Earlier this week, I had a fairly short teaching trip to the Pittsburgh area. Nice to be in Steelers’ territory!!
My first stop was a quilt shop, Quilter’s Corner, located in Finleyville, PA. http://www.quilterscorner-pa.com/
The owner, Mary Beth, is truly one of the nicest, giving shop owners I have ever met. When the students arrived (and the teacher), we found an apple, chocolate bar and a fat quarter on our table. How nice was that? Mary Beth and her daughter made lunch for everyone! Seriously……awesome. Awesome applies to the fact that they took the time to do it and also to the food itself.
Mary Beth’s shop was so bright and cheery and her fabric selection – fabulous!
The ladies who worked with Mary Beth at Quilter’s Corner, Barb, Cathe and Deb, were warm and welcoming. Deb teaches a class on creating caricatures using fabric. Here’s Deb:
Here is her creation:
What fun and I love, love, love the pin fabric Deb used for her forehead!
My second stop was the Three Rivers Quilt guild located in Pittsburgh http://www.threeriversquilters.org/ Great group of ladies! If you live anywhere around that area, check it out.
And, of course, as I was working hard (or should I say having fun teaching) Joe was out goofing off, as usual. Here are some of the photos he took around the Pittsburgh area. A nice shot of the city and the confluence of the Monongahela and the Allegheny Rivers to form the Ohio River taken from atop Mt. Washington. It had rained like crazy the night before so the rivers were really muddy.
The capital of Steeler Nation: Heinz Field. Go Steelers!!!! Less than 90 days until kickoff.
As Joe and I drove around Finleyville, surrounding townships and boroughs, we noticed that attached to the telephone poles were large vinyl, weather proof photographs honoring local veterans. How wonderful. It made us both tearful. My father was a veteran as were Joe’s father and brothers, Also, Joe is a veteran. We slowed and stopped to read the names, branches of service and the wars they fought for us. Not one person in the cars behind us beeped their horns to hurry us along. What a special tribute these small towns in southwestern Pennsylvania pay to honor those who serve.
John A. Allridge
Paul Lacko
John Calvin Parry, Jr.
Donn R. Kegel
Arnold H. Kegel
Lance R. Lawrence
and Louise M. Desmond
In case you are interested, here is a link with the names of all the veterans in Finleyville/Union Co.
http://www.troopbanners.com/Finleyville/?townview=Union
We are so thankful and grateful to those who have served and those currently serving.
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BOOK REVIEW
I just finished listening to “Dragonfly in Amber” by Diana Gabaldon, the second in the “Outlander” series. It is following the story of Jamie and Claire as she has traveled back in time. Here are some words I read in a review to describe this series of books…
Historical Fiction
Romance
Scotland
Time-Travel
I’ll be starting the third book in the series very soon. So, two down and six to go.
This week I am off to Shipshawana to teach, lecture and demo…..sounds like fun. My friend Nancy went two years ago and recommended I take pants with an elastic waist band as the food is apparently very, very good!