Cotton Quilters' Sewing Room Tour

A quick collage of some quilts, tops and blocks, plus
one pic from the visit to my studio.

It would be difficult to have a better sewing day! That's because today we (the Cotton Quilters) toured five sewing spaces. The tour was a huge success! We all had fun. Twenty-two of us showed up and took off for Evergreen, on time. First, my studio which impressed. Rich told me to hand everyone a dust cloth as they walked in, but I served coffee instead.

One piece of furniture at Cleo's that
might go on Rich's project list.

Then it was off to Cleo's house where she had laid out her gorgeous quilts. (No, I didn't have the sense to do that.) We walked around the entire house and enjoyed her quilts and her late mother's costume jewelry. 

At Cleo's house

From there we were off to Pam's, whose husband had enclosed their large back porch. He had added a high shelf with a closet rod completely around the room. She sews beautiful little dresses for her grandchildren. 

At Pam's house

 Then it was lunch at Mrs. Mary's, who had enlisted a few ladies to help out. Pimento cheese sandwiches, shrimp and corn soup, and chips filled us up. She also had enclosed the back porch to make a long room where Gammill could live. Huge windows give lots of natural light.

At Mary C's 

One more home to go--Josie's with the beautiful hand-quilting space. Large windows for natural light, sofas around the perimeter of the room, and a hand-made quilt frame all make the space just about perfect. As if that were not enough, she served coffee and homemade sweets for our lunch dessert.

At Josie's house

 From there I returned home, but almost everyone else was going back to the museum to drop off riders. We started out there so 4-5 people could pile into a vehicle--the idea being that we'd have fewer vehicles to park.

Some of the highlights of our day:

• Getting to know the members of the guild on a more personal level
• Seeing how others set up and organize their sewing spaces
• Discovering ideas that I may incorporate into my own space
• Appreciating members' beautiful quilts
• Seeing their sewing machines and antique pieces
• Traveling around the parish with friends on a beautiful, sunny day with flowers in bloom and newly-plowed fields
• and so much more!