Getting ready for PIQF Show in Santa Clara

One of my favorite quilts at the Des Moine Show!

So we are home for about 12 hours...

Ken is unloading the car....

I'm loading pictures on to my laptop

for this blog post...

then its to the sewing room...

to finish the darling little pincushion 

I was working on by

Creativity Amongst Chaos.

Then the poor tired hubby is heading  out to make more kits
and cut down inventory.

We had a great show in Des Moine.

The highlight of the show was to meet

one of my fellow bloggers.

Amy ... a redeemed sheep...and me...a redeemed sheep!

It was the first time for me to meet

someone I have met through blogland.

I was thrilled!!

What a sweetie she is.

Check out her darling blog at:

A Quilting Sheep
It was her very first Quilting Show!

Oh my ladies....

the quilts were beyond words...

  Just look at the border on this one...

Loved this one...

I had to get a close up of it's border
to show you too....
Amazing...

The hours put into these works of art

is mind boggling...

I think this is the first quilt I've ever seen...

done with ships.

Look at the reverse applique on this one!

So stunning...

even though it was done in only

two colors.

This quilt surprised me.

Traditional patterns

done in modern bright colors.

Different but incredible.

I'm a sucker for flowers!!


And last but not least...

This isn't the best picture...

but I had to include it.

It was so striking.

Each morning I walked to the show..

over the river...

and back each evening.

The hotel in the background is where we stayed.

Oh I just would have loved to stay a few

more days...

to discover this town!

Ken was being sneaky...

snapping pictures of me

through the book shelf..

where I sat unawares at my demo table..

  
I so loved seeing all of you my
sweet customers once again.
Thanks for taking the time to look us up!
Our booth was in a different place than last year.
Several of you said, you were so afraid
we weren't there this year!
I'm going to talk to Kelly the vendor coordinator
to see if she will keep us in the same spot 
for next year!


I am so excited for tomorrow.
I pick up my little girl!
It's been a long 5 months...
since I've been able to give her a hug.
The whole gang is going out to breakfast 
at the Smokehouse in the morning
to celebrate her getting out.
Then ... time to load up...
and head out again.


Keep a'stitchin!!


Quilting Hugs....
John'aLee