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Posted by Susan Torrens on November 6, 2009, 10:28 am
I met Estelle a few years ago while she was visiting in Orlando. My friend
and I kidnapped her for the day, visiting a quilt show, then the local quilt
shop. The more often I am able to meet RCTQ members, the more I see that we
are all the same.....quilting lovers.
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Susan
sewing machine set up in the dining room
working on a home-made quilt kit!
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> So, a while back, Estelle had posted about being stateside for a bit
> and about being in VA, not too far away from where I live. I sent her
> my phone numbers so that we could try to get together. Well, this
> morning, after a not so wonderful phone conversation with the
> insurance company, I had an "out of area" call. Turns out it was
> Estelle and she wanted to get together for coffee or whatnot. So....I
> gave her directions to Books A Million (they have a nice little coffee
> shop just inside, and waited for her to call me when she got closer
> (they were about a hour away from where I live). Got some sewing
> done, then the phone rang and I was out the door. Estelle and John
> got there just a few minutes before me so we chatted as we got their
> coffee and my juice. It was lovely to sit and chat about quilting,
> people from RCTQ, the weather in my area, etc. John was quiet, but I
> recognized the look of a resigned "spouse of a crafter" that he
> wore....almost with pride...lol. Estelle is a sweetheart - talks
> quite fast, like me, but with such a wonderful accent that you can
> ignore the speed (this is NOT a slam...having moved south of the Mason-
> Dixon line, everyone seems to be speaking REALLY slow). I heard a
> little about Cornwall and their critters that they keep, Estelle's
> numerous crafting interests, children, grandchildren and various
> family members....almost felt like we were old friends catching up on
> the families!!
> Down side was that we couldn't find any cotton clothesline at Target
> (same shopping center), so I think they were going to head off to
> WalMart eventually to see if they had some. They were also going to
> head over to Staunton to explore a little bit (I dutifully told them
> about Rachel's Quilt Patch in Staunton as well as Valley Fabrics in
> Stuarts Draft).
> Though it seemed like time flew by, I think we actually spent about an
> hour just chatting.
> Thought y'all would want an update on her travels....she will be back
> on the other side of the mountain tonight at her SILs house.....
> Larisa
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Posted by off kilter quilter@somwherequi on November 6, 2009, 3:52 pm
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> I met Estelle a few years ago while she was visiting in Orlando. =A0My fr=
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> and I kidnapped her for the day, visiting a quilt show, then the local qu=
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> shop. =A0The more often I am able to meet RCTQ members, the more I see th=
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> are all the same.....quilting lovers.
> --
> Susan
> sewing machine set up in the dining room
> working on a home-made quilt kit!http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtin=
kingston
Susan! She told me about her meet-up with you....so cool!! I think
it''s wonderful to meet in person, some of the people we've been
talking to for years. I do have to point out an error....we were
talking about how long we'd been members of RCTQ...she said 1998 for
her (I think), and I inadvertently said 1997....um, duh! that's the
year I got married, but I didn't start quilting until
2000.....sheesh...brain fart. I guess I just got wrapped up in the
lovely accents.....
Larisa
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Posted by amy in CNY on November 6, 2009, 8:48 pm
Very cool! I hope it's not a bad winter so that I can get to NYC and
see the tree, etc.
Maybe a few of us could meet at Macys!! or somewhere that would be
fun.
amy in CNY
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Posted by Michelle C. on November 6, 2009, 3:13 pm
off kilter quilter@somwherequiet.net wrote:
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> So, a while back, Estelle had posted about being stateside for a bit
> and about being in VA, not too far away from where I live. I sent her
> my phone numbers so that we could try to get together. Well, this
> morning, after a not so wonderful phone conversation with the
> insurance company, I had an "out of area" call. Turns out it was
> Estelle and she wanted to get together for coffee or whatnot. So....I
> gave her directions to Books A Million (they have a nice little coffee
> shop just inside, and waited for her to call me when she got closer
> (they were about a hour away from where I live). Got some sewing
> done, then the phone rang and I was out the door. Estelle and John
> got there just a few minutes before me so we chatted as we got their
> coffee and my juice. It was lovely to sit and chat about quilting,
> people from RCTQ, the weather in my area, etc. John was quiet, but I
> recognized the look of a resigned "spouse of a crafter" that he
> wore....almost with pride...lol. Estelle is a sweetheart - talks
> quite fast, like me, but with such a wonderful accent that you can
> ignore the speed (this is NOT a slam...having moved south of the Mason-
> Dixon line, everyone seems to be speaking REALLY slow). I heard a
> little about Cornwall and their critters that they keep, Estelle's
> numerous crafting interests, children, grandchildren and various
> family members....almost felt like we were old friends catching up on
> the families!!
>
> Down side was that we couldn't find any cotton clothesline at Target
> (same shopping center), so I think they were going to head off to
> WalMart eventually to see if they had some. They were also going to
> head over to Staunton to explore a little bit (I dutifully told them
> about Rachel's Quilt Patch in Staunton as well as Valley Fabrics in
> Stuarts Draft).
>
> Though it seemed like time flew by, I think we actually spent about an
> hour just chatting.
>
> Thought y'all would want an update on her travels....she will be back
> on the other side of the mountain tonight at her SILs house.....
>
> Larisa
How cool! So glad you got to meet up. Thanks for sharing! :-)
Michelle in Nevada
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> and about being in VA, not too far away from where I live. I sent her
> my phone numbers so that we could try to get together. Well, this
> morning, after a not so wonderful phone conversation with the
> insurance company, I had an "out of area" call. Turns out it was
> Estelle and she wanted to get together for coffee or whatnot. So....I
> gave her directions to Books A Million (they have a nice little coffee
> shop just inside, and waited for her to call me when she got closer
> (they were about a hour away from where I live). Got some sewing
> done, then the phone rang and I was out the door. Estelle and John
> got there just a few minutes before me so we chatted as we got their
> coffee and my juice. It was lovely to sit and chat about quilting,
> people from RCTQ, the weather in my area, etc. John was quiet, but I
> recognized the look of a resigned "spouse of a crafter" that he
> wore....almost with pride...lol. Estelle is a sweetheart - talks
> quite fast, like me, but with such a wonderful accent that you can
> ignore the speed (this is NOT a slam...having moved south of the Mason-
> Dixon line, everyone seems to be speaking REALLY slow). I heard a
> little about Cornwall and their critters that they keep, Estelle's
> numerous crafting interests, children, grandchildren and various
> family members....almost felt like we were old friends catching up on
> the families!!
> Down side was that we couldn't find any cotton clothesline at Target
> (same shopping center), so I think they were going to head off to
> WalMart eventually to see if they had some. They were also going to
> head over to Staunton to explore a little bit (I dutifully told them
> about Rachel's Quilt Patch in Staunton as well as Valley Fabrics in
> Stuarts Draft).
> Though it seemed like time flew by, I think we actually spent about an
> hour just chatting.
> Thought y'all would want an update on her travels....she will be back
> on the other side of the mountain tonight at her SILs house.....
> Larisa