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    Old 08-27-2010, 05:29 PM
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    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.
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    Old 08-27-2010, 05:57 PM
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    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.
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    Old 08-27-2010, 10:47 PM
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    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.
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    Old 08-28-2010, 02:50 AM
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    I ran into Billie at the quilt show in Hersey last year. and Mary Ellen in Pa. also , not sure of the exact date. :? :
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    HERE TOO AND ALEX, I PLAY THEN INSTEAD OF THE RADIO.
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    Old 08-28-2010, 04:38 AM
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    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.
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    Old 08-28-2010, 06:42 AM
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    Here is her website.
    http://www.maryellenhopkins.com/
    She seems to be alive and well.
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    Old 08-28-2010, 08:48 AM
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    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!
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    Old 08-30-2010, 07:33 AM
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    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
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    Old 09-11-2010, 06:24 AM
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    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."
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