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Posted by Susan Laity Price on July 21, 2009, 10:10 am
Next time you plan a trip this direction please contact me and maybe
we can meet. I wouldn't mind driving to Lockport as there is a very
nice store in the downtown area. I live in Wheaton.
Susan Price
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:25:38 -0700 (PDT), amy in CNY
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>Susan, congrats!
>Where near Batavia do you live? i go by there on my way to my sister's
>in Lockport. Wish i'd known about your show, i would've tried to get
>there to see it.
>i hope you can post a picture soon, i love the Civil war quilts. i was
>thinking of making that my next project. sort of deter from my usual
>amy in CNY
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Posted by Sandy E on July 21, 2009, 12:33 pm
Howdy!
Lovely report, the quilt show, meet-up w/ Kathyl, & the ribbon.
Cheers, Susan!
R/Sandy - who was attending the Ellis County Quilters show in Midlothian,
Saturday, and finding some quite beautiful work displayed
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in a small venue (some good vendors, too <g>)
p.s. GO, Susan, GO! Get those blocks made!!!
On 7/19/09 11:35 AM, in article fph665dkf1g199s8u20dnmqmolinkbc0ci@4ax.com,
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> Kathyl posted about our fun visit yesterday. I usually don't allow too
> many people to see my studio but not too many of my RCTQ friends have
> visited so close to my home. Thought if she made the drive she could
> see the stash. Yes, she is right about the 125 quilts. I think I have
> posted a little about this project in the past. Once the project is
> finished and I have good pictures I will tell you more. Since I am
> home taking care of my mother this year I thought it was time to
> finish many of those UFO's and partially finished step by step block
> illustrations left from 25 years of teaching quilting.
>
> We attended a small quilt show in Batavia about 15 miles southwest of
> my home. I had several quilts entered. The show coordinator just
> called to tell me that my Civil War Love Letters quilt won Viewer's
> Choice Best of Show! Kathyl and I didn't even vote! This quilt is made
> from a book by Rosemary Youngs. Each of the 121 quilt blocks is
> accompanied by an actual love letter written by or to a Civil War
> Soldier. It is similar to her "Civil War Diaries" book published
> several years ago. The books have drawings of the blocks but do not
> include any patterns. A CD with the patterns for each book is
> available for purchase from Rosemary directly. You must have EQ5 or
> EQ6 to use the CD. As with any EQ pattern you can print either
> templates or foundation patterns. I used foundation method for almost
> all blocks. Sorry I don't have a picture of my quilt posted but you
> could find pictures of similar quilts through a Google search.
>
> Now I must go wash my hair and try to spiff myself up. They want to
> take my photograph with the quilt for the local newspaper. I was
> planning on sending my husband to pick-up the quilts. Guess there
> won't be any sewing time this afternoon.
>
> Susan
>
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>Where near Batavia do you live? i go by there on my way to my sister's
>in Lockport. Wish i'd known about your show, i would've tried to get
>there to see it.
>i hope you can post a picture soon, i love the Civil war quilts. i was
>thinking of making that my next project. sort of deter from my usual
>amy in CNY