One More Wakeup

Tomorrow morning I head north to be a part of the Quiltfest, formerly known as Annual Meeting. It's a great time to learn, relax, laugh, and shop. A mini-mall of fabric stores springs up in the entrance and foyers of the convention center. There is a world-class quilt show on display, and wonderful luncheons and lectures, plus classes!! This year Adele and I drew out the same national teacher, Karen Stone, and we are excited at the challenge and opportunity to create a quilt under her direction and with her pattern. (the Happy Rick-Rack Quilt.) It's foundation paper piecing along with machine applique and other cool stuff. Wild and awesome. I love having time with Adele, too, and we get some good sister talks in. this year will not be near as stressful, because Wally is home and able to watch over Laura and handle stuff while I am gone.

Yesterday we met with Maxine and it was awesome! She is definitely a cousin. She has a lot of cool things--pictures, histories, etc.--just what we were hoping to find. She made us a nice lunch and we visited and looked over the info, and set up another meeting time. The part I like is that we found her, and basically filled a desire of mine. This is what I originally wrote at the end of Ingre's history:
"This history is simply a collection of facts and information about Ingre and those who surrounded her in life. Before publishing this book in 2008, a search was made for possible descendants of Ingre, but none were found. I hope that somewhere a detailed and personable history of Ingre Christensen exists, hopefully a collections of memories and stories of someone's mother and grandmother. Her life by today's standards would seem somewhat of a sad drama; coming to the United States from Sweden for an arranged marriage to a man she has never met who is 30 years her senior and already married, hiding from the authorities because of her status as a polygamous wife, tragic premature death of two of her daughters and three grandchildren, and living alone at the time of her death. yet by the standards of the day she lived, she may have felt it was a great opportunity to come the United States and marry, regardless of the circumstances, to live close to her mother and sister once again, and finally near the end of her life have a plae to herself. It would be nice to know the truth of her feelings. If one of her descendants locates this history in this book, please tell the rest of her story as you have learned it."
Well, now that has happened! Maxine had a beautiful history about Ingre, her great grandmother, and we have invited her to add to it or whatever she wants, and that will be a part of our book. Talk about blessings!