Quilt People are Fun People - Shop Hopping - Day 3

I had an unexpected day off today so I decided to visit two quilt shops: 
Mennonite Quilt Shop in Reedly and JMG Fabrics in Los Banos.
It was a fun, fun day.

I visited the Mennonite Quilt Shop in Reedly early in the day.
What a nice small town (and good tacos, too).  I could so live in this small town!

Downtown Reedley, CA

This shop has a mission statement posted on their website:





"The Mennonite Quilt Center located in Reedley, California, is a fabric store and quilt gallery, but more importantly, it is a community of volunteers working together for world relief.  The MQC is owned and operated by West Coast Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Each purchase at the MQC benefit MCC’s work of relief, development and peace in the name of Christ."

Mennonite Quilt Center was much bigger than I would have imagined in such a small town.  A nice variety of fabrics from traditional to modern.  The woman giving me the tour said they have a "faithful" following from neighboring cities, including Bakersfield...one hour away.

This shop hosts two quilt retreats a year and for sure I'm marking the dates in my calendar, it sounds so fun.

 One display was totally amazing.

I so wish this picture could do this display quilt justice.  It was VERY well done with lots of embellishments.  And, it won an award!



















Hopping back in the car and driving on toward Hollister (my work assignment for tomorrow) I stopped in
Los Banos at JMG Fabrics.

Kimmie

Kimmie and Lori were so fun!  We spent at least 2 hours chatting and pulling up pictures of our projects on our cell phones and sharing our successes and even a few projects that turned out to be challenges!

Two new BFFs for me!!!!  And, both ladies have partners who also quilt!














BOM quilt sponsored by JMG Fabrics and taught by Kimmie.










The Los Banos Quilt Guild has a quilt show coming up.  I'm marking my calendar, again.

I bought some chances and hope to attend the show.

I've purchased a few quilting notions in my travels, but so far no fabric.  Let's see if my resolve holds.

All-in-all, a very fun day.