The days seem to be going too quickly. Just a week until I leave for England.The camera’s will be arriving from Australia in a few days…. and work will be quite busy. I’ve been preparing my kits for Quilt Indulgence… the students are going to make the Capistrano Koi quilt…. I purchased some super red…

I have my new copy of Quilters Home.… and I am trying to save it to read on the plane next week…But I’m tempted to open it  to read the article on Quilting Teachers to Avoid…..!!! I’ve had a few that I should have avoided….how about you? When I was a new quilter (about 15…

After my talk on Inspiration the other evening, friend Jan thought I should have this interesting tie…. she purchased it at an estate sale.Now I have to think of somewhere interesting to wear it…..

At the end of the day with  temperatures in the  mid 90’s we made our way to the annual Blue Grass festival  in a town some 30 miles from Long Prairie. This is the second time we’ve been to this concert…. Set in a natural amphitheater amongst a forest of tall oak trees several thousand…

On my first visit to the USA some 13 years ago Joan took me to Grubers.… it was in the small town of Genola…. I think the population was 50.Set amongst fields of  corn and  a paddock housing a couple of big old buffaloes, the store was a haven for quilters. On entering the story…

Yesterday was busy and we visited two quilt shops that are always on my list of "To do’s" when I’m here in Long Prairie. Aunt Annie’s is a quilt shop in the small rural town of Avon MN, it’s about 30 miles from LP. It’s a bit hard to tell it’s a quilt shop from…

I gave a 5 year old my camera to experiment with today…..This is the result.

These are some of the things I enjoyed photographing today…. We visited an old farm complex set up as a gift shop and antique mart….. oooh, it made the heart beat faster….. Surrounded by head high cornfields and beautiful scenery the farm has come back to life and invites you to pop in as you…