Someone on the site had a great idea - how many of us are from Iowa.
So Ok Quilters - if you are from Iowa respond here.

I am from Iowa

me, dakotamaid, for a bit more anyway!!

I'm in Salem Iowa SE corner Henry Co. Lived here all my life. Grew up around my grandparents farms. Both sides farmed. I grew up in a little house in the country where when the corn field grew tall all you could see on three sides was corn! The fourth side was the highway.

I am from Chariton, Iowa. :thumbup:

Born and raised in Iowa..it will always be home to me.

We live in Marcus, about forty miles northeast of Sioux City. Iowa is a great place to live, isn't it? the old one

Hi from Perry, Iowa which is about 32 miles nw of Des Moines. Rhonda, I actually know where Salem is.... Was born and raised
in Van Buren Co.

I love living in a small town for the most part. It is quiet and you know who is walking by usually and don't worry about crime a whole lot. Not that there isn't any but it is few and far between. I like being close to country living. We have lp tanks here instead of city gas. The houses are wide apart not jammed up against one another. The neighbors will help you if you need help. My mom fell and broke her wrist one winter and it was during a blizzard! Our neighbor John drove us into the hospital as there was no way I could drive in that snow!! It was close to a white out and the roads were shere ice and blowing drifting snow. Thank goodness for good neighbors!

Tho I could do without the gossips! I always say they know what you are thinking before you think it!

Mary from Grinnell

I am from south central IA

What town? Just wondered how close you are to me. I am in Salem just below Mt. Pleasant

Garden Grove, My Uncle lives in Weaver, a great aunt used to have some retal property in Salem, and grandma lived in West Point.

Nice to meet you - small world! You're still about 2 hrs away but not that far.

I am from Stacyville IA North central about 4 miles from MN.

Des Moines here!!

yes, I am.North central Iowa, 45 min north of Ames.
The corn is almost ready to pick ,the sky is beautiful and we are having beautiful fall weather.
judy j
http://hardincountykeepsakes.blogspot.com/

Born in Ft Dodge, raised in MN (farm right on the MN/IA state line) and "matured" in Iowa!! Live straight East of DAMayer--in the valley 4 miles south of the MN/IA border.

Maureen from Cedar Rapids

I live not far from you, in Orange City

Hi, Orange City Quilter, one of our daughters is visiting from south east Iowa, and today we went to Roelof's in Sioux Center. Where do you get your fabric? I really like scrap quilting the best, it is too hard to choose only four or five fabrics for a whole quilt (for me, that is) so I pick a color scheme and use whatever suits my eyes. Do you belong to a group? piecefully, the old one, or Gail
The "old one" is an inside family joke, but it fits!!

I AM FROM BOONE, IOWA. MOVED TO COLORADO. WISH I COULD MOVE BACK TO IOWA.

Me, too. All my life.

Hi, I'm from Garner, Ia

Me, too. All my life. Marengo, but not always. Chelsea and Brooklyn before this. Grinnell was my shopping spot when we lived in Brooklyn. Judy Martin lives in Grinnell.

I was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and grew up in Neola, Iowa. Now I live in Oregon, and someday will move to Kansas.

I live in Boone, IA

I grew up in Waukee, just west of Des Moines, left for Kansas and now live in the Kansas City MO area. Iowa will always be home to me!

I am from West Union- in NE Iowa and am so fortunate to have 20 quilt shops w/in 2 hrs of me; am in the 'heart' of several shop hops as well. Am lucky to be living my dream- a Longarm Quilting Studio and Retreat besides my M-F 8-4:30 job....life is very good here :). Deb

Hi, I am from Iowa and I live about 60 miles west of DSM.

I am from Iowa by way of Hurricane Katrina. Have grands who live here. I live in Kalona the quilt capital of the world. The grands quilt with me. A boy 6, a boy 10, and a girl 11.
Deb Mathews

I'm from northeast Iowa.

I grew up in Iowa City and now live in Council Bluffs. A life long Iowan.

Diane from Nashua, IA; about 39 miles north of Waterloo. I was born in Oelwein, IA and grew up in the Oran/Fairbank surrounding countryside.

Muscatine Iowa But I used to live out by Pickle Church down
Salem way.

Lucky you or should I say unlucky wallet!! You've got Country Threads in your backyard! How do you resist the temptation? And you have several others close by.

My daughter is in New London and I am in Salem When we meet half way we meet at Pickle church. Her husband is a nephew to the Pickles who owned the church.

Hi everyone! I'm in Muscatine, IA - close to 4 years now. Anyone close to Muscatine? Just saw where WalMartGranny is from Muscatine. Cool.

Hello fellow Iowans. I was born in Algona, IA. Grew up in Golden, Colorado, moved back to Algona, went to college in Emmetsburg ( ILCC), then lived in Mason City, Clear Lake, Cherokee and now back to Algona.(have come full circle back to my roots) I know where a lot of your locations are from my travels and have a daughter that lives in Norway, IA near Cedar Rapids. Iowa is a great place to live! :D

One of my DIL is from Norway. She is now in Blairstown after 20 yrs. in San Diego. Her parents (the Harkemeyers) still live there.