Visiting the Logan's Lap Quilters

This week I had the pleasure of visiting with the Logan's Lap Quilters Guild in Columbia, South Carolina.  They are a welcoming, loving group of quilters!

Car packed with lots of quilts, and by 8:30 I was off.  When I journey to share my Quilts and Their Stories lecture with a guild, I love to travel with lots of great quilts both old and new to share stories and examples of what quilting looks like through the ages.  This time I only had one antique quilt with me to share.  I wasn't able to get with my friend Jackie to borrow hers, but rest assured, the stories of her antique collection were shared, including her White Sheep Games quilt. 

I met Donna at the church in Columbia just before noon and we drove to meet a group from the guild at a nearby restaurant.  If you're ever in Columbia, SC, I highly recommend J's Corner.  From their website,

“J’s Corner gas pump… now refurbished, serves as a reminder of the days when Jaco’s was a gas station. At the corner of Bluff Road and Rosewood Drive stands a vintage gas pump and a small building. This spot for more than a century housed Jaco’s Corner, a gas station-turned-neighborhood bar near the State Fairgrounds and Williams-Brice Stadium.These days, both the gas pump and little old bar are looking shiny and fresh, as they’ve both been refurbished. And they’re dwarfed by the brand-new structure behind them — the main building for J’s Corner, a new restaurant and bar”
-Free Times Magazine 

The food was great and their was a light, airy feel to the restaurant.  If you're in the mood for a good burger, you'll not go wrong with the Mushroom-Swiss!  It was also great to see the University of South Carolina Football Stadium across the street.

After our great lunch and conversations, we went back to the church to prepare for the guild meeting. 

 The ladies were milling about, signing in, visiting tables of goodies, raffles, and so much more.  At 2:00 on the dot, their president started the meeting, then turned the program over to me. 

I of course shared stories of my quilts, and we talked about everything from Leader and Enders and Bonnie Hunter to stories of the ladies' quilts. 

After I finished my presentation, they took a break to allow me to pack up and talk further with the ladies, answering questions and hopefully spurring on some conversations about labeling quilts and entering them in shows if not for anything but to share their work and inspire others to get started!

I packed up and was on the road home after that.  I usually stay for the remainder of the meeting, but the ladies assured me that I should get ahead of the rush hour traffic and I was grateful for that.  When I arrived home, I opened the gift bag that I was handed before the start of the meeting.

What a great bag full of goodies.  The bag is a reusable shopping bag with lots of great quilting phrases and such on it.  There was a sweet pattern, Stonehenge Jelly Roll and charm pack, small ruler, personal fan, and Grandma's lotion and stain stick.   The lotion is great!  THANK YOU SO MUCH LADIES!

I had so much fun with these ladies and hope to see them again in the future.

I'm busy working on something great for ya'll that you'll definitely want to check out!  It will be my Christmas gift you each of you!  Stay tuned tomorrow for that!

Until next time, quilt on!