ClaraLawrence wrote:
The "Meet & Greet" get togethers at the TQS book in Houston is awesome!! Be sure to be there at 1:00 every day that you are available in time for the group photo!!

We also have been meeting one evening for a dinner together. Maybe this year we will need to look for a larger space??? Wanda, are you up for this???

I will be going to Houston this year and would be interested in meeting my fellow sisters and brothers. TQS booth is a favorite spot for TQS members to meet and we could start there. Besides, Alex and Ricky will be there too and they are a part of this. Just a thought.

I am very fortunate to be so close to Houston and can go yearly. In fact my Mom and I have a tradition on going together on Sunday and spend the day together.

Until then. Clara

Hanne-Grete, We weren't able to be there to help mop up after your flood, but we are able to express our love in other ways.

Roine,going to the Houston Quilt Festival is an amazing experience, but meeting other TQS members in person, who we havegot to know from the website, is absolutely wonderful. We surely do make friends for life through this amazing online quilting community.

What a great group we are! I'm teary eyed after reading the most recent postings. Dear Hanne-Grette, you are so welcome. I wish I could go to Houston in November but I don't think it will be possible for me this year. I would so love to meet some of you. If I EVER get another job the first thing I will save for will definitely be the Houston trip. Something I've always wanted to do.

Roine

Scoopie wrote:
Dawn, your mini is going to be wonderful!!!!! It will be so fun to see what it looks like finished. It will be exciting to see what other TQS Sisters do with their HSTs. I got back on Wednesday and have been busy so not having too much time to check out the blogs. Thank you for letting me know that fellow sisters are having a fun time with this. This was so uplifting to see all the blogs on this. Thank you dear TQS Sisters!!!!! My BIL is doing well and hopefully they got all the cancer after removing his kidney. My sister is exhausted, I wish I could do more for her. Each day we would do something to keep her spirits up. We went to our favorite quilt store in Kalona, IA. and that really helped. My sister's quilt did not get done at the quilters so I was not able to give it to her, but I found some other little gifts that she would like. I stopped by Pine Needles in Cedar Rapids and picked up a Sarah Vedeler's Hearts Embroidery Collection CD for her. She loves to machine embroidery. It was the perfect gift for her. I attached a picture of some of the hearts she can make using this CD. It will be exciting to see what she makes with the collection on the CD. I enjoy giving gifts that keep on giving. I hope this one will keep her mind busy and having fun while her husband in re-cooping.

Have a great weekend everyone and have fun playing with your HST. It is going to be exciting to see what everyone does with them!!!!!

Hugs, Carol

Sisters,
I'll be putting my HSTs together for mailing this weekend! (I'll need to find a new temporary obsession for the next several weeks...)

My question is whether the Queensland group might welcome some 2.5 inch squares or strips along with the HSTs? (If this was in the original post - my apologies! Way too many posts to go on a search now.)

Wendy

what a great motto - one i've always believed in - and this blog certainly prooves it again
thanks friends
lotti

One of our local quilt shop's motto is "There are no strangers here - only friends you have not yet met".

NanaPie wrote:
What a wonderful thing to grow up hearing! Your Dad must have been a wise man.

connieo wrote:
If you use Thangles, you can use the 2-1/2" strips! I used them and even cut them apart for smaller scraps to be used! Definitely not too many in my pile that match! bev

I plan on send over 600. Janis from Missouri

When we were growing up, my father used to tell my sister and I that the world is full of friends we hadn't met yet - this forum makes me think of his words over and over. This is exactly what he was talking about. Beverly

Yea!!!

HOORAY IT WORKED !!!!!!