Mini RCTQ meet-up!

You're invited! Just let me know when! :-)

I have it on good authority that Terri Lee is nicer even in person! Im glad you had such a wonderfully good time with your meetup Donna!! Next time.. invite me?? I may be late by a bit tho...dont wait on me. Diana

Whew! Now that I'm almost caught up (only about 500 posts left to go), I can take a break and post a little. Donna, Mom & I had a great time at our mini-meetup. Donna, being the wonderful person she is, volunteered to drive us, and even gave us a choice of shops to visit. The one we chose (her fav, I found out later), was absolutely wonderful. The owners know Donna well (imagine that?! ) and treated mom and me like long-lost friends, too. The lunch was great, and the fabric selection was incredible. I got some really nice Oriental prints to go with the backing I bought over at "2 Sisters" (their shop is a little house, painted bright purple!!) in Meridian the previous day. That story is pretty funny. My DH took me there, 'cuz he's a good guy and is always interested in what I'm doing, quilt/craft-wise. He was browsing through the greens and ran across a teal fabric with yellow-gold Japanese dragons & bamboo on it. He abosolutely loves dragons, so he brings it to me, asking if I could use it in a quilt for him. Now, the pattern is way to big to even think about cutting up, so I bought 3 yds for a backing. I don't think I've ever bought the backing for a quilt first before. Oh, well. Anyway, I did find some "front" fabrics in nice colors with bamboo prints and other Oriental-type prints. Now I just have to dig through the stash to find a solid purple and a solid yellow-gold to go with them. I told my DH he needed to pick a pattern, but not something so complicated that I'd never get it finished. LOL.

We had a good trip, all in all, and I already posted the good news about my DMIL. Next will be a post about my new sewing space that's almost ready to move into!! Maybe tomorrow.

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