I am near Nashville, and I am trying to get a bunch of locals that live here together.

If anyone lives near Nashville, Franklin, Mufreesboro and outer laying areas please let me know. Would like to plan something in April. :)

Melissa

I live near Memphis. What do you have in mind :?:

not sure lets see if we get more gals and we all can make up a plan.

I'm between Memphis and Nashville.

I'm at Corinth, and SandPat is 60 miles n of me. We could ride together...Anita is near me, too.

ok lets see who else there is. :)

Ilive in Corinth, Ms. Have a sister in Jackson, TN. and a neice in Waverly, Tn. I could probably come also.

are you looking to get together during the week or on the weekend? I am near chattanooga.

I would love more info when you get it. I might be able to get away.

I live in Paris, that is between Memphis, and Nashville.

My brother in law and niece and nephew all live in Paris. Small world, isn't it.

what a lovely name for a town :)

There is a small tiny airline thats goes to Memphis....100 bucks each way....maybe I could meet up too!!!!!!!

Sounds like we have plenty for a good sized group. Maybe we could rotate between locations every 2-3 months. Perhaps we could even find a local shop that would be willing to host our gathering. I know of a local shop where some locals gather to quilt, for classes, etc. I have just never joined yet, have been considering it. Just food for thought.

Jackson has a little quilt shop that SandPat loves. Is that a possibility?

thats too far for me. If you all ever get to Nashville or near by I can meet you

That would work for me. Jackson is not that far from here. Would not be a problem at all.

Can we come up with something that is more of a middle ground so that you could join us?

i dont even know where jackson is? I am new to Tennessee

I'm not the best at geography myself and I am not a native to TN either, but here goes. I live near Memphis which is in West TN. That is approximately a 4 hr drive to Nashville. Jackson is somewhat Northeast of here, and approximately a 2 hr drive.

Please everyone, correct me if I am wrong in my approximations.

Jackson is off of I-40, about an hour east-northeast of Memphis and about two hours south-southwest of Nashville.

The quilt shop that SandPat is probably liking is Sew Many Ideas. I spend way too much time and $$$ there. :D

Of course, going further into Memphis takes longer (I just love 240, NOT!) so it's probably more than an hour. I normally don't even get into the city when I go to Memphis.

not sure if I can drive to Jackson. Perhaps one day we can meet closer, but you all should get together - sounds like fun.

sewcrazygirl how about cookeville or murfeesboro?
not to sure if i can find my way through Nashville once leaving the main road.

yea i am in Murfreesboro.

Murfreesboro would be a good place to meet. Not as big as Nashville and it's right on the interstate.

ok where would we meet?

Hey I drive into Memphis everyday, and have not desire to do it any other time.

whats in between??

First of all what do you all want to do? i am assuming just meet up?

I took a look at map quest and the only city that I could see that is about halfway between Memphis and Nashville is a small town named Holladay. A quick Google says population is about 1900, but they do have a Days Inn, 2 stars w/ rooms $50/night.
Do you want to meet up, bring machine, and have a "sew" fest?

Here is a link about the city

http://www.americantowns.com/tn/holladay

Its only 45 minutes to Jackson for me. I would be game to go there they have a killer restaurant called Casey Jones that the tables are made from treadle bases and the food is GOOD!! They have a quilt shop there and a new Hancock Fabrics store.

Heck I am game count me in.

Billy

jackson is 4 hours away for me. not sure if that is doable in one day

Oh you would not have wanted to be with me this weekend then. I drove almost to Iowa to pick up a boat load of sewing machines and parts and turned around and came right back in one day. That trip was 9 hours just to get there.

Then Sunday night my wife and I hopped in the truck and left for Ohio at 11pm and didnt get back until around 7pm that Monday night. I put over 2000 miles in the drivers seat this past weekend all to get toys for me to play with...... :lol:

Billy

don't mind long drives, but if we are going to meet at 9 or 10 o' clock i would have to leave at 4 or 5 o' clock to get there. which means crawling Monteagle in the dark with possible ice patches and snow. not something i really want to do.