I adore your quilt! I love row by row quilts!!! Will be starting on Lori Holt's "Quilty Fun" soon.

The building is the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. It's a very special place for those of us from Michigan. There are no motorized vehicles allowed on the island so everybody gets around by bicycle, or horses, or foot. The only way to get to the island in the summer is by ferry. In the winter, I've heard that you can snowshoe your way across from the mainland. It's a pretty place. The movie, 'Somewhere in Time' was filmed there and if you haven't seen it, you should. It's the most wonderful love story. I had to include it in my R-b-R.

Great quilt! My husband and I went on a trip to the U.P. this summer to visit his alma mater, Michigan Tech in Houghton. We went to every shop we could find, including in Wisconsin on the way up and the way down to Milwaukee. I got some of the same patterns that you did, but I haven't started making mine yet. How big did your quilt end up being?

Leslie

It's 72" x 86" approx. I put it on our full sized bed as I was measuring and designing how to place the pieces. The blocks are 9x36 finished. And, I used 2" finished for sashing. The border is 1/2" blue and 3" brown.

I'm glad you liked stopping by some of our fun shops here in the northwoods. There are certainly a lot of different flavors in all the shops. I had a lot of fun doing this.

Beautiful! we are summer yoopers, Gladstone mi. I absolutely love your quilt. I want to make one.

Ahh. Thank you, Donna. My dad grew up in Poplar Bluff. I still have relatives there but don't stay in contact with them much anymore. I always loved going to Poplar Bluff.

Great job!! It's a keeper.

So happy for you that you found a shop to collect your well deserved prize!

Very, very nice! And I love your signature quote!