One of the things I really love about my job is the great people I get to meet! This week I had the pleasure of spending two days in Albia, IA with Christy Luvstuen, her husband Doug and their daughter Jessica. Christy has been stitching on a Janome machine for about three years and after a year of research and a lot of conversations with Gary at Melco she made the leap to the BRAVO. Christy didn't find me on the Internet as a Bravo dealer (guess I need to do some work getting my website closer to the top of Google search), but she did make the right decision on the machine to buy and made the purchase through another dealer in Des Moines.

Christy doesn't just embroider, she also sews... a skill that I am always jealous of. Christy is in the process of making a doll and a quilt and showed me these great little bags she makes - the closure is made with a cut up tape measure. I am going to have to dig out my own sewing machine and give those bags a try, such a fun idea.

After the first day of training the family invited me to join them for dinner at Bogies Steakhouse in Albia. I have got to tell you that I had the best steak ever, and the atmosphere was great! If you are ever in south central Iowa, you will have to stop in and watch your steak being prepared. While there you can check out the deer on the wall. It is the largest whitetail ever shot, and it was shot by Christy and Doug's son.

After checking my email today it was a pleasure to see the following email forwarded to me from Gary at Melco.

"I want to thank you for everything you have done for me and especially thank you for sending Nancy, she is awesome.  My head actually hurts right now because I learned so much in the last two days.  She really knows what she is talking about and is a great teacher.  I felt very comfortable with her and just want you to know how very much I appriciate it."

Thanks for the kind words Christy!