I headed east over the mountains after the fourth of July to meet up with LeeAnn (coming from Seattle) and Mary (coming from Chattanooga) in Sisters in our home away from home for four days (The Quail’s Nest on Airbnb)…
We toasted ourselves with memories of five years ago when we went to Alabama to quilt
This year we were meeting up to go to friend Sujata Shah’s class called “Lattice”…a quilt from her book “Cultural Fusion”…
We set up…
and set to work…
and Sujata gave us encouragement and tips…
It was fun catching up with Sujata at lunch, and in the afternoon the quilt tops started to materialize…
Here’s the beginning of mine…I somewhat dully chose neutrals except for the turquoise…
We heard Sujata speak, we heard the quilter Joe Cunningham speak (after playing some walking-around-quilter blues) and other famous people…then the quilt show…all photo failures…
then a celebratory dinner with friends at The Open Door (Yum)
and a final goodbye…
with plans afoot to meet up and sew before another five years goes by. Goodbye friends…
On The Way 
What a great summer adventure and gorgeous work.
Your quilt top is great ,the turquoise really sets it off. Glad you enjoyed yourself!
Lucky all of you to share that passion.
a calling, bonnie, and more often than not, underestimated as a craft. loved seeing your quilt pattern and colors. keep on believing in your work!
Well, crap. Now for some reason I cannot respond by comment at all. But if I could, I would have said: A grand time was had by all. Looking so forward to our next gathering. Xoxo
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