MQG Ranch

Yesterday, MQG met at an alfalfa ranch!

There were chicks

and aprons by the kitchen door.

 

Look at this farmhouse kitchen!

I love to see new houses. Don't you?

When it rained, we all moved onto the wrap around porch

for show-n-tell, demos, swaps...

and chocolate-peanutbutter cupcakes from the ranch kitchen- yum:)

This little piggy is going to Market next week.

(All the Photoshop study has paid off, you can actually see quilting here!)

New girl, Edie from Colorado, brought Improve for Sit-N-Sew at the Farm.

Can't wait to see this finished- Stay tuned for next month's MQG meeting...

Tina's spinning Halloween, just needs binding.

Thanks for sharing my quilting adventures!

Now I must go stitch a concert black formal for somebody's choir concert....on Thursday!!
Do please send any fitting advice you have. PLEASE:)

Valor at Spring Quilt Market and here

Marianne Fons is absolutely as gracious as you have heard. It was an honor to meet her, and all my quiting heroes, at Spring Quit Market in SLC.  Here is Marianne with my favorite piece in the special QM exhibit, Nine Quilt of Valor:  Nine Fabric Collections.

Blogger insists on making this picture sideways :(

Here is another favorite from the exhibit you may not have seen online.

Kitty Pearl is sharing more of my Quilt Market photos of exhibits and booths on her FaceBook page Album Quilt Market SLC

But wait - there is more....we are adding a new page on our blog, RHQ free Valor patterns. Please remember to check back later and

visit the Valor Tab above. 

Currently under construction, the Valor Tab will soon share 2 original RHQ Valor patterns for free:  Easy Valor and Valor Album
Thank you for your service, Valor Quilters and your Armed Forces friends and family.

Having Fun at the Bloggers QuiltMarket Meetup

Last week Mom and I went to Salt Lake, Utah, to the Bloggers QuiltMarket Meetup. Wow, was it fun-and crowded! We had lots of fun and met some really awesome people.

You can see it was a rainy windy afternoon.

So we all moved in-doors.



Mom got to meet her Quilt Blog Hero, Nanette Merrill of Freda's Hive.

That's Mom and Nanette.

Nanette gave everyone these cute rings!

Mom wonders how she made all these rings. Thank you, Nanette, for the rings!

I just want to thank Megan of Brassy Apple for sharing her cool pattern with me. :)

Thank you so much, Megan!

I also want to say thank you to Daria Muirhead from Boutique Cafe for the red bucket of sweet stuff and patterns by Amy Butler.

An extra big thanks to Tammy Howard and her family for bringing this beautiful BLUE bike and real Olympic Mittens all the way from Canada! Check out Tammy's shop blog,  Sugar Town Quilts Co. Did you ever see an LQS with bikes?!?! SEW Creative!

Here are the mittens!

One last thanks goes to Amy Smart, Calli Taylor, and all the sponsors for stuffing the goodybags and making a great party!

P.S. I loved your boots, Jo Packham, and we love Where Women Create!

Here is blue bike and all our gifts in downtown SLC in the mini van we rented. We made it fit in the van! It almost didn't fit.

Mom hopes we can go back to SLC for The Sewing Summit, so we can see all our Quilt Bloggers Meetup Friends for another great party!