Rodeo Country Quilters --What A Find!

I found a great quilt shop yesterday! We left yesterday morning heading for Bisbee, AZ (pictures later), but didn't end up stopping there since the town was absolutely filled with people. It appeared that there was a blues festival. Well we love to drive and find fun places so we weren't necessarily disappointed. As we drove north on Route 80, passing into New Mexico, I looked over at a building and thought I saw the word "Quilt." I shouted,…"hey, I think I just saw a quilt shop." Well, DH, who is use to sudden outbursts, knew what that meant, stepped on the breaks and turned around. Yep, a quilt shop. Woo Hoo!

What a charming quilt shop and the owner, Sharon "Dianne" Smith welcomed me and told me how she came to owning a quilt shop. She has always had a passion for quilting and dreamt of owning her own quilt shop all of her life. Many quilters have that dream and it's so wonderful to come across someone whose dream has come true. First, I looked at her quilts, they were beautiful, and two that I saw were award winning.

Another quilt was her own take on a Ricky Tims pattern. She began quilting as a child in West Virginia and her grandmother was her teacher. She in turn has begun teaching her granddaughters to quilt.

Dianne told me that she loves giving classes and ladies from as far as Tucson enroll. Many of the classes that she gives she charges $5 per person, plus supplies. What a great deal! I'm sure it's fun to be in one of her classes. She carries reproduction fabrics from the 1800s through the 1930s and has a great selection of batiks and southwestern prints. She gets new fabric every two weeks and will be receiving a new, beautiful southwestern collection that includes turtles. There is a great selection of fabric in the shop, along with books, thread, patterns, and gift items.

If you are ever in the area (the shop is only 27 miles south of I-10), exit 5 on Rt 80. Her shop is open, Monday-Wednesday and Friday-Saturday, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. And, as she says, come on in…the coffee is on!

Rodeo Country Quilters
73 Portal Rd
Rodeo, NM 88056
575 557 6833
quilter@vtc.net

Fabulous Petroglyphs Three Rivers New Mexico

These are the last group of photos from New Mexico. This is Three Rivers petroglyph site which I wanted to share before we leave for vacation. These petroglyph's are amazing. We learned that if a picture is upside down it doesn't mean that the rock fell over, it was their way of releasing the being or person from death. If you do visit this site, while it is easier to get to then some other sites, it is a hike up a hill to a higher elevation so take your time and enjoy the scenery. And, as anytime you visit the desert SW make sure you are carrying plenty of water...and drinking it.

Out of this World! Winner!

My pictures are fuzzy...we were driving and it was at the last minute that I noticed that the light pole lamps appeared to be something more than just lights --I heard the music from close encounters..... They had eyes....not your normal everyday eyes....but ALIEN eyes! They lined the streets....I was taken by surprise. I wasn't in your normal American town I was in Roswell, NM.

Close Encounters music cued up...

Unbelievable pictures of aliens..

It was fun reading the comments to my "Thrill on the Hill" photo contest. You guys have great imaginations and certainly think outside of the box! Eight of you figured out what the picture was. And the out of this world winner is:

BeJeweled!