me!
Here is to a great 2012!

Our pet rat!

2011-12-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

We have a RAT at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile! But it is adorable and came to the shop from a very special lady who loved it!! So we are adopting it as our shop pet! It is a good thing it dosen't eat or poop - just sits quietly on the shelf!!!! LOL!

Now it needs a name - so I will take names from you all (until January 1st) and the name that I like the best will become it's name! The winner will receive a fat quarter bundle. Send your name suggestion to ladiesofliberty@hotmail.com

Christmas Challenge Winners

2011-12-19T20:30:00.000-08:00

Winners

Best use of challenge fabric - Colleen Robert

Best Christmas theme - Marie Beers

People's favorite - Lisa Miller

Thank you ladies for making our first Christmas Quilt Challenge a huge success!

Thanks to everyone who stoped by to vote as well!

Each winning quilt won a $25.00 gift cirtificate.

Christmas Challenge Contest

2011-12-07T22:06:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas Challenge quilts are up and they are wonderful! Stop by the shop and vote for your favorite one!

It's cold!

2011-12-05T16:47:00.000-08:00

Boy is it cold today in Independence! Even the cats found the quilts today!

Christmas at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile

2011-11-30T19:40:00.000-08:00

We love the holidays! We have tree ornaments ~ wool pin cushions ~ tea cups ~ home made cards ~ wool ~ fabric ~ Snow man quilt kits ~ patterns ~ floss and gift certificates for you!

What's happening at LOL

2011-11-22T14:01:00.000-08:00

Time just keeps flying! Can it be almost Thanksgiving?
We are so busy here at Ladies of Liberty!
The Sew Oregon Shop Hop was a blast - we met so many people - some from far away even! Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit with us.
We are just putting up our Christmas Challenge Quilts in the shop! We have some nice ones - you are all so creative! Stop by the shop and vote for your favorite. They will be up until the week of Christmas.
Our Songs of the Civil War BOM is going well - we are on block 4 now! I hope you are all looking up the words to the songs each month. Civil War music is some of the best! We even have some Civil War CD's (Bill Coleman) for sale in the shop.They make great gifts!
Our Mystery Quilt club is really having fun - we played 2 truths and a lie at the last club meeting! Some of the members had a hard time coming up with the lie and somebody (ok - it was me!) forgot to add the lie! I told the girls I don't lie well!!!
We are getting ready for our after Thanksgiving sale - some good buys! We will have selected fat quarters for $1.00 and 1/2 yards for $2.00 plus some other great deals. Keep your eye on us!!
We are planning some great clubs and BOM's starting in January. Check out our web page for more info now. I will blog about them soon.
Our last 31% off on the 31st skinny bolt sale is New Years eve day from 10 am to 2 pm. Mark your calender as it is a popular sale!
Well I am going to try to keep up with this blog (at least once a week)! If you have something to share with us here at LOL please let us know.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Diane

Soiree

2011-08-09T22:28:00.000-07:00

What a fun time we had at the 150th Commemorative Soirée of the American Civil War on August 6th at Maxine’s Ballroom! Great music by Bill Coleman - good food from Oven Bird Bakery - antique quilts -good friends! Here a few photos of the event.

Third Annual Patriotic Contest winners

2011-08-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

The winners of the third annual Patriotic Challenge Contest were:
Best use of color: Kris Burke
Best patriotic theme: Linda Crabtree
People's choice: Marie Beers

Kris's quilt

Linda's quilt

Marie's quilt

Great job ladies! Each won a $25.00 gift certificate.

Block of the Month

2011-07-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

We are starting a new $2.00 block of the month club in August with the theme of 'Songs of the Civil War'. With this BOM you get a history - pattern - embroidery pattern - and a 16th piece of fabric to start the block with. This is our third BOM - Underground Railroad was the first - Gone with the Wind was our second and now Songs of the Civil War. This is a 12" block and it is always ready for pick up on the second Saturday of each month. Make the block and bring it back to hang in the shop for the month to get your next block. It is fun to see what everyone has made - the same block can look so different with different fabrics! Sign up today and join the fun!

Events

2011-07-19T11:39:00.000-07:00

150th Commemorative Soiree of the American Civil War

August 6th

11:00 am

Maxine's Ballroom

Maxine's is a restored 1880's ballroom

Located in Historic Downtown Independence

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile is throwing a soiree (party) in the newly finished Maxine’s Ballroom (upstairs from the shop!). We will serve tea and sweets and entertain you with Civil War music from Bill Coleman (http://www.colemanscivilwar.com/).

