Lancaster Show Booty, Update

Okay, I've been away. Still no new sewing machine. I'm just fixing the old one and forging ahead until it quits, then I walk away for a little while, then repeat. I went to the Lancaster Show on St. Patrick's Day. See fun stuff I managed to pick up. At the end of the show, (we really zoom through these shows now) we ran into this woman who told me about a great show in New York this week. Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts at the Park Avenue Armory until Wednesday. The exhibit is presented by the American Museum of Folk Art. (It's Free!) I am very excited about this. I need a day out. So I'll hop on the Chinatown Bus, and take the subway uptown. Yeah! I will tell you all about it. We had an event at the Museum where I work, in Olde City Philadelphia, and we invited Ben Franklin (his 1st person interpreter) and a Dulcimer player. Ben volunteered his time, and I suggested we give him my red white and blue quilt as a gift. They decided to auction it. The dulcimer player beat Bens bid, and now our dulcimer player is the proud owner of my quilt. I am happy for him. However, I would have liked to see Ben win the quilt. So I spent my time at the Lancaster Quilt Show looking for red white and blues (see upper right of picture) for my next New York Beauty, which I hope to give to Ben. He is a delightful guy. Apparently, there was a show on Broadway called "Quilters". I looked it up on Wikipedia, it ran for 18 days in 1984. Well, our dulcimer guy played in that show, and since then, has wanted an original quilt. So, we are glad he won. The quilt has a happy home. It's Monday. Trying to get focused. Note fun Thomas the Tank strip in the middle of the picture. I happen to know a very big Thomas fan. Stay tuned....