Back At Home, In Idaho

We arrived back in Idaho on June 15 around 6:30 PM.  It is good to be home.  We did visit quilt shops, while traveling across the country; six quilt shops to be exact.  I was very careful to not run amok at quilt shops.  I think our favorite none-quilting shop was Valley Pecans, on Highway 287, at Chillicothe, Texas.  There is a lot more in this unassuming building than pecans.  They have local and not local kitchenware, pottery, candy, wind chimes, chairs, lamps, confections made from pecans, and a sandwich and pie shop in the back corner.  They had gluten-free bread, so I was able to get an amazing sandwich wrapped to go, for lunch a little later on down the road.  

The quilt shops we visited where the Calico Cow, in Roswell, NM; Homemade Quilts N More, in Grand Cane, LA; Around the Block Quilting and Stitcher's Quest, both in Ft. Walton Beach, FL; Peace By Piece Quilt Shop, in Biloxi, MS; and finally, Curtains, Quilts, & Cabins, in Colby, KS.  I got amazing fabrics at each, and they each had a fabulous selection of fabrics, so it was easy to get overwhelmed.  The amazing thing about the Biloxi quilt shop, Peace By Piece, was that they had so many actual quilts for sale, as well as fabrics, notions, and long-arm quilting services. I took photos of Marsha at each quilt shop.  Please have a look on her Gluten Free Doll Quilts blog. 

So, what is on the design wall in June?  I am sure you are wanting to know.  I made these nine churn-dash blocks a couple months ago, and finally started to make a medallion quilt with them as the center.

I used blue and green stripped fabric to make half-square triangle blocks for the corner stones in the first and third borders. The broken dishes blocks, in the fifth border, I used the same colors that are in the original center nine blocks.  Well, the weather here is certainly divine, compared to the hot we experienced on most of our trip, so I am spending a little more time outside at present.  I will update you in July, because I have been busy quilting before and since my trip.  I have some bindings to put on, then some quilts to show off.

Traveling with Aunt K and Marsha

I have been out-of-state since May 13.  My husband and I drove our RV down to Phoenix.  He caught a plane back to Idaho, and my aunt and Marsha have been accompanying me on a road trip to visit my daughter and my other aunt.  They both reside in Florida; one in Ft Walton Beach, and the other in Gainesville.  For all the info, please visit "The Girls'" blog, which Marsha is keeping up as best she can during the trip.  Use the link, in the left margin:  Gluten Free Doll Quilts.

Tonight, we are staying over in Wichita Falls, Texas.  I will update my blog when I return to Idaho in about a week.

Here we are in Grand Cane, LA, a most impressive and friendly quilt shop.