SJVQG STUDIO TOUR 2023

Saturday, May 6, 2023 was our annual studio tour of some of the members of our guild. Diane and I went together to view the homes and we had a wonderful time together. We had been talking about it for a few weeks and we thought that it would start at 9 am and had decided to meet at the first home then. Well, darling hubby dropped me off there at the appointed time and I saw Diane’s car sitting there. I went over and we talked about the time. Can you believe that two grown women, supposedly smart, didn’t notice that up at the top of the ticket, it said 10 am to 2 pm? And we were wondering why there were no other cars there waiting to go in. DUH!!!

Well, that gave us an hour to kill, so we decided to check out how far the other houses were from each other, as some were in Clovis and in Fresno. We figured that would kill some time as we didn’t want to be too early. We headed for Clovis in the southern part, figuring that would kill about 20 minutes. Ten minutes later, we were there. And we went to another home and found that one just fine. We headed to the next house as it was supposed to be 25 minutes away. Not so, about 10 minutes but we were in the wrong side of Sunnyside. We turned around and found our first stop, Nancy Christian, 10 minutes after 10.

Nancy Christian has a wonderful home and a studio I would love to have! It is upstairs that was converted from an attic to a gorgeous studio!!

We then stopped at D & J Sewing. I have no pictures of the shop as I forgot to take any, it’s a great shop full of wonderful fabrics and goodies and they have classes there almost every day!

Here is their website: https://www.djsew.com/.

Our next stop was at Barbara Pearson’s beautiful home. I didn’t get many pictures there as it was very busy but this is her long arm machine, I believe. Such a spacious area with lots of room to create.

We then saw Donna Chipperfield’s home! WOW! Spacious and yet full of beauty! And what a lovely view from her front window out in the country!

We then drove across town to Susan Schara where the guild’s stash is stored. We visited with her for a few moments and she graciously showed us how the Stash works. Sorry, no pictures.

Our next stop was at Teresa Orr’s home where her studio is located in the garage. Plenty of room for long arm and plenty of the vintage Singer machines and stash!

Then to Tracy Newkirk’s home. Her studio is in the front of the house with a lovely view. She also has her long arm there and an array of fabric, notions and collectibles.