St Louis, Marion, Kokomo

Early start to our day, leaving Cameron and onto St Louis with a few stops on the way, we travelled for a total of six hours and arrived into St Louis late evening, dinner and drinks at an Irish pub.

The next day we did a city tour of St Louis and then drove to Marion.

The welcome arch to the west in St Loius.

Fountains in St Louis

Great architecture in St Louis.

 We left Illionois and into Indiana, lunch near a Walmart, so guess what all the quilters did, buy more suitcases.

After lunch we arrived into Marion to the quilters hall of fame.

The quilters hall of fame was home to Marie Webster, who was made famous by selling quilt kits in the early 1900's.

Marie Websters home.

One of Marie's Websters quilt kits, the lovely Laurel standing near the quilt.

Maria's biography

After our visit we drove to Kokomo, had dinner, then visited Xenia Cords house to view her antique quilt collection, there were some beauties shown.

Crazy quilt made out of silks and velvet and perfect embroidery.

Sunflower block.

After our visit, we went to our hotel, to settle for the night.

 Next day we drove three hours to Shipshewana, Amish country.