Several weeks ago I got a PM from a member here who saw that I lived in Batesville, the home of Marshall Dry Goods. She said that she and her sister-in-law were planning to come to Batesville and wanted to visit.
This morning she called. She and her DH were heading back to Texas after a visit in Mississippi and came out of there way so she could come to Marshall's! I met her there about 9:30 and spent the morning going through the store with her. We visited, looked at pictures of each other's quilts, told each other short versions of our life stories, and bought fabric! Then I took them (qb friend and her hubby) to one of my favorite places for lunch!
We parted about 3:15 as they still had a 9 1/2 hour drive home. It was a wonderful day spent with wonderful new friends.
That is the best part of quilting board...the wonderful people that are on-line friends, who become personal friends! Maybe when she and her sister-in-law came to visit, they will consider staying with me!