Leading Ladies Rememberance

 Last August I went on my first destination race - Leading Ladies Half Marathon in Spearfish, South Dakota.   I have been collecting fabric and "things" to make a little memory quilt of the trip.

We went from Michigan to Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and finally South Dakota.   State fabric shows those states - with Blue Earth and the Jolly Green Giant and Mt Rushmore pins.   We passed many fields of corn and sunflowers - and soy beans, which I could NOT find in fabric.     

We stayed in Kamping Kabins at KOA, stopped at a Sinclair gas station ( a personal memory from when I was little and we did cross country car trips) , saw Buffalo, the Corn Palace (fabric pic of what I thought it would be - NOT!!), wild horses, lots of hills, trees and big sky.

My race bib is appropriately pinned in place.

 This is a close up of the 2 pins.  Look hard!!!

 My search for fabric had me phoning a quilt store in Rapid City, South Dakota for this panel for the back of the quilt.

Today I started piecing this quilt - a graduation present for someone...................