Quilters, Gardeners, Bloggers & Moms

My Mother & I went to Blairsville Georgia to a qullt show this past Friday. This was actually my very first quilt show! I loved it. I enjoyed looking at all the quilts but the most fun was being with my Mom. I am only showing 1 quilt on this post because I have way too much to share but you can see more over on my Moms Blog. I will also be showing more in posts to come. Carolina Lilly

This antique quilt was made by Fritz Simonen's Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Moore Miller.

She lived in Iowa and died in 1894 after a very long illness. It is estimated that she made this quilt in the mid 1800's. The brown leaves were actually green when she made it, they have faded over the years. She probably ran out of that green fabric before she finished the last leaf and border. She then purchased more green fabric which did not fade because it was not the same dye lot.

I would love to introduce you to my new friend. Her name is Dot and you can visit her here.

We were at the quilt show and she came up and introduced herself as a fellow blogger. We had an instant connection. We hugged and felt like we had known each other all of our lives. It was just like we meet and have coffee everyday. I loved it. Thank you Dot.

As we were heading home we went through Blue Ridge Ga. That is where my sweet hubby & I stayed in a cabin not too long ago that I absolutely loved. I wanted to show Mom but wasn't sure that I could find it but I did. We got out and walked around and my mother loved it as much as I do.

For some reason when my hubby is driving and I see something that I would love to take a picture of or stop and visit, he just seems to pass it up. He is just one of those people that if he is driving home, that is his goal and there are no stops. I think it is a man thing.

Well, this trip I was driving. I saw the beautiful garden above and passed it and was telling Mom about it and thought to myself.............STOP AND LOOK. So I turned my little car around and we both got out. It was a Dahlia garden. Beautiful.

My beautiful Mom showing me a Dahlia
and sharing her knowledge of them with me.
My Mom has always loved these gorgeous flowers.

There are more than 50,000 different Dahlias
in every shade imaginable except the elusive blue.

The plants come in a wide range of shapes and sizes

from the tiny liliput that only reach 2 ft. tall to the enormous ones

that have blooms the size of a dinner plate.

This is my favorite one!!!

My Mom & I had many more fun times on this special day and I will be sharing soon.

Quilters, Gardeners, Bloggers & MOM'S are among the best!
I enjoyed my day Mom!
Go over to my Mom's blog to see more quilts from the quilt show!