Fantastic!

Wow ~ what a wonderful 2 days!  

Had a grand time sitting through Bonnie's trunk show and lecture (if you have the opportunity, grab it) . . . SUCH fun to meet in person after nearly 5 years of online correspondence.  And the best part?  The talented, generous, and extremely gracious program chair/registration contact for the Cumberland Valley Guild invited me to stay at her house, along with Bonnie!  Sharing downtime with them in the evenings was priceless.  

When they left for today's all-day workshop, I went off on my own ~ stopping by the Woodcraft store to pick up a couple of things for DH and then on to the new location of Stitcher's Garden (the two businesses are now in the same shopping center ~ talk about super convenient. . .).

Myra (shop owner) said she actually has less floor space than she did before, but the 12' ceilings and large number of new shelving units make wandering amongst the 1000s of fabric bolts marvelous fun.  As you can see from the photo above, I did not come home empty-handed. . . I now have backing (fabulous multi-color print ala Laurel Burch), dual inner border fabrics (black and gold), binding (purple), and enough fat quarters to mix with what I have on hand to piece the 56 fickle pickle blocks for our new bed quilt.  The colors make both of us smile ~ how can we go wrong!

Tomorrow it is back to work ~ I wish I could stay home and sew, but I need to pay for all that fabric!

Quiltdivajulie

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