This past week I visited the Tater Patch Quilt shop in Merrill, Oregon.
If you are any where near this area you must stop and do some shopping at the quilt shop. You will love the owners, Diane and Robin, who jumped or ran out of all the photos! Merrill is a lovely little town and the shop is located right on Main Street.
When you first walk into the shop it has that warm and friendly feeling. Diane’s and Robin’s personalities add to the warmth.
Their class room is located in the back of the shop. You can see the ladies were hard at work.
I loved this panel quilt made by some local quilters. I’m sorry I did not get the entire photo in the picture but on the lower left of my photo you can see a section of the photograph that was the inspiration for this piece. Beautiful.
I flew into Medford. The drive to and from Medford was incredible. I pulled over and took several photos on my journey.
Blue skys, lots of pine trees and farm land for many, many miles. Beautiful.
This was only my second trip to Oregon and I know I will go back. I love it there.
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While on my long flights to and from Oregon I finished reading an excellent book.
For those of you who read my blogs regularly you know I am a big Jodi Picoult fan. Sage Singer is a baker who befriends an elderly gentleman who came into the bakery. Sage normally works evenings and does not see anyone but happens to cross paths with Josef Weber. They become friends and Josef asks Sage to kill him. She is shocked by the request. Josef tells her he deserves to die because he was a Nazi and killed many Jews when he worked in the camps. Sage’s grandmother is getting older and has some health issues. Sage spends time with her grandmother and asks her to talk her about her life, of which Sage knows little. Jodi connects all the characters in an amazing way. One of my favorite things is how the author shows different points of view. I had a hard time putting this book down and when I did I kept thinking about it.