I became a member of the Riverwalk Quilters Guild in my home town of Naperville back in 1999!
It had been almost six years since I was the guest speaker at a meeting. Such a lot has happened since then. I wrote a new lecture especially for the occasion.
I thought I had better take pictures before I started.
I needed to make sure everyone was still awake?
They were a great audience for Catherine’s Excellent Adventures in Quiltie-land, which was basically all about me…
After I finished there was a chance to get a closer look at the quilts I had taken along. 
I went home and repacked my bags for the workshop we had booked for the next day. Just one purple suitcase, my sewing machine and traveling table…
The class was held down in Lockport at Thimbles. They have a beautiful upstairs classroom. There was an elevator to get everyone’s stuff upstairs and we soon set to stitching.
Lots of walking foot quilting, followed by free motion stitching in the afternoon.
Yes! we did it all in one day. Now all we need to do is practice…
My class sample is today’s featured image. We really did try everything.
