Becky, the plan is for everybody to meet up next year - 2014. Although some will be there this year.

i think there is only one quilt festival in august from 8-11 august this year.

i will wait for you all

You mean you are going to be at FOQ this year Becky? That's great we'll arrange a meet up

cant wait to see you guys in bermingham! more 8 weeks to go, it is like christmas -counting down till the big even

are we going to have flat rita or any thing to recognize us from the rest of the world

How are you feeling Lois. I'm beginning to feel anxious and it's only June

Hey, this is off subject. Nothing new! Anyway, somewhere we were talking about cutting mats and Marilyn mentioned the odor of Omni-grid mats. Well, I had mine away because I was using my cutting table for something else. When I got it out and wobbled it around a bit today I noticed a distinct not so pleasant oder. Hmm.... She's right. By the way I got back to my sewing machine for a little bit today for the first time in a very long time. Just wanted you all to know I just love the sound of that machine running. I feel so much better now. I also had to do some yard work. It rains here in the east and if you don't mow the grass you end up having hay and my lawn mower won't cut it. I'll try to keep the yard work in better balance folks. I do know my priorities.

You can but hope.... but I wouldn't hold my breath about it

Hopefully, the good weather lasts a bit past exams!

I had a good laugh when I picked my son up from his exam yesterday. He was doing CSPE (Civic, Social and Political History) and he is 14 years old. No study was done for this subject. One of his questions was -

Q: 2013 is European Year of the C

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A: 2013 is European Year of the Caterpiller!

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the name of the person who tells us the results of an election?

A: Reader Outer!

It is lovely to have a moment of merriment in an otherwise high pressure series of weeks while they slog through their exams during the best weather we have had in years!

Nancy, The beautiful quilt behind Rita and carol is by TQS member Ron Bedard. It is a Sue Garman TQS BOM in Southwestern colors called 'It waits for Dawn' which is a Navajo constellation.

Rita, it was so good to meet you. Yes, we have a definite date for Birmingham in 2014.

It was the exhibition of award winning quilts from international shows that attracted me to the show and it was well worth going to see. I spent a very long time absorbing the beauty and detail of these quilts. A lot of them I had seen in photos and on websites, but as we all know pictures dont do justice to quilts. To see them in person,this side of the pond was amazing!!!

Sounds like you had a terrific day !! Thanks for the pics ! Will wait to see that project finished !

Thanks, Rita, for sharing!

Reetzbobeetz wrote: There is nothing like hunting down all the wonderful goodies that you didn't know exhisted until you come across them in the flesh and then just have to have them

There is hope for me yet Susan!