Fabricating Nature with Marilyn Wall

Great friends through Quilting

Lynda Doll and Marilyn

Lynda and I met through quilting. I've given this subject a lot of thought and when I think of my good friends around me they have all been made through my involvement in quilting. Lynda and I met when she got in touch with me to do a program for her guild in Clarksville, GA. We had so much in common and we've been friends ever since.

The following post tell about a wonderful weekend my husband, Kermit and I had with Lynda and Ted Doll

Visit to quilting friend in Georgia

Lynda and Ted in front of guest house.

About three years ago, I did a program and workshop for the quilt guild in Clarksville GA. Lynda Doll was program chairman and my hostess. After Lynda and I met we found that we had so much in common. We both have children living in Solana Beach, CA and our grand daughters are in Daisy scouts together. We are both Master Gardeners, we love quilting and our husbands get along well.

Lynda and Ted invited us down this weekend and hosted a get-together for her art quilt group and their spouses. There was a huge snow/sleet storm expected but we felt we could get there before it started and back home after it melted a bit. Fortunately that area was spared.

Saturday morning we went in to Atlanta to the botanical gardens to see the new orchid exhibit. While it is not officially open and we didn't get to see the whole exhibit what we saw was breathtaking. I see several quilts in the photos I took.

Lynda and Ted have the most interesting little compound. It includes their cottage, a guest cottage, converted garage, and a studio house for their hobbies. They have both sun and shade to garden. Who could ask for more?

Visit to quilting friend in Georgia

Several years before Ted and Lynda retired they purchased this cottage in the Georgia mountains. Most of these cottages were built for a Summer get-away from the heat of Atlanta. This cottage is at least 100 years old.

When Ted and Lynda decided to move here after retiring they renovated the house adding insulation, heating, etc. They also added a master bedroom and bath. They are surrounded by huge hemlock trees.

Lynda is a Master Gardener and Ted is an avid gardener. He is also skilled in making hardscapes.

Visit to quilting friend in Georgia

Couldn't resist taking a photo of this great little bird house dusted in snow.

Visit to quilting friend in Georgia

This is Lynda and Ted's studio house. Several years after they moved to Sautee, GA. full time this house came on the market. The house is adjacent to their property. They purchased it to make a his and her studio.
All they have to do is walk out their door across a little bridge or up a drive way and voila, they are at their studio.

Sunday, January 31, 2010