I got to meet Lori from CO!!! She was here in little tiny West Plains, MO to take a class on servicing the Gammill longarm and I was lucky enough to get to kidnap her for the night.
She phoned me about 3:30 and I drove to town to lead her out to my house since I'm out in the boonies. After a quick "hi" and an obligatory rctq hug in Gammill's parking lot we headed home. As we came thru the door Lori was "attacked" by The Fabulous Furbabies inspite of my best efforts to protect her from their overly eager greetings. I showed her the guest "suite" and then we settled in for a chat.
What a lovely lady! I'm a bit shy, so I resorted to the old trick of asking questions and Lori had the most fascinating tales to tell: of her beautiful children, her travels in Germany and Ireland, of sewing machines and fascinating things they can do with computers and embroidery and all kinds of quilty stuff. Missy took right to her which was nice as she is usually quite shy with new humans. Barney loves the ladies and I had a battle to keep him from attacking her with passionate smoochies! Lori was very gracious with the enthusiastic attention she received from them- I would have been shoving them out of my way. ;-) I showed her some of my humble little quilty projects and was treated to hers.
Oh my! This lady is a top-notch quilter! Her free motion quilting is beyond magnificent--- her stitches are utterly perfect, do not waiver the teensiest fraction and are all exactly the same length. I could
*not* find her stops and starts. It is obvious why she has won so many prizes. She is truly gifted with her sense of color- her quilts took my breath away. I was just mesmerized by the color, the rhythm, the design, the movement. Lovely! And she is generous..... she shared some tips on matching points when I expressed my dislike of triangles and gave me some advice I shall put into practise on my next attempt at free motion work.We had a lovely prime rib dinner at the little mom & pop restaurant just down the road and then back home to visit some more. She was tired from the drive and I was worn out from my nervous cleaning frenzy- that's how I cope!- so we called it a night rather early. LOL This morning she was off to her class..... I gathered up my quilts and started burning them. LOL Not really, just kidding!, but if you ever see any of Lori's quilts first, you won't be wanting to bring yours out, I guarantee you!
Next meet-up is with LN later this month- I just *can't* wait!!!!! Like everybody always says- if you EVER get the chance for an rctq meet-up...... DO IT!!!
Leslie and The Fabulous Furbabies in MO.
The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me
RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!"