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If you’re going to San Francisco, be sure to visit some quilt shops there. If you’re old enough, you can put that sentence in a familiar tune. My husband and I just got back from a week-long visit to the San Francisco area with our best friends of over forty years. Fortunately, my friend Jody…
Read MoreA few weeks ago when my sisters and I went on our annual Sister Trip, we visited Austin, Texas, and stopped in at several quilt shops. I think at least one of us bought something at every shop and they were all worth visiting. Our first stop was the Honey Bee Quilt Store in Austin.…
Read MoreWhile in Missouri, we really enjoyed the drive to Shearwood Quilts. It is located in Jamesport, Missouri, which is in the heart of Amish country. We saw several Amish horse-drawn wagons on the road and the area was especially scenic. Since we were there in April and it was still cold, everything hadn’t greened up…
Read MoreWhile in Missouri, we made a couple of stops at quilt shops in the St. Louis area. The first one was Jackman’s Fabrics (pictured on the left) which is actually in St. Louis. It is a huge shop that carries sewing machines and home decorating fabrics in addition to its very large selection of quilting fabrics. The…
Read MoreI thought I would share more pictures from some of the quilt shops I and my friends visited while in Missouri a few weeks ago. We spent a couple of nights in Cameron which is the home of Crossroads Quilting. It was a very nice shop (pictured on the left) with a lot of pre-cuts…
Read MoreLast week I wrote about the first quilt shop that my two friends and I visited on our week long quilt journey. But one of our main destinations on the trip was the Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, Missouri. Jenny Doan has created a mecca for quilters and it did not disappoint. We were…
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I went on a quilting trip to end all quilting trips. Two friends and I flew from Houston to St. Louis and then started our own private shop hop. We flew in on a Sunday when most quilt shops are closed. But fortunately for us, we had heard about the…
Read MoreI talked in my last post about our bee retreat at “And Sew It Began-Pieceful Stitches” and mentioned how much fun it was shopping in our pajamas. So I thought I would add a couple of photos. The face has been hidden to protect the innocent! I wanted you to see more of the quilt…
Read MoreI just got back from the most wonderful retreat with my Sew Bee It quilting bee. It was our first stay at “And Sew It Began-Pieceful Stitches” in LaPorte, Texas, and it is a fabulous place to retreat. Ronda Stockton, the owner, could host her own remodeling and decorating TV show. The house is a beautifully…
Read MoreMy niece was getting married in Maine last week, so my siblings and I rented a large house and spent the whole week in Castine, Maine. It was such a beautiful area and there was a lot to see and do. However, as a quilter, I guess I have to admit that it is impossible…
Read MoreEvery year, we visit my sister and brother-in-law in Pensacola, Florida. People are always surprised that we don’t go to the beach while we are there. We spent a lot of hours on the beach when our kids were growing up, but now there’s somewhere else that I can’t miss every time I make the…
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