We will have a quilt and fashion show! We will have a show and tell of our finished block of the month quilts “Underground Railroad” and “Gone with the Wind” (or any quilt you would like to share with us). Antique quilts will be on display as well. We will be kicking off our new “Civil War Music” block-of-the-month

There will be some prizes to be given away too!!

You are welcome to dress in Civil War era clothes if you have them or come as you are – we invite you either way!

$25.00 per person / Tickets are available at Ladies of Liberty.

Call and reserve your spot now – space is limited!

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile

130 C Street ~ Independence OR 97351

503-837-0676 ~ ladiesofliberty@hotmail.com

What has Ladies of Liberty been up to?

2011-07-19T10:17:00.000-07:00

We have been busy in the shop! Now I am trying to get time to keep up with my blog! Wish me luck!! Since February we have done a lot - I'll high light just a few for you.

In March I taught six classes at Rich's Sew and Vac - that was so much fun and I made some new friends and got to see some old friends as well! We made a star table runner using the Jo Morton "no waste" flying geese.

In April we offered our popular "Doll making with Erika" class again and had a full house of doll makers! Here is a photo of my two favorite girls with the dolls they made. So cute! We will be offering this class again September 17th.

We also attended the Mid-Valley Quilt Guild Quilt show at the Polk County Fairgrounds. What a great show. We sponsored an award for a quilt the we feel represents "Ladies of Liberty" and it went to a quilt that was all made on a treadle sewing machine! It was beautiful!

In May the Pin Cushion Pals of the ASG dropped by for a shop visit. What a great group!

In June we made "Huswifs" with Nancy Fresen of Primitive Patchworks. We used Maggie Bonanomi's pattern. What a great class - one we will do again for sure.

In July we did some hand piecing with Nancy Frisen again. We learned how to make hexagons by hand! She has a great pattern she designed called 'Civil War Hexagon Star Quilt'. I expect to see many wonderful quilts made using this pattern. We carry this pattern in the shop.

We also have our Third Annual Patriotic Quilt Challenge going on right now in the shop. Stop by and vote for your favorite.

Along with all this we still had our $1.00 a block of the month with our 'Gone with the Wind' theme. We have had fun with that. This one is done in July and we will be starting a new block of the month with a 'Songs of the Civil War' theme in August. This one will have a embroidery pattern to go along with it - twice the fun!

We have really have a good time at our Breakfast Applique Club every other Wednesday morning! We meet at 8 am to applique or do hand work and visit (ok - eat donuts too!). This is a great group of ladies - come join us!

We are working on a Land of Lincoln Block of the Month as well. It is almost half done now and is coming together really nicely.

Our $5.00 Block of the Month club has taken off thanks to some great ladies! We are doing the Windham Sampler block from Clothesline Quilts. It is a small block and very cute. We have also added a birthday group within this club - where you give everyone a piece of your fabric and they use it and more to make you a block for your birthday. We are having so much fun with this! Thanks Colleen for taking the lead on this.

Of course there is always my Civil War reenacting keeping me busy in the summer as well - be sure to check that out as well (http://www.nwcwc.org/)

As you can see we have been busy at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile!

Wool Crazy Pin Cushion Class

2011-02-22T16:30:00.000-08:00

Wool Crazy Pin Cushion Class - what fun! Here are 3 under construction hoping to look like the one from the instructions! Thanks Marie for a fun class. Can't wait to do it again!

Dollar a month "Gone with the Wind" Block of the Month Club

2011-02-22T16:13:00.000-08:00

Our Tera Block

Our Scarlet Block

We have been having so much fun with out $1.00 block of the month club. Here are a few of the blocks that the ladies have made.

Updates

2011-02-22T16:09:00.000-08:00

Here is what has been happening in the shop for the last few months.

Take and Make classes - just before Christmas

Some of the projects we made!

We had so much fun!

Fall at Ladies of Liberty

2010-10-20T15:55:00.000-07:00

Well - it is fall!
I know this because all of the Civil War reenacting equipment is now cleaned and put away at my house! (and of course the leaves are changing color and it is cooler!)

