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!

That sounds like a really good day!

Awesome, I have met other Quilting Board members from all over the USA, we have so much fun!

So happy you got to me them today!

Please set up meet and greets in your area at your local quilt shops, meet for lunch, show and tell and have fun visiting with other quilters

what fun for all of you.

I'm so glad you had such a wonderful day meeting new friends from the qb.

I've been fortunate to meet a few of the lovely lady's who are on this qb and even though we haven't had an opportunity to become close friends, I have enjoyed meeting them all. That is why i'm looking foward to this upcoming retreat, getting to meet more of you.

I'm not surprised that you all had a wonderful day. Quilters are a wonderful group.

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Yeah!!!

sounds like you had a blast! :)

I have met a few of our board members that way. We also meet once or twice a year now for mini retreats and it is a blast. I hope that you are able to meet more board members and can possibly start having retreats yourselves.
Heck plan on a visit to the Oregon coast and perhaps we can meet up! ;)