General Information:
Basketcases Unlimited is a small retail quilt shop located in a barn in rural DeKalb County, just west of the town of Sycamore. We are celebrating our 16th year of educating others about traditional American craftwork with classes in various pioneer traditions. We are DeKalb County's oldest quilt shop with more than 1000 bolts of fabric. We specialize in historical reproduction fabrics, patterns, and books. We feature Moda fabrics and many products from Quilt in a Day. We offer on-site machine quilting services and classes in basket making, chair caning, rug hooking, penny rugs as well as machine and hand piecing instruction for quilters.

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Rug Braiding Workshop with Terri Schaefer from In the Wool
March 17-18, 2012
Click Here for more Information about the Rug Braiding Workshop.
For more information about Terri and her shop, click here ==>inthewool.com

Nantucket Basket Class-Annual Nantucket Basket Making Retreat
Click Here to see pictures from Nantucket Retreat 2011

The next Nantucket Weekend will be April 13-15, 2012.
Learn traditional 8 inch Nantucket using traditional techniques including carving staves, weaving, drilling, rim pinning, and lashing.
Beth Hester from GH Productions will teach the Nantucket class. Call the shop for more information.
www.basketmakerscatalog.com

Garden of Ideas Shop Hop 2012
Save the Date! Thursday, May 3 - Sunday, May 6, 2012

Are you planning a visit? Here are some local dining suggestions:
Crumpet's Tea Room - Genoa
Nat's On Maple - Sycamore
Taxco Restaurant - Sycamore

-- Quilts of Valor
Read about this special project for our troops in the War on Terror.
A Special Thanks to our Quilts of Valor participants.
Click here to visit Thangles.com to get a free downloadable pattern.

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