In order to fly from Harrisburg to Chicago I had to fly through the Philadelphia airport to make my connections. I honestly cannot ever remember being in the D terminal in the Philadelphia airport. A new experience! As I was walking to the D terminal I came across a surprising display. It stopped me in my tracks. It was a display of old irons. It was a rather large collection. Who would have thought?
Oh, how I wish they still made irons like this. I love the sharp edges and the points on these irons for the type of pressing I do on my applique.
I can honestly say that I have never seen a round iron before.
I love this green iron. If they made one like this today I would buy it in a heart beat.
My flight to Chicago was uneventful. My favorite kind. I taught a workshop on Monday and lectured both Monday evening and Tuesday morning for the Prairie Star Quilters Guild in St. Charles, Illinois. You can find more information about this guild at http://www.prairiestar.net What a pleasure to work with such a well organized group. They have several people on their program committee which means one person does not get bogged down doing all of the work. Great idea. Susan Jensen picked me up at the airport and dropped me off at my hotel. I enjoyed the drive from the airport to the hotel getting to know a new friend. Mary Stewart was also on the committee and Mary took great care of me…… from excellent dining to showing me around the area. We stopped at a spice shop in town. I had never been in a store that had nothing but spices. I enjoyed myself very much finding some new spice mixes to try. Mary also worked hard getting our workshop location set-up and organized. Mary took me on a nice little walk through a local park along the river.
And then a friend and fellow teacher showed up in my class, Barb Vlack. Barb teaches a lot of classes on Electric Quilt plus other quilting related classes. You can find more information about Barb at www.barbvlack.com/about_me/about_me.htmWhen Barb taught for my guild several years ago she presented a great lecture and several workshops on using the Electric Quilt program to aid in designing quilts. Very interesting. Barb is very organized and really knows her stuff. Barb was kind enough to drive me to the airport on Tuesday. Traveling on Tuesday was a little crazy. There were some very severe storms. I thought for sure that I would be in Chicago until Wednesday. But, as luck would have it my flight took off only an hour after it was scheduled. Not bad.
My next adventure is a week in Houston for the International Quilt show, my 25th consecutive visit to quilter’s heaven!!! I can hardly wait. There will be lots to blog about when I get back.