FNSI report

I have the advantage of stitching on Thursday and Friday evenings for FNSI with Wendy . So what did I do , well on Thursday evening I finished up the July bom for Buttermilk Basin BOM,  yeah .

These are such fun to do , thanks Stacy.
 Yesterday afternoon I started back on the Frozen quilt I need to get made for my granddaughter Elise.  I did finish one for Sophia so now for number 2 . I had a few of the pinwheels started months ago so yesterday in between chores I made a few more.

Let's see , I can count 5 there and then last evening instead of stitching I prepped some more . I had the hsts made but not trimmed so that was my job .

All trimmed and stacked for stitching . Unfortunately that was all I accomplished last evening but it will give me a great start on finishing up this quilt . Thanks Wendy for