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Saturday was an early start to do final preparations for South Dakotas first Gathering…it was held at Twylas church – just beautiful

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Twyla and her girls, Joan, Lisa and Lisa had done a great job at preparing goodies for everyone and making them feel right at home

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these were our projects for the dayP1030588

these were the samples left out after our trunk show P1030589 P1030590 P1030592

this is Joan with her completed Quiltaid Block she got me to sign (and thankyou so much Joan for saving the day!)P1030594

and this is the group, minus a few who had to leave early…P1030599

we came home feeling on such a high from the warmth and sincere appreciation of all of these ladies of our company and work… it felt so special to be able to share with you all and we have made many friends who we know will keep in touch with and hope to meet up with again.

thankyou thankyou Twyla for giving us this opportunity, to meet and share with real American quilters who share exactly the same passion as us as quilters in Australia.

until tomorrow

hugs, Helen

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