She was in town for spring break and yes, she's as great in person as you would expect.
Chicago was blessed with a freakishly warm spring day on Tuesday, so we enjoyed a meal outside at one of my favorite off-the-Avenue Italian restaurants and then took our Sugar Bliss cupcakes down to the River Walk for dessert, where I brought out the batik quilt for a little Show 'n Tell.
I felt a little silly bringing it along, but quite honestly my uncrafty friends can look at it and give it a thumbs up, but they wouldn't know in-the-ditch from free motion so I know they're just being kind. I needed a fellow quilter to take a look at it for a little validation of my quilty-ness, as it were. And Jacquie complied marvelously! It was great to get good feedback from someone whose work I respect. I hope I may have inspired her to give my wombly wavy quilting style a try!
Jacquie's Houses have a new home on my quilting bookshelf!
Jacquie left me my very first blog comment, and I believe I have made her laugh once or twice with comments of my own on her blog, so there was no reason to think we wouldn't get along. Like she said, it really was like getting together with an old friend.
It was wonderful to sit and talk shop with someone who shares (and understands) my hobby, discover some other crafting obsessions, and show her some of my favorite downtown spots. Her generous gift of one of her little house quilts was icing on the cupcake!
I hope she comes back soon!
6 comments:
Sounds like such fun! And what a sweet gift. Since I already loved your batik quilt, it's terrific to learn it looks even better in person than by photo!
That sounds like it was a LOT of fun! Tuesday was freakishly nice, that's for sure! What is your favorite off-the-avenue Italian place? I am always looking for non-chain places to eat when I hop the train and head for the Big City! ~ Jennie
Ohhh! FUN! I was thinking that we should have a sewing/quilting Chicago blogger get together. Maybe meet at Quiltology for wine and fabric browsing or something...
it was great fun and we'll definitely do it again. the quilt looks so cute there. i'm glad you found a place for it. did you see i used some of your fabrics already...they found a happy place in my boxed scrap quilt.
Oh us Chicago girls really need to all get together! Who wants to plan it?
how wonderful to get to meet up with jacquie!!!
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