Monday, April 28, 2014

Sew Down Nashville Recap

Fantastic trip to Nashville for the Modern Quilt Guild's SewDown!

gathering of Sew Together Bags in class
I don't know which was the best part....
love this group of mothers and daughters retreating together
Seeing quilty friends again and making new ones....

seeing the local sights with Victoria and Leanne
a busload of quilty peeps including my OrlandoMQG buddy Beata
Beata, Leanne, Carolyn and myself.
I like the one-eye photo of myself...need to do this more often
nice to finally meet Jessica who made this quilt for me in a swap
Charlotte, Liz, Shelby, Beata, Victoria, me and Leanne

The southern hospitality.....
Anna Maria Horner sending a virtual "Hi!" to my friend Terri
Live musical performances in the living room
The lineup of teachers....

Carolyn Friedlander
Anna Maria Horner
Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Angela Walters (with Shelby)
The MQG "staff" and sponsors .....

Jen, Elizabeth and Heather working hard behind the scenes
giveaway drawing
Swag
or could it be my new "customized" sewing machine?!

Signed by some VIPs
and another VIP
Hard to choose just one favorite part of the weekend.  
All I know is I had a blast and left feeling inspired.
Who's ready for QuiltCon???!!!!!!

9 comments:

  1. I will continue to live vicariously, all these amazing events, through blogs and IG! One day......

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  2. Wow, what a wonderful weekend! Wish I could have attended. I love seeing all the happy faces and brightly colored projects people are working on. Thanks so much for the "hi" from my hero Anna Maria!

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  3. Oh, my word! I'm speechless. And that autographed sewing machine. Sigh.

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  4. That autographed sewing machine is the BEST! Consider me quite envious...

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  5. It was a great time, I am so glad I got to know you better.

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  6. SO jealous! Love that shot of all the Sew Together bags... I think I've made 4 of them at this point and holy moly can you cram a lot of stuff in there!

    Just finished catching up - and thank you for the lovely holiday card! :-)

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  7. Too fun--and a new machine, too boot! What a gas!

    Yep--heading to QuiltCon, so let's definitely have a meet-up. From our MCMs, Cindy, Anne and I are going, and I think Linda is too. Know of anyone else?

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