Forget Me Knot

Saturday was a great day for an outing. I picked up Carol at the Louisville airport. Among other travels, she'd been visiting a friend in Nebraska and they went to the AQS Des Moines Quilt Show. Carol had pictures on her cell phone of some of the quilts at the show - I'll have to look at the AQS website to see some in more detail. Sounds like they had fun.

Our plan was to visit Forget Me Knot Quilt Shoppe in Louisville. One of the owners of the Shoppe had attended the Beaver Island Quilt Retreat with us in September and we had a good time getting to know her. We found the Quilt Shoppe without problem and, sure enough, Darlene was there. The shop was full of customers and friendly chatter. Some visitors from Australia who were making their way cross country had found the shop and were buying fabric.



Carol, fat quarters already selected, with Darlene

The shop had loads of fabric, one of the largest selections of books I've seen in a quilt shop recently and wonderful samples on the walls. Several of the quilts on display had been completed by Carrie, another Beaver Island Retreat friend.



Carrie loves applique.  Aren't these two quilts beautiful?

Another of Carrie's quilts.  I like the sashing and border treatment, too.

We let Darlene get back to her customers while we foraged through the fabric. Lots of lucious fabrics to drool over, including a selection of Australian fabrics! I need to come up with a quilt that would take advantage of the wonderful colors and Aboriginal designs in those fabrics.

Another of the quilts on the wall was a four panel quilt. If you've been following Quiltgranny's blog, you've seen the wonderful winding river quilt she and a group of Missouri and Kansas quilters have completed. This was a similar type of group quilt on a smaller scale. Still very interesting. Mindful of Harriet's challenge at the Kentuckiana Longarm Group meeting last week to challenge ourselves to do something new, I'm thinking this type of challenge would be a good start.

You can see the photo which was the inspiration for this quilt.  A challenge like this would be great fun to work on with a group of friends.

After spending quite a bit of time there, we made our way to the cutting table and checkout register. In what was a funny twist, we both had to check out twice. After her initial purchase, Carol saw a fabric being put away that was perfect for her current project. And on the way out of the store, I saw a wonderful geometric fabric that will be a wonderful border on a quilt some day.



After that shopping, it was time for an early dinner. We found this great restaurant, Le Que, on Bardstown Road. If you like Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, it would be hard to beat the food at this restaurant. I can highly recommend the Tilapia in a clay pot. Delicious!


Finally, full of fabric and food, we made our way back home. What a beautiful weekend for a scenic drive.



Cheers!

Margaret