I saw Billie Lauder in her booth at the quilt show in Paducah this past
April. I think she has a schedule posted on her web site http://www.easymade.com

I had also heard that Mary Ellen Hopkins passed away & I thought I saw Jean Wells name on a quilting cruise but not sure.

If she has died I'm sure some of the quilting websites or blogs would have posted the news. Not many of the newer quilters know who she is.

Jean Wells owns a quilt shop in Sisters, Oregon called The Stitchin Post. They organize the quilt show there every July. She has a daughter who writes quilt books and also designs fabrics - I think her name is Valorie Wells.

I ran into Billie at the quilt show in Hersey last year. and Mary Ellen in Pa. also , not sure of the exact date. :? :

HERE TOO AND ALEX, I PLAY THEN INSTEAD OF THE RADIO.

In a 2005 newsletter, a VT guild newsletter refers to an upcoming lecture Mary Ellen was going to be doing. In that article, it says she is 76. That would make her 81 now.

Here is her website.
http://www.maryellenhopkins.com/
She seems to be alive and well.

The site was last updated a year ago, with the last scheduled program being at Road to California last January. I hope somebody finds something current!

I looked on the Mary Ellen site which was updated in August 09 and it looks as if she is live and well. YEA. I really like her and wish she would show up on a quilting show somewhere..... :D

I received this today:


Hearthside Quilters Nook wrote:
"Mary Ellen is doing fine. She is living in Southern California spending lot's of time with family and friends."