Gerry, Carol, Nancy and I all met at Joann’s parking lot in Clovis, and I had the wonderful privilege of driving these amazing ladies around Clovis and Fresno. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Here are some pictures of the places that we visited yesterday. In total, 5 houses and 2 shops.
I want to thank everyone for opening up their homes and allowing us to visit their favorite places to create. Everyone was so gracious and it was a privilege to visit!
This is Terry Brown and her spacious studio!
And this is our gang: Terry Brown our hostess, Donna Coppin, Gerry DeRienzo, Carol Mills-Henry (in back), and Nancy Becker. Gerry was my navigator and she did a superb job!
Terry has a spacious room with several work stations and it is well laid out with plenty of room for her supplies! And I fell in love with her refinished barn doors for her closet and the stash behind it. It also doubles as a design wall!
Next on the tour was Janet Nuxoll.
Janet was the first place winner of “Let’s Go to the Hop Challenge” last week. See if you can get it. It’s Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line”. One of my favorite songs as I was growing up!
A little smaller than Terry’s but well laid out, comfy and encourages creativity! Natural sunlight and a spacious closet for storage and a lot of wall space for display and designing! And well-organized!
Feels like you can reach out and have a piece of watermelon!
Next was our local Vac and Sew in Fresno. It seams that we ran into a lot of friends who had the same idea! They had refreshments ready for us and a nice bag full of goodies to take home!
It was around noon and time for lunch, so we went to The Habit for burgers. Yummy! Afterwards we then drove over to Cyndy Smith for a tour of her studio.
Cyndy’s studio is smaller but she has plenty of room to work, and believe me, her work is beautiful!
Forgive me for not having more pictures of Cyndy’s studio, it malfunctioned a little.
This quilt looks 3-D but it is flat. It draws you in with the squares and makes it look as though it is pillowing out. I love the precision of it.
Our next stop was the home of the Guild’s Stash that is kept at Susan Schara’s garage. Very roomy and packed full of bins that are labeled by color, themes, etc. She also has kits in various stages that are ready to be sewn, quilted or bound. Susan is so generous to host the stash and we appreciate all that she and her volunteers do for the guild. A big round of applause to this energetic and sweet woman. She also does long arm quilting from her home. I do not have pictures of her set up or of Susan.
Carol did manage to come home, with Diana’s help, with a few kits that she will work on this month and then turn them in to the guild to be quilted.
We are now leaving Fresno and heading back to Clovis for the final two stops. At our last stop, we will turn in our passports and maybe one of us will win the door prize. Next stop, D&J’s Fabric Shop.
This is one of the owners of D&J’s but I did not catch her name. It is a lovely shop that sells Babylock and Bernina machines of all types, plus fabric. They also have a room set up for classes that you can enroll throughout the year.
FINAL STOP! Michelle Carlson!
Michelle’s studio is upstairs and is HUGE! She even had to take over the room next door to put in another long-arm machine. I believe they are all Noltings and are computerized. She has her business here and does excellent work. She says that she has very little time to sew for herself as she is busy year round. Oh, she also has a Brother embroidery machine, and it is heavy duty and large. Sorry, did not get a very good picture of it.
I love her collection of different threads, a gorgeous rainbow of colors.
And so we say goodbye to the Studio Tour! We all had a wonderful time oohing and ahing over all that we saw.
Thank you for stopping by!
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