Smith Mountain Morning in New York!

So much happy that I couldn’t capture it in one photo!  We had to shoot both sides of the room!

Yesterday’s Smith Mountain Morning workshop from Scraps & Shirttails II was a full-up and fun filled day, and the variety of plans and colors being made into blocks would have surely knocked your socks off!

My thanks to the Snow Country Quilters of Remsen, NY and all of those who traveled in from outlying areas to participate – including one gal who had a flight snafu from Florida, ended up driving to Charlotte NC to catch a connection to Chicago and finally made it in to Syracuse to join us. 

Who says that quilters don’t take our stuff seriously!

Some of these quilts just have so much meaning to me, and this is one of them.  Precious shirt scraps, and all of my favorite units!  There was a lot going on in my life during the making of this quilt, and you know what?  It felt wonderful to hang it up, step back and look at it and tell myself “See??  It all turned out better than you had hoped!”  Sometimes hindsight is definitely in our favor.

We got to the location a bit early, and I had a couple of phone calls to attend to, and while walking around the parking lot taking care of business (Class wasn’t starting for nearly an hour) I found the entrance to a little trail and my curiosity got the best of me.

Could you resist?

I’m certainly glad I didn’t!

Red barn by the river!

Oh how lovely!

This morning while taking a phone call before setting up for today's Workshop, I stumbled upon the nature trail but went along the river and through the woods! What a lovely quiet and soul centering surprise! #autumninnewyork . . . . #Quiltville #bonniekhunter #quiltntravel #october #optoutside

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I knew on our lunch break I'd want to come back and see where else this lead!

How about a covered bridge!

Beauty!

Oh, this was wonderful!

The walk was les than 5 minutes in length, but it was a good enough break away to clear my head for a few minutes before returning to the fray.

So many units!

Friends stitching with friends!

Whoowhooo!  Love these colors!

Busy hands and beautiful blocks!

You’ll find all the rest of our photo fun in the slide show below.  Just click the arrow on the screen to start the video. 

After the workshop day was over, we packed up all of my stuff and headed out to meet my driver from the Rochester guild half-way between here and there!

Yes, Bonnie gets into cars with strangers at truck stop half-way points!  Sometimes that’s the best way to make it work when guilds are a 2 hour drive apart.

A quick dinner, and I was too tired to do much of anything besides edit these photos and get them ready for this morning’s post.

This morning – another guild, another venue, another presentation!  I’m excited to be with the Genesee  Valley Quilters for the next few days.

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Blue Ridge Beauty quilt shared by Maria and yesterday's Workshop!

We've all got to start somewhere! Just start Where You Are! Purple  Pattern from my book Adventures with Leaders &Enders – on deep discounts in the Quiltville Store!

Let’s get this Thursday going!