Thank you for all the lovely bon voyage calls, emails and messages. Irene and I are having a great time here. We are still in San Antonio and love it here.
When Irene and I landed in San Francisco on Wednesday we were greeted in the concourse with this
Threading The Needle Exhibition, San Francisco Airport
We felt right at home 
We had an immediate connecting flight to San Antonio and were warmly welcomed to Texas by our friends Sherry and Darwin.
Sherry is working on a replica of the Rising Sun Quilt, it was a work in progress she bought off Ebay so today we had some show and tell
Sherry's Rising Sun Quilt in progress, and Mandy.
Fiesta started in San Antonio yesterday, so Irene and I have been doing touristy things today, but of course we have already been to a quilt shop.
Seventh Heaven in New Braunfells where the lovely owner Dixie was very welcoming,
I hade pre-ordered some John Hewson fabric so picked that up
John Hewson fabric
and I did some extra shopping,
Dixie was very kind and gave both Irene and myself a copy each of the San Antonio cookbook, we are keen cooks so will love using them
of course I found some fabric I 'had to have'
I’m still feeling I have a touch of the ‘vagues’ so I will sign off
oooh Darwin’s just come in to the office with a glass of red so that’s my cue
adios
Margaret, how wonderful to hear from you! I’ve been sick for two weeks, just checking my email, and this came in. How odd to see you posting during the day time.
Looks like you’re off to grand start. With Smithsonian fabric there to welcome you, too.
IMAGINE…you bought material!!! Love the John Hewson fab…pity about the name.
Fiesta! Ay! Carumba!
Love
Jude