More Traveling and Fun Times Ahead!

Wow, it's been a busy Spring!  We have driven from coast to coast and a little more in between.  We started at Road to California as I chatted about in the last post.  Then in February we made the trip out to Hampton, VA for the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival.  It was another great show with beautiful quilts to see and many fun vendors to check out!  I met some of my OnLine buddies from the east and it was great to visit with them!  The customers were good to us and enjoyed shopping and laughing along with us as we got to know them.  Something fun about vending at quilt shows is getting to know your customers a little bit as they come back each day.  It's lots of fun!  We had our daughter Melanie along with us.  She had not experienced a busy show with us before so it was pretty fun for her!
                       

     

Here she is getting ready for the show on opening day.  We loved having our "techie" daughter along to give us a few suggestions for how to keep organized in a technological way.  LOL, she did teach us old foggies a few things!   And below is my hubs who is always ready with a smile!  I love having my family help out.  We have a good time together!

Next was the Dallas Quilters Guild show.  Another good time there this year!  

We brought our neice Haley along with us.  We loved having her with us!  She learned a lot about quilting and caught on quickly to be able to help the customers in the booth with ease.  

Just look at the crowd of happy ladies shopping and excited to be at the show!  Look at the aisle how crowded.  This Dallas show is always lots of fun.  It's great seeing some familiar faces each year!

 Next stop was a teaching day at the Blue Ribbon Quilt Shoppe in Wiley, TX.  These ladies were fun to get to know.  These are the owners and an employee who stopped by to say hello at the 

Dallas Show.  If you see anything new that you like we have new kits on the website if you click HERE!

Their shop is pretty cute!  Here's a few pictures to see.  Through the arched doorway is a wonderful workshop area with big tables and lots of light!  We had a good day at the workshop.  If you are ever in Wylie, check out their shop!!

This is a shot of Dallas at Night.  We love driving through Dallas at night time.  (Unless the traffic is bad that is!)  They have quite a light show on the downtown buildings.  It's a good thing my hubs does the driving or I would be distracted.  This is just a sampling...it's quite pretty to see!

Before we headed home we stopped by the Moda Warehouse to pick up some nice fabrics to make quilts and kits from for all of you quilters!  It's quite fun to walk in the door and see these beautiful quilts hanging.  What a beautiful layout this would be for a home someday to show off quilts nicely!

On the way home we visited the middle daughter in KC and she showed us around her office at Cerner.  Her job is to plan entertainment and events for the employees.  The new building has some very cool things in it and she was proud to show us some highlights of what she's been working on the past months.  Here are some highlights!

The building is designed to look like DNA since the company is medically oriented.

She helped plan a game room for employees to take a few minutes to stimulate their minds while on breaks.

Nintendo art on the walls to go along with the game room theme...

A beautiful Library or quiet room for deep concentration while working...

And who doesn't have fun in these spinning top like chairs!  Look at the big Smile on my  cute daughter's face!  Brings a smile to everyone's face while getting the brain cells going for good work!  I think I'd love to work in this place!  Just think of the cool quilts we could create if we stimulated our brains in short bursts throughout the day!  (I think we do that when we work with colors and all our fun tools and gadgets while we quilt!)

Once we got home I quick started a quilt for my new grandson who will be born any time now!  His room is painted light grey and the happy parents have chosen mint green and yellow for the decor accents.  So of course the quilt is done in those colors.  The green and yellow also works out good for his daddy as he works at John Deere!  I looked for JD tractor fabric, but could not find any.  It's on my list now! The little giraffe and elephant design on the quilt were borrowed from the artwork she is using in the room.  My daughter posted this pic on FB and I got a kick out of a few comments mentioning how interesting it was to put the quilt on the wall.  It comes natural for us to think of hanging a quilt on a wall vs. just using it as a quilt is normally used!  Around my house, we use them just as much on the walls as on the beds!  

It blends into the wall a bit in this picture, but shows up well when you are standing in front of it.

I can't wait to hold him in my arms....

Isn't she a radient Mother to Be?