I asked some questions about quilt guilds and about finding some quilting friends. And WOW WOW WOW!

I have gotten so many messages from people asking where I am and offering their quilting friendship. I am meeting one of these kind quilters for lunch tomorrow.

I also started asking questions and found out that there are at least 3 other quilters in my little town - I am going to visit one on Monday afternoon.

I heard there used to be a group (may still be) 6 miles away that quilts for Project Linus.

I still plan to check out the quilt guild on Monday night.

So, thanks for all of your kind offers and for your great suggestions. Quilters are the best!

Glad that you are getting to know some other quilters. I have a group of about 8 of us from church who quilt together and go to quilt shows and shop together. 3 of us are members of our local guild. I love my quilting friend. They just happen to have been friends from church who taught me how to quilt!!! Two of them have sons that have since married 2 of my daughters!!!!!

How fun for you! Can't wait to hear more about this :D:D:D

Yes, I agree Quilters are the nicest people ever!

Another way to meet quilters in your area is to set up a meet and greet at a local quilt shop, eat lunch and have show and tell projects.

I am setting up my 5th meet and greet in Shipshewana, Indiana on Sept. 7, 2011 and I get to meet more quilting board members.

If you set a meet and greet up please post it in the offline section here on the board, lots of fun.

Karen, Craftybear

I'm finding that many of the quilters here are fun and so nice. I've now met a couple of the members in person and look forward to maybe doing stuff with them either in the guild or maybe a quilt show. In another week i'm meeting another memeber who I have know online for a few years and who is the sweetest thing. We'll be camping together. While the husbands pan for gold, we are going to do some quilting. I to am finding quilters are nice people.

It's nice to meet fellow quilters.

SO GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HELP YOU HAVE FUN

Aww - you're busy tomorrow! :( I got on to message you and see if we could snag you up to go shopping with us here in Springfield tomorrow. My youngest needs some woodgrain fabric for the shelves on her bug jar quilt and of course that requires visiting every fabric store in a 50-mile radius to make sure we get just the right grain, color, and price. LOL

Have loads of fun, my friend, and we'll wait our turn :)

Thanks for thinking of me - I hope you found your fabric!

Aw, I wish you were closer to me! I would LOVE to go shopping with you!

That's great! There's so many wonderful people on here and a great way to make friends! Have fun.

Quilters rock!

Well, we didn't find the woodgrain we went out for, but we came home with an embarassing amount of fabric anyway. Our JoAnn's is "liquidating" so that they don't have to move the old stuff to their new location, and with their mark downs and my coupons, we got quarter yards of novelty print for a dollar, fat quarters for .50, and batting by theyard practically given away. We now have a head start on our fruit/veggie quilt, the map quilt for my cousin (graduating with her teacher's degree in the spring), the print for my attic window, and more fat quarters for... well, just to throw on the floor and waller in - who knows?

Have a great week, and we'll try again soon. :)

Yes, quilters are the best. I believe if we had quilters in charge, we would have a world full of peace, block swaps and covered dish suppers!

Is this the Joann's in Springfield? If so, are they there thru the weekend? I will be picking my kids up on saturday and would love to stop in for some great deals. :)

Yes, both locations in Springfield Illinois. They are moving to the old Circuit City building out west. The cutting lady said something about October, but I can't remember if that's the move date or the slash sale date. I'm solid sure they're there through this weekend, and then some.

That is great...thank you for the information. I will have to stop in early to picking up my kids. :)