Now it is time to turn to sewing! We have some great clubs and block of the months going on in the shop right now. Check out our web page for a list of these at www.ladiesoflibertysewing.com.

We will be starting a new block of the month club in January call Land of Lincoln Sampler by Carol Hopkins. This is a great quilt with a lot of reproduction fabrics used. Stop by and take a peek and sign up for this BOTM!

We are starting the Liberated Ladies Sewing Club in November as well. This will be Fridays from noon to 5 pm. This is a no host day of sewing for free in our sewing room! Get away from the phone - laundry - and dishes. Come by yourself or bring a friend with your projects to work on and spend the day sewing at LOL!

If you haven't stoped in for some time; do so today! We have lots of fun stuff going on here!

Happy Fall!

Diane

What has Ladies of Liberty been up to?

2010-07-28T21:58:00.000-07:00

The shop has been very busy! We had 564 people through the shop during Sew Oregon Shop Hop! We are now moving on to the Lazy Days of August Shop Hop (18th - 28th)!

We are starting our new $1.00 a month block of the month club with a Gone with the Wind theme in August as well.

The Farmers Wife club is moving right along also - we are starting our fifth month! Time just flies when you are having fun!! LOL! And we are having a LOT of FUN!

We have made dolls and worked on a square in a square class this summer as well.

We have finished Jo's Little Women Club #9 and the ladies have renamed themselves to the Scrappy Rebels. We will meet the end of August (28th) to kick that club off. Check out our website under the Newsletter tab for all the info on this group (wwwladiesoflibertysewing.com).

Speaking of websites - our crashed! We are working hard to get it back up and going! We have the home page back and the August newsletter on it but the rest a work in progress!

Just a reminded we will be closed over Labor Day weekend as it is Diane's annual family vacation time. We hope you all have a fun and safe holiday with your family as well.

If you haven't been in for awhile - come by - we have new fabric and books plus much more arriving all the time.

See you in the shop. Happy sewing!

Sew Oregon Shop Hop

2010-05-30T18:25:00.000-07:00

Join us for the Sew Oregon Shop Hop June 24th through July 8th!
We are excited to be on this our first shop hop! The fabric is a great 19th Century reproduction Jo Morton fabric and our block is great! See you on "The Road to Inspiration".
Check out the web site at www.seworegon.com for more info and to print off your own passport for the shop hop.
Be sure to stop by!

Second Annual Patriotic Quilt Contest

2010-05-05T21:45:00.000-07:00

The second annual Patriotic Quilt Contest is coming to Ladies of Liberty Mercantile in July!
Fat Quarter bundles* and rules
will be ready for pick up May 15th!
*($10.00 charge on FQ bundles)
Prizes: $35.00 gift certificates in each category!
Best use of color
Best use of patriotic theme
People’s Choice Award

Last years winner:

On to our second year!

2010-01-18T22:54:00.000-08:00

Our first anniversary was great - thanks to all who came by to shop and enjoy a cup of tea and some cake!
We are now working on making our second year as great as our first was!
Don't forget we offer Jo's Little Women Club and the new Civil War Tribute Block of the month club plus many others. Stop by and check us out.
Here is a photo of us girls in our 19th century dresses!

Celebrating our First Year!

2010-01-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

Where has time gone? Ladies of Liberty Mercantile is one year old now!! We will celebrate on January 15th & 16th at the shop. There will be in-store specials and other goodies. Stop by and help us celebrate with some cake and tea! See you then.

Doll Class - what fun!

2009-12-15T21:31:00.000-08:00

Our doll class was so much fun and we had some lovely dolls made! Erika was a great teacher showing us how to stuff our dolls; paint the faces; sew them together; and dress them.

Doll Class - moved to Tuesday December 15th

2009-12-12T18:00:00.000-08:00

Because of the weather the Doll class has been moved to Tuesday December 15th!

Doll Class

2009-12-04T10:45:00.000-08:00

Doll making with Erika – call now to reserve your spot – class is almost full!
Saturday - December 12th – 9:00 am -4:00 pm
$40.00 plus doll kit
Check out Erika’s web site at: www.antoniadolls.com
In this class you create your own one of a kind heirloom doll. Erika Schoell, a resident artist from Germany, will show you how to make a lovely and unusual fabric doll made from supplies that are imported from Switzerland and Germany. You can make it look just like your favorite child, dressing it in charming clothes. It takes only 4-6 hours to finish a doll. Erika brings the doll kits pre-sewn to class ready to be worked on. No sewing machine and no experience is needed.
During the first part of the class you will prepare the mask, glue the fabric on the mask and paint the face (optional – you can buy a ready painted face from the instructor). During the second part you will finish stuffing the doll parts, hand stitch the back of the doll head, close up the arms, legs, and body and assemble the doll. Finally you will choose a hairstyle/wig and dress the doll. Sample dolls are available to see in the shop.

