I would like to get to know all of you and maybe meet up someday. I live in Glasgow, MT, but often travel to Billings, Helena, Havre. On April 24th I'll be in Glendive at their Annual Quilt Festival. If anyone would like to chat please respond to this thread!! I hope to meet up with some of you someday!! Just looking to make a few more quilting friends that I can talk quilting to.

I am not from Montana, but I am thinking about attending the retreat in the Grand Tetons, have you ever been?
www.quiltthetetons.org

that sounds like alot of fun MQ not sure about april--but maybe into the summer more

Nancy

no i haven't been to any retreats :-( I would love to though but would really hate going by myself, although I would LOVE to begin going to a few retreats or at least 1 per year!! Just need to save up my money in order to go!! :D

Oh i'm so bummed Nancy that you can't make the festival, I was so hoping that you could! I've never been to this one but i've heard its awesome, huge and with lots of vendors. can't wait to go.

I hope you get to go one some. I have never been either.

now i know there are quite a few montana quilters on this board--can't believe that no one wants to chit chat!!?? Well....maybe this thread got bumped down too far on the other threads so i'm going to bump it back out so more people will notice it!!

That would be nice to meet, however I can't get away in April. Maybe there will be another chance another time. Who knows...my girlfriend and I are always up for a road trip to go to new quilt stores. Last month we drove down to Deer Lodge....very nice store!!

natlewis--where in montana are you located? i was in deer lodge last summer...missed the store, very bummed. i'll have to check it out the next time i'm there.

I'm in Great Falls and my quilting friend is from Shelby. My friend has been quilting for about three years now and got me interested in it. We have just taken a day and traveled to different towns and checked out shops. It's alot of fun.

ok natlewis now i know who you are

I know who you are too chewboo . Are you all done with your pink quilt blocks?

that does sound like a lot of fun. i'm going to be doing the shop hop this april and want to plan a few trips to get this done but most of the shops are in great falls and helena! don't think i'll be going that far to do the shop hop. but i will haave to make a trip to billings to finish our shop hop area to be considered for the grand prize. i love going to different towns and looking at everyone's shops.

yes and i mailed them off

i like the shop hop also maybe we could meet in billings during it and dottie can come down also

oh that'd be fun!!! i'll have to check my calendar and see when i have another free weekend during that time!! that'd be so awesome if we could all go and do that, i would so look forward to it--what more could we ask for??? quilt shopping, new quilt stores to look at, good friends!!!! check your calendar and see what weekend you would want to go

k and i will pm dottie

that'd be awesome!! you both get back to me and we'll set something up

Hi Montanans!!! I am a Montana Quilter...tho living in Arizna now...sorry, I don't miss the snow, but sure do miss the Summers and Mountains. From Billings and my sister is still in Columbus and brother in Missoula. I get back a couple of times a year. Have a friend who goes to the retreat in Jackson every year and says it is awesome!! Anyway, lets all keep chatting...makes me home sick :-(
Julie

~sigh~ I miss Montana...at least in the summers! ;)

Hubby and I used to manage Town Pump and Lucky Lil's in Three Forks, Townsend, and White Sulpher Springs...

hi sede and charlee--yeah i hate the winters here also!!! it lasts way too long. winters do make for wonderful times for quilting though!! spring and summers are my favorite times, it just gets so beautiful and green. if anyone is planning on going to any retreats let us know, maybe it'll work out that some of us can meet up!! wouldn't that be a blast.
it's spring here now and am loving that the snow is melted, can't wait for the flowers to start poking through.

I'm new to the forum & am liking what I see so far.
I live in NW MT - in the woods near Bigfork, 1/2 hr south of Glacier National Park & about 15 minutes from Kalispell. I'm finding there are many MT quilters on this site - nice!
Jan

I live in Eureka, MT!
Hello!

H sundancer - we're practically neighbors. I'm in the woods near Bigfork.
Do you ever shop in Kalispell - Glacier Quilts, Quilt Gallery, or the quilt fabric section of A-1 Vacuum? All have nice fabric, but GQ is my fav.
My sis has been to the terrific show in Eureka when the quilts are hung all over town - must do that this year!
Maybe we can meet sometime,
Jan
montanajan

I know of a couple Montana quilters who are snowbirds - flown south for the winter. When they return & check back in, I'll let them know of you.
I can also PM a couple quilters with whom I've corresponded on QB to see if they'd like to join this thread - cannot give their names w/o permission from them.
Sun is shining today in NW Montana - finally a hint of spring, snow is melting off our roof - watching drips fall from roof & trees as I write - yea!! I must change my Avatar; maybe spring will come more quickly.
Keep in touch,
Jan