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09-03-2011, 04:47 PM
#491
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Posts: 1,274
Originally Posted by lauriejo
Originally Posted by skaduzy
Originally Posted by lauriejo
That is one of the ones I am doing tomorrow, along with Jefferson. We only got five of them done the day the three of us went. So Marlys left her passport with me to finish hers too. I took my son the other day and went to the Warren & Niles ones, and DH is going with me tomorrow. Are they worth the drive? Well other than winning the sewing machine lol!
Enjoyed all the shops but especially my favorite Cottonpickers in Chardon.
Hope we both are lucky enough to win something!
Just finished this afternoon for me and Marlys! The Quilt Parlor is really cute, but no cat :( I think my favorite was either Designers Two (such great novelty fabric) or Quilting B's in Cortland (not actually on the hop, we just passed by it). Keeping my fingers crossed!
09-03-2011, 04:51 PM
#492
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Posts: 1,274
Originally Posted by thomp116
Originally Posted by skaduzy
Originally Posted by lauriejo
That is one of the ones I am doing tomorrow, along with Jefferson. We only got five of them done the day the three of us went. So Marlys left her passport with me to finish hers too. I took my son the other day and went to the Warren & Niles ones, and DH is going with me tomorrow. Are they worth the drive? Well other than winning the sewing machine lol!
Enjoyed all the shops but especially my favorite Cottonpickers in Chardon.
Hope we both are lucky enough to win something!
Wow - my favorites, too. I'm glad you liked Meg's shop. Did you really only see ONE cat??? The rest must have been in hiding. I'd love to spend a day exploring Chardon. I wonder if we should stay home to get the phone call about all the prizes we won?!?!?!?!?!?
09-03-2011, 04:59 PM
#493
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NE The Sunshine State
Posts: 3,910
Originally Posted by skaduzy
Originally Posted by candi
Originally Posted by skaduzy
I got 2 secret pals this month. One lives in the state I was born in (not the one I live in) and the other lives in a state that I drove through to get to the state I was visiting.
Surely you didn't drive through FL going anywhere from OH, lol. But PA, IN and KY watch out!!!
For my second SP, I also drove through this state to get to Florida on a different trip.
Are you confused now?
And New Yorkers, watch out, NY could be the state she was born in.
09-03-2011, 05:09 PM
#495
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 8,814
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Krystyna, every time I see your avatar, I admire it. Is there a story? It just makes me want to know more about the woman in the picture!
My mother did it as a sketch and then my sister, who died about 20 years ago, an artist until she developed MS, began a painting based on my mother's sketch. She added the cross and the stark wall because when I was a teen, I wanted to become a cloistered nun. She was unable to finish it and I held onto it for years. I finally worked up my courage and finished it myself. I gave it as a gift to her daughter who has cerebral palsy.
The quilt is one that I also finished for my sister. It was started by my grandmother, worked on by my mother and abandoned in a cedar chest for decades. I fished it out, and without knowing anything at all about quilting, finished it by hand and gave it to my sister when she was bedridden and distraught. She was buried with it.
And that's my avatar.
For some reason, it wasn't easy writing that.
09-03-2011, 05:12 PM
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Location: Long Island, NY
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Originally Posted by arizonagirl
And yes, you should be jealous. A garbage bag FULL of immaculate quilting fabric. I had to stop myself from going through it until we get the furniture back in place.
Sorry, but a huge pile is going to someone who bought some fabric from me, but the package was lost. Sending her a refund and a nice surprise package.
09-03-2011, 05:29 PM
#497
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 229
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Dear SP,
Although you are far away,
I'll be thinking of you today.
Labor Day Sales will keep me hopping
For my Secret Pal I will be shopping!
Peace and Joy,
Robin
Although you are far away,
I'll be thinking of you today.
Labor Day Sales will keep me hopping
For my Secret Pal I will be shopping!
Peace and Joy,
Robin
Deby
09-03-2011, 05:44 PM
#499
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Maine
Posts: 1,036
Originally Posted by Krystyna
YAY! Just won an eBay auction for my SP's favorite fabric collection by her favorite manufacturer. Only one hint and it's a broad one: she likes Moda. Is it you?
09-03-2011, 06:06 PM
#500
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 229
What a story and what a talented family. very cool.
Deby
It's based on an actual photo of me when I was much younger and living in simpler times.
My mother did it as a sketch and then my sister, who died about 20 years ago, an artist until she developed MS, began a painting based on my mother's sketch. She added the cross and the stark wall because when I was a teen, I wanted to become a cloistered nun. She was unable to finish it and I held onto it for years. I finally worked up my courage and finished it myself. I gave it as a gift to her daughter who has cerebral palsy.
The quilt is one that I also finished for my sister. It was started by my grandmother, worked on by my mother and abandoned in a cedar chest for decades. I fished it out, and without knowing anything at all about quilting, finished it by hand and gave it to my sister when she was bedridden and distraught. She was buried with it.
And that's my avatar.
For some reason, it wasn't easy writing that.
Deby
Originally Posted by Krystyna
Originally Posted by peaceandjoy
Krystyna, every time I see your avatar, I admire it. Is there a story? It just makes me want to know more about the woman in the picture!
My mother did it as a sketch and then my sister, who died about 20 years ago, an artist until she developed MS, began a painting based on my mother's sketch. She added the cross and the stark wall because when I was a teen, I wanted to become a cloistered nun. She was unable to finish it and I held onto it for years. I finally worked up my courage and finished it myself. I gave it as a gift to her daughter who has cerebral palsy.
The quilt is one that I also finished for my sister. It was started by my grandmother, worked on by my mother and abandoned in a cedar chest for decades. I fished it out, and without knowing anything at all about quilting, finished it by hand and gave it to my sister when she was bedridden and distraught. She was buried with it.
And that's my avatar.
For some reason, it wasn't easy writing that.
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