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ping sandy in henderson
Hey Sandy, I didn't get anywhere near going to the LB quilt show.
Do you have a report on your trip. I am sort of late here but still curious. Hope you had a great time. I keep telling myself next year. Taria |
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ping sandy in henderson
Jet Blue flies to Chicago if you want to come and visit! My guest room
is available but I must warn you that sometimes Mom wakes up in the night which might disturb your sleep, too. Just don't plan to come January through March for weather reasons. Susan On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:51:08 -0700, Sandy wrote: In article , "Taria" wrote: Hey Sandy, I didn't get anywhere near going to the LB quilt show. Do you have a report on your trip. I am sort of late here but still curious. Hope you had a great time. I keep telling myself next year. Taria Oops! I completely forgot to make my report! g My DT and her DH are arriving in a few hours, so I'd better do it now before I forget again and get busy. g I arrived Wednesday afternoon, checked into my hotel and used their very-friendly shuttle service to get over to the Convention Center. There, I met my Phoenix quilt buddy (not on this list), who had spent the day on what she said was a wonderful shop hop. We checked in, got our badges and then took off for a lovely dinner near the water. All day Thursday and again Friday morning, I had classes with Charlotte Warr Andersen. These were quilting classes, rather than piecing or appliqué. I love getting ideas from different instructors, and hers were quite different from what I've had in the past, so I'm very pleased. My friend had classes all day both of those days, but hers were with Judith Baker Montano. As my friend says, I don't (often) do the "E" word ("embellish"), and she doesn't do the "F" word ("free-motion"). g Thursday evening we attended the preview and mostly wandered around the vendor booths; that's when I found the buttons for my tea cozy. Friday afternoon, I wandered around the quilts with another friend who was there for the day from Las Vegas. I also watched a short, funny presentation from Eleanor Burns; she's always such fun. I could actually have gone home on Saturday, since I'd seen everything, but I hadn't realized that when I booked, so Saturday my Phoenix buddy and I wandered around the quilts (she hadn't seen them yet) and saw a little presentation by Anita Grossman Solomon; her book is now on my list of future purchases. G Besides the buttons, I also bought a wool appliqué kit, a stand-up caddy for quilting tools on the go, and a pair of shoes! Who'd have thought I'd be shoe shopping at a quilt show? But these were so comfortable, and I'm having such trouble with one foot, that I was able to justify the exorbitant cost to myself. Sunday I flew home, though that was iffy for a time. I'd originally planned to drive over and back, but JetBlue was having a sale .... The flight to LB was wonderful, but coming home was less so. One of their planes had broken down (on the runway, thank goodness!), so all flights were delayed, some by half an hour, some by much more. I was on one of the "lucky" flights with a 2.5 hour delay. We also had four gate changes, which isn't such a huge deal in a tiny airport like the one in LB, but people were tripping all over each other in the crowded conditions. G Still, all's well that ends well, and our very bumpy flight (lots of turbulence -- we weren't allowed out of our seats at all!) was over soon. JetBlue has offered me $50 off my next ticket as compensation, which is nice, except that I don't go anywhere that they fly, except LB! g Oh well. I enjoyed the show, but I will note that a large number of the quilts hanging there had also been in Houston, so it was sort of nice to revisit those. |
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