2007 SAQA conference in Athens, Ohio 05-21-09

I'll call this image "Quilters at Lunch". This is about the time I wondered if there was anyone other than Ruth Powers that I knew! I'm terrible at remembering any one's name and seem to get even worse as the years go by. So, if you see someone here you know, drop me a e-mail or make a comment and I will add their names to the pictures.

There is someone I know smack-dab in the middle of this picture. Jill Rumoshosky Werner is wearing what appears to be a red-orange/brown jacket. I know her because I visited her in Wichita a couple years earlier, she was at the Visions opening in 2006 and I own one of her quilts.

The tables were round and seated (I think) eight, so those across the table were a long way away. I should know names for both of these ladies (wonder if they would rather be called 'gals'), but I can't think of them right now. One would suppose by this age I would be smart enough to write them down, but I didn't. I thought I might see them again this year. [A comment tells me that the lady on the right with the great smile is Laura Jaszkowski Jennings of Eugene, Oregon]

The group was not large so that we could be one-on-one quite a bit. I talked to this lady several times - very friendly and relaxed.

Some attendees were preoccupied with other people or other things. These two ladies were sitting on my right and I don't know who they are because they didn't talk to me.[A comment tells me that the lady on the left is Carol Larson.)

And these two waited until after dessert to discuss something in a catalog.
I get overwhelmed when a room is full of people. It doesn't bother me at all if I am doing a presentation, I can handle a crowd as long as it isn't a room full of children. Scary stuff, that!