I'm Back

Wow did we have fun at the Road to California Quilt Conference and Showcase. Denise, Mary and I had a safe trip there and home. Upon our arrival to the hotel we did the usual unloading and quick trip to the grocery store. I ran my quilts and patterns over to the Fabric Patch booth at the Convention Center. Wednesday night the quilt show is open for early preview. We went over for several hours and viewed all the beautiful quilts. Here is a picture of me with Halloween Fun quilt in the show. It was so exciting to see it hanging at the show.

Thursday and Friday I had a class called Angle Play with Margaret Miller. It was a very creative class working with different angled templates and color. As you can see I stepped outside my box and worked with bright colors. At lunch time old habits kicked in and I went into the vendor mall and purchased a civil war quilt kit. I was back to my comfort colors. Margaret Miller is excellent teacher and has a great sense of humor. If you every have the opportunity to take her class I would hope you would.

Saturday I had a class called Compass for Almost All Quilters with Sharyn Craig. This class was more angles and templates plus curves. I am always taking a class with some kind of curve to improve my curve skills. I chose my comfort colors for this block. At lunch there was more shopping and I think this is the day a bought a small travel ironing board among other things. Sharyn is also an excellent teacher and has a wealth of information. Unfortunately she is retiring from teaching. I was in one of here last classes.

Sunday what can I say but, endless fun. I was in Eleanor Burns’ class called Stars all around Table Topper. Eleanor kept us on task, because as you know she is the Quilt in a Day lady. I kept up until lunch break. At lunch time Sunday football playoff games started. The Arizona Cardinals were in the NFC Championship game. I was very distracted. My very nice husband text messaged me every important play.
As you can see I didn’t finish my block. Yea! The Cardinals won and are going to the Super Bowl. I would recommend any of Eleanor’s classes as well, get ready to sew and laugh.


Sunday was also time to say goodbye to all my friends I see once a year at Road to California. I picked up my quilts at the Fabric Patch booth. I was pleased that they had sold many patterns and were taking orders on Everything Baby after they ran out. A big thank you to Mary and staff for having Lunch Box Quilts be a part of their booth. I picked up my quilt that was in the show, but the trip was not over yet!

No trip to Road to California is complete without a stop to the Calico Horse quilt shop in Redlands, California on the way home. We get the last of our shopping out of our systems. We always enjoy visiting with Donna and Linda before we head home across the desert. With our shopping bags packed we officially say goodbye and anxiously await the schedule for next year.

Keep you sewing machine stitching!
Angie