Jo's Little Women Club on Halloween Day!

2009-11-01T18:05:00.000-08:00

Our Little Women's Club got off with a great start! We had a room full of wonderful women (some in costume!) and great food to go with it. We got to see all the new quilts Jo Morton has put together for us to make.
We had a challenge of a notebook cover from our last meeting and the ladies returned with some great finished books. Linda Sherman won the Jo Morton fat quarter bundle in our drawing - congratulations Linda! And Cherie Sherick won a quilt puzzle - congratulations Cherrie!

Civil War Tribute Block of the Month Club to Start in January

2009-10-25T14:41:00.000-07:00

I have ordered a new line of fabric from Marcus by Judie Rothermel call CIVIL WAR TRIBUTE (it is in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War). The fabrics are wonderful – I know you will love them as much as I do! They will start arriving in November.

Will will use these fabrics in a Block of the Month Club making the quilt above. It will start in January. Call or stop by the shop if you are interested in signing up for this BOM.

Here is a little video of a Civil War reenactment to get you in the mood for this tribute quilt. Join us and make your own quilt to honor these brave men (and women) who helped to shape our country 150 years ago.

Underground Railroad block #2

2009-10-25T14:21:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Harriett Savage - she was the winner of the fat quarter bundle for block #1.

Underground Railroad blocks (#2) are now up in the shop. What fun we are having! The Charm block is great and done in so many different colors!

Here is a peek at some of the blocks.

We are on to block #3 - The North Star! Stop by and pick up yours today if you haven't done so yet.

Shop info

2009-10-13T16:33:00.000-07:00

Well the rain is here!

Good time to come and spend the day at the shop and sew! No phone. No laundry. Just sewing!

We have new classes posted on the web page at: www.ladiesoflibertysewing.com check it out!

We also have a new BOM (block of the month) that will start in January. It is a tribute to the Civil War (150 years ago). Check out the web page for more info on that as well. Call the shop if you are interested in signing up for this. I will have more info here soon.

The Underground Railroad BOM is going well - we have a lot of blocks in the shop now to look at - lots of great ideas! We are on to block #3 now. It is not too late to join - just drop by and let me know. More photos of the new blocks soon as well.

Enjoy the rain!
Diane

Little Women's Club

2009-09-29T13:18:00.000-07:00

We had a meeting on Saturday of the Little Women's Club and what great fun we had! It was also Hop and Heritage Festival in Independence so parking was a issue but all the ladies made it anyway. We even got to see the parade from the shop windows! Everyone in the parade was waving to us as they passed by. Later we had a couple of ladies come in that said they were in the parade and wanted to stop right then and come in to shop! How fun!!

We are still waiting on the offical quilts from Jo Morton for Little Women's Club but we handed out a notebook cover pattern for all the ladies and they had fun picking out fabric squares to make the cover with. We even added a note pad and pencle for their books. Everyone had a great time visiting and getting to know each other. We also had a great show and tell - I think we have some very creative ladies in this group!

Good news from Jo Morton - she will launch Club #9 at the Huston Quilt Market in early October so we should have the supplies by our next meeting. I will post the new poster as soon as I get it for you all to see.

Our next meeting will be October 31st (Halloween Day!) and we are going to have fun with a finger food potluck along with the meeting. We will also offer sewing after the meeting in the afternoon if anyone is interested in staying for that. We will be showing some of Jo Morton's techniques at that time (bring your sewing machine if you want to stay and sew).

If you are still thinking of joining in the club - call and let us know - we would love to have you join in on all the fun with us. (503-837-0676)

Underground Railroad block #1 are hanging in the shop!

2009-09-16T22:12:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was month 2 of the Underground Railroad Block of the Month and a lot of you came by to pick up your block and leave block #1 to hang in the shop. Wow - what a great group of blocks! We have some very creative ladies making these blocks! Stop by and take a look at what we have hanging in the shop.

