sosew4fun

DD and I visited MSQC yesterday. I have always been impressed with her videos and came away from
Hamilton, Mo very impressed. It is wonderful to see what a quilter's hobby has done for a sleepy little town.
They have 4 stores , the original, Penny's quilts (which is all solids) Seasonal store, and another store just open
which has civil war fabrics. There is also a retreat center and mercantile building for shipping and receiving. We
arrived on a day that they were having a lunch for all employees (100+) so all stores were closed from 12-1 but
there is a sandwich shop and bakery where many quilters were hanging out! It is worth the trip if you get close by!

QuiltnNan

i didn't realize it was such a huge 'complex'. glad you got to go.

Dina

What fun! Wish I was closer.

Dina

Doggramma

My SIL lives in St Joseph, Missouri so I'm hoping to make a combination trip soon! Sounds like a fun place

CorgiNole

Very cool. One of these summers, we will do a road trip to explore various sites - quilting for me, civil rights for DH, and hockey for Gus. Could be a wide-ranging trip.

Cheers, K

tessagin

We're DH and I are making a trip to Missouri in August to visit some friends of his. Hamilton is supposedly about an hour away. Told DH I wanted to go while we were there or on our way to see his friends. He stated they already had plans for us. Back up the truck!. If I have to leave a day early so be it. I will rent a car if I have to. I plan on spending a day and some money and meeting Jenny or even one of the family.

Onebyone

What fun! I can drive there in about five hours so MSQC is definitely on my weekend trip list. I do weekend trips just for me a lot so I'll have my memories of going when I'm stuck at home being elderly.

Doggramma

Haha, OnebyOne, that's what we do too! Make memories for when we're too old to drive very far

MaryMo

Hey tessagin .... don't bother renting a car, just give me a call. It's always fun to go there especially with someone who has not been there before (or not been in a while). I live in the Kansas City area and will be glad to "chauffer" you! I would go there every month but then I'd have to give up eating ......

Quilter 65

I have been there three times. Each time it gets better and better and more and more. The stores are jam-packed with wonderful fabrics. There are some stores I can enter and leave with money intact. I haven't been able to do that so far with this one. They really go through the fabric judging by the carts at the end of the cutting tables.