Lunch at Morning Glory Bakery!

Note........be sure to read this post here first and then read on.........

So, here is where I left off in my last post.............the doors at the back of Inspiration Quilt Shop that lead into Morning Glory Bakery.  You might say this is a family venture as the bakery is owned by Nancy's daughter, Cassie. I think that shopping and lunch are just a divine combination. After all, no quilter lives by fabric alone. Actually, we often require chocolate and there was certainly some of that on the menu. :-) You can check out the menu here. The food is really, really good. Here's what I enjoyed........

That's a half and half meal........half a Smoked Turkey Panini and half an Apple Walnut Salad. It was, I repeat, so good!  Jeanie ordered the 16 Bean soup and I forget what her husband Larry ordered, but it was his dessert that looked yummy. It was some kind of Oreo concoction and he really enjoyed it. I decided to buy some cookies for later as my half portions were very filling. Serving up the good eats were owner, Cassie on the right and her sister, Jessica on the left, with Hope in the middle. The cookies I bought were a pretzel chocolate chip cookie concoction that was so good, I wished I had bought more than just two of them. :-)  I really love a good chocolate chip cookie!

There are quilts on display in the bakery, too, and this one was especially lovely...........

Jeanie's husband took a picture of the two of us and then we said our good-byes. But not before we were making plans to see each other again sometime! I really enjoyed our visit and will plan to do this again the next time I am in the Iowa City area. And actually, I have some plans "in the works" that would mean I would make a trip to Iowa City just for quilty fun so I'll keep you posted.

My sister, Judy, and my mom, arrived as we were finishing our lunch. They had lunch earlier to give my mom some time to rest. Judy had a fun afternoon planned and rest was definitely needed. I'll tell you all about our afternoon in my next post. First, though, a little intro to what the afternoon held...........
We stopped here at the Kalona Cheese factory. Yummy cheese curds here!

 And then we were on the road again and headed here............

And that's where I'll start my next post as oh, what wonderful things we saw in the Quilt & Textile Museum. And speaking of textiles............
Do you wish that perhaps you had been able to visit Inspirations Quilt Shop and buy a little fabric? Well, I was thinking of you, my readers, when I was there and I bought these.......

They are fat-eighths of some pretty fabrics by Andover and you could win them. Just tell me how long the drive would be if you had to get to Inspirations Quilt Shop. I'll save you the trip and on Sunday at 6:00 p.m., I'll draw a winning name.
One last thing......I got home to Minnesota and realized I liked these fabrics so much that I wanted to make candlemat with them. Oh, but I had bought them to give away so I couldn't keep them. What to do? I e-mailed Nancy and ordered up some more for me. And when I took my lunch break after finishing my previous post, they were in my mailbox today! How's that for service? Certainly easier than a 14 hour round trip that it would normally take to get to the shop. :-)  I'm going off to play with my fabrics now and you just need to leave that comment for your chance to win. Make sure you leave your e-mail or have your profile set to allow e-mail contact. If I draw your name but cannot contact you, I will have to draw another winner.
See you tomorrow with our visit to the Kalona museum..........
Sandi

Winning name has been drawn and as soon as I get a reply to my e-mail from Debbie, I will send her fabrics on their way to her door! And she has replied! The winner of the fabrics is Debbie M at Designs*by*Debbie*and*Dixie,too!.