Sunday, August 3, 2014

A Quilty Fun Day

Sheila and Suzanne having fun!
Yesterday was a quilty fun day for me.  I drove to Pictou for the annual Northumberland Quilt Guild's Show and Sale and to meet up with my friends, Lesley, Karen and Sheila.  Together we are also known as..The Nova Scotia Quilt Bloggers Quartet!  We are from Arichat,  Port Hawkesbury, New Glasgow and Halifax.

left to right - Sheila, Karen, Lesley and Me

We all met online, through blogging,  about two years ago  and decided to try to get together from time to time to attend quilt shows or just hang out.  My daughter, Nicola and my good friend Suzanne tagged along too.
We toured the quilt show and shopped at the vendor's mall.  There were lots of quilts to admire.  It was nice to see that many were handquilted.  I find the lighting isn't the best for quilt photography in the deCoste Centre so some of my photos didn't turn out so well.  Here is an example of what we saw. 
























I have more to tell  about my day but that will have to wait til tomorrow.  I need to get back to my sewing before bedtime.  I finished up all the major cutting for Katherine's wedding quilt and have all the strip sets sewn and ready for subcutting.  Then it is on to piecing the blocks.  Lots to do! 

Hope you had a quilty day and got some time to sew.

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13 comments:

  1. DominiqueAugust 3, 2014 at 10:57 PM

    Friends and quilting... Looks like a fun day indeed!

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  2. MariaAugust 4, 2014 at 12:59 AM

    What a perfect day you had with friends and quilts....

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  3. KaHollyAugust 4, 2014 at 6:45 AM

    It WAS a fun day, Linda, and passed much too quickly. It was very dark in there but your pictures came out great. This is a fine representation of the beautiful work that was on display. I, too, was tickled with the amount of hand quilted items there were! Seems there are less and less at most shows. I see I have my typical 'i hate to have my picture taken' face on. ~sigh~

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  4. MicheleAugust 4, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    It looks like you saw lots of pretty quilts and doing it with your friends I'm sure was the best part.

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  5. AdrienneAugust 4, 2014 at 11:37 AM

    fabulous quilty day! I love those! And thank you for the quilt show pics, I was sorry to have missed it but now I have seen it :)

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  6. SheilaAugust 4, 2014 at 11:47 AM

    It was a fabulous day and so glad you all drove to Pictou to see the show . You captured the quilts quite well and I agree the lighting is very poor for taking photos.

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  7. Jenn @ A Quarter Inch from the EdgeAugust 4, 2014 at 2:06 PM

    Looks like a great quilt-y adventure! And it reminds me that I really should try to get to more quilt shows!

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  8. LinAugust 4, 2014 at 3:24 PM

    Thank you Linda - what a lovely collection of quilts. And so good to meet up with such lovely bloggers!
    Great quilts - some really quirky ones there too. xx

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  9. FionaAugust 4, 2014 at 7:23 PM

    lovely quilts and lovely company... can't get much better than that...
    Hugz

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  10. Donna quiltsAugust 6, 2014 at 8:42 AM

    Thanks for sharing the pictures....sounds like you had a lovely day.

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  11. Jo FergusonAugust 6, 2014 at 9:43 PM

    Thank you for sharing the photos. It was almost as good as being there. I'm still laughing at Suzanne as a lobster.

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  12. Awesome NeedlesAugust 7, 2014 at 8:37 AM

    wow, i love all the jobs, i think that you had a very good day with your friends and the patchword. Kiss

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  13. RaewynAugust 12, 2014 at 3:21 PM

    oops I missed this post - looks like you girls had a great day out - thanks for sharing the photos.

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