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It happened on Tuesday. We almost had our first drive-by quilting from a quilt shop!

It was a shop from my old stomping grounds in Collinsville, Illinois. The shop, Cross Patches, owned by Mary Solomon, has been an icon for quilters in the St. Louis area for a long time - and she's a Bernina dealer too! Mary tried VERY hard to make a drive-by quilting. However, she was duped by an impostor. That's right, we were sabotaged! She saw someone in a vehicle similar to ours wave to her as they zoomed by and she thought it was us - but it wasn't! She left her post just seconds before we got there. We actually saw Mary and Sharon (her store employee) trotting back to the car, but not until it was too late to get an official Drive-by quilting photo!!! BUMMER!!! 

Nonetheless I asked Mary to show me the quilt she had taken. It was the quilt shown above called Tis the Season. If it strikes your fancy you might be happy to know that she has kits made up and ready for you. I think it looks easy and it is certainly a fun holiday quilt. If you are interested in the kit contact Mary's shop. If you are in that neck of the woods, Cross Patches is located one mile south on exit 15a off I-55-I70.

Hats off to Mary for her heroic attempt to make the drive-by quilting happen. Thumbs down to the impostor who spoiled it for us!

Mary said, "One old man tried to pick us up, but fortunately no Illinois State Troopers...it was definitly not in Sharon's job description!" Thanks Mary for helping make my day! It was still fun!

Hey everybody, Justin and I will be driving to Houston for Market and Festival. Those of you in Texas, be on the lookout - we're coming your way in mid-October!