The past 14 days have taken me many places and now that I have completed my tour of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan it is time to share! After teaching a charity sewing class in Ohio, I made a one day trip to Spring Quilt Market in Pittsburg. I honestly dreaded making the two and a half hour drive by myself but was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the time flew! Pittsburg is really a beautiful city and I hope to visit again soon (don’t hang me for saying that Clevelanders!). Once I parked and walked to the convention center it was hug after meeting after hello. It was so wonderful to see so many industry friends. I met with my publisher, Jeramy Landauer to discuss the upcoming book and all the exciting ideas, projects and extras for you guys! Lunch with the fantastic Nancy Weber and a big hug from my lovely friend (and publishing sister) Penny Haren were both too short.

I made my way through the waves of booths and fabrics to find Art Gallery Fabrics and the beautiful Patricia. Meeting her, being in the booth and touching the fabrics I’ll be using in the upcoming book added to the overwhelming wonderful time I had at Market.

There were so many booths I missed this time and brought me to the conclusion that one day at Market is not enough…although Jeff was ecstatic I didn’t have time to shop, which I promise to make up for next year!

This past weekend took us to Michigan for my youngest cousin’s wedding. It was beautiful. Simple. Elegant. Fun. Emily was a beautiful bride and I wish them all the best! Her color choices of navy, burnt orange and red were fantastic and I loved all the beautiful flowers. The wedding was complete only with my mom’s beautiful cake.

She is such a talented lady…but the cake is sincerely the best in the world.

It was so fun to be with all my cousins and reminisce in our home town for the rest of the holiday weekend. We all went to the Tecumseh Memorial Day parade and giggled about meeting at 8 a.m. at Junie’s house to wrap our bikes in colored paper and streamers. The best years were when we would get donuts from Luv’s Bakery!

This year was a fantastic “walk through history” that included re-enactors from the Revolutionary War until now.

A super fun fly over.

And some sweet trucks I am sure Heather Bailey would have loved! While all the travel was a nice change of pace, it is always good to be back home!