Last night the Minneapolis Modern Quilt Group took a field trip to see the Minnesota Quilt Show at the River Center in St. Paul. The plan was to meet at a nearby restaurant for a drink and apps before heading over. Unfortunately, within minutes of reaching St. Paul I knew I was in trouble!
First, there were the bicyclist! The Nature Valley Bicycle Festival trials was in progress, which means all the streets I needed to go down were blocked off. I ended up parking a few blocks away and walking to the restaurant. Which actually wasn’t so bad. The rain had stopped and I couldn’t help but snap a few pictures of the women cycling at break neck speed – on wet pavement none-the-less!
Next, as we sat down the bartender had asked if we were headed to the Taylor Swift concert! Yes, there was a concert right next door at the X-Cel Center!
Third, I was REALLY surprised at the bartender’s reaction when we told him we were headed to the quilt show! He had no idea there was one in town – or even where it was at! I swear he looked at us like we were pulling his leg – maybe because we didn’t look like your typical quilter?
Once we reached the River Center even the Quilt show directors tried to direct us to the Taylor Swift concert, okay – so maybe I’m being a little hard on the bartender.
Once inside the quilt show we headed back to look at all the beautiful quilts. I managed to take over 100 pictures and still didn’t capture them all. Instead of posting them all at once, I’ll post as many as I can over the next few days. I’m sure you’ll agree that they are all breath-taking.