Here are few pictures of what we have gotten in.

You can still join the fun just stop by or call (503)837-0676 to sign up!

Check out our web site for more informtion at:

http://www.ladiesoflibertysewing.com/

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

Wow it is September already! Time flies when you are having fun and we are really having fun at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile!

We have almost 50 people in our Underground Railroad Block of the Month Club! A few blocks are already back in the shop and they all look so different! What fun! The next block will be ready the second Saturday in September (the 12th). Stop by then or any time after and pick it up. Remember they are only $1.00!

The shop will be closed for Labor Day weekend starting this Friday. I will be going to a Civil War reenactment with my family! (I will post some pictures after the event for you all to see!) I will re-open on Tuesday the 8th. Stop by and see the in-store special I will offer that day.
Have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!
Diane

Unerground Railroad Block of the Month is up and going!

2009-08-18T07:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the blocks that are back in the shop already! We have almost 30 people signed up this BOM! It is not to late to take part in this club - call the shop and sign up (503-837-0676). It will be fun to see what everyone comes up with for their block.

Remember that the next block will be ready to pick up the second Saturday of September or after. Join in on the fun.

Jo's Little Women Club news

2009-07-28T10:27:00.000-07:00

Saturday we had a meeting of our Jo's Little Women Club at Ladies of Liberty Mercantile and we had six ladies attend with four new ladies! Some of our club members were out of town - canning - or had family to tend to and didn't make it this day. But it was great to make new friends and see old friends who love to sew with 19th Century reproduction Jo Morton fabrics!

The new club #9 isn't out yet but I gave the ladies a challenge to make Jo's Cabin Corners quilt from her book Yesterday's Charm. They were excited because it is small and a good challenge to get the light and dark fabrics in the right place! We had fun picking out fabric!
We had a great show and tell with our basket quilts that we just finished. We also had some other quilts to see - they are lovely (thank Sue - love the house quilt!). I had given the ladies a challenge at the last meeting to use their scraps on something quilted. We had a great little blue/white/yellow-green quilt from Sue to ooh at and I showed them a housewif I had made to keep your sewing needles and thread in (it is what a Civil War Solider would have taken to the battlefield with him to do his own mending).

I had another lady come into the shop later that day who is going to join us as well! Think about joining - we have so much fun and we learn a lot from each other as well.
Diane

Unerground Railroad Block of the Month Club

2009-07-24T14:09:00.000-07:00

Underground Railroad Block of the Month Club - Starting August 8th

The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape to the North and to Canada; it effectively moved hundreds of slaves -- according to one estimate, the South lost 100,000 slaves between 1810 and 1850.

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile is starting a new block of the month club using the Underground Railroad as the theme.

Onnie has put together a set of 12 blocks that come from the Underground Railroad for us to make. They are a 12” x 12” block. Each month you will receive a block pattern with a brief history of that pattern and one focus fabric. You will need to pick out and purchase the rest of the fabric to finish your quilt block.

The way this club will work is that you will pick up one block pattern with its focus fabric each month for $1.00 and take it home to make it; bring it back the next month and get the next block for $1.00 while leaving the finished block to hang in the shop for that month. The next month you will get your first block back and a new block for $1.00 while leaving the current block for the month; so on and so on! We want to see what everyone did with their blocks!

We will not be meeting all together with this BOM – so you will have all day to stop by and pick up your block on the second Saturday of each month starting August 8th. Call the shop to sign up at 502-837-0676.

2009-07-19T20:46:00.000-07:00

Ladies of Liberty Mercantile now has a blog! This is a way to share with you what is happening at the shop.

We just finished our six month anniversary and gave away some door prizes! I can't believe that it has been six months all ready! What fun we are having!

We will be adding some classes soon - be looking for them in our newsletter.

We are now caring Mettler thread in white; tan; back; navy blue; purple; green and yellow. We will be adding more colors in the days to come.

Check out our web page for more information at: http://www.ladiesoflibertysewing.com/

Diane

4th of July quilt challange

2009-07-19T20:30:00.000-07:00

Winner of Best Use of Color - Onnie Morfitt

Winner of People's Choice - Lisa Miller

Winner of Best use of Theme - Heidi Rodli

Here are some photos of the Patriotic Quilt Contest. Thanks ladies for entering the contest!