Odessa has an HEB store also, although the Midland store was built several years before the Odessa store.
What were you doing in Midland? I taught at Lee High School there for several years--it was Permian's chief football rival and it could really get ugly when the games were played in Midland!
That's one of the minor reasons I'm not a football fan.
Several of my quilting buddies do exquisite applique, but I am too impatient to do take the time required to do it. But I do admire it.
How long have you been on the forum? Do you belong to a guild? I belong to two and a sewing group that's mostly made up of women who own embroidery machines. I don't have one and don't want one...it seems to me that it requires far too much work to keep the machine in order, although the designs they do are very nice when the machine works.
If you can, post a picture of some of your applique work. I'm going to have to figure out how to post pictures.
froggy, in Texas