unexpected quilt show.

Who would have guessed?.....

An October camping trip coincided with a local quilt show!!!

This beautiful blue and white quilt greeted us as we walked into

a quilt show put on by the ladies in Idyllwild, California.

My Mother-in-law and I took a little break from the camping experience

and traveled about 20 minutes to see some

LOVELY quilts.

What a wonderful coincidence!

Here's the first place winner.

Hand appliqued and machine quilted.

It was gorgeous in person!

My pictures don't do it justice.

I loved this bowl of fruit.

Well, I loved looking at all the quilts.

But, you know what?

I think the highlight for me was...

This pile.



Do you see that price tag?

There were a few tables FULL of
Quilters' castoffs.


Heavy fabric for bags and who knows what else?

Plaids to add to my collection.

Someday I'm going to make a plaid quilt!
I'm now closer to my goal!

Someone had sewn all these strips together

and decided to quit.

Well, I just might finish the job for her.

And last but NOT least.

This LOVELY piece of unusual Christmas fabric!

My husband wondered how much fabric they had on those tables.

I said, "a lot".

He wondered why I

didn't buy MORE!

Then I wondered....

"Can I go back?"