Bonnie Hunter sighting!

Last evening, Prairie Star Quilt Guild had their annual banquet.  It was held at Villa Olivia, in Bartlett, Il. There is a bee in our guild that loves, loves Bonnie Hunter quilts. They made a scrappy quilt and presented it to Bonnie.  Bonnie was overwhelmed.  She said she gives quilts away all the time, but never receives them. The quilt above is the one she received. It was such a special moment.

Bonnie is such a fun speaker. She explains her scrap organization system. (I sort of do it, I cute strips by sizes, but do not sort by color, too.)  About 200 quilters were there to enjoy Bonnie's company, and have a wonderful dinner with friends.

Pineapple Blossoms was the quilt pattern taught on Monday. My friend Lyn  was at this class.

Today, Scrappy Mountains Majesty was taught. Marcia another friend  took today's class.

Don't these quilts just make you want to dig into your scraps and get started?

Let's see, I now have 3 Bonnie Hunter quilts to work on!

They are such a great way to use up what we keep saving, and just can't throw away.

Here is Bonnie's hexagon quilt.  Sorry for the not great picture.  Heads and a post were in my line of vision!

We were invited to bring our Bonnie quilts for show and tell.  That big blue, in the middle is mine. My friend Lyn did the gorgeous one on the left. This is the mystery quilt that Bonnie posted in November and December 2013, Easy Street.

That is me on the right helping to hold up my patches and pinwheels quilt , that I made last May.

Not a great picture, but look at all the Easy Street quilts that were made in our guild!

I sat with several of my bee friends and brought a guest, Jo.  Then to add excitement to the evening, I got to meet another of Madame Samm's cheerleaders, Jane  of Janesfabrics.blogspot.com .  We had found out that were were sort of near each other, It was great to meet her in person. It is always fun to put  faces to names.  It was a wonderful evening.

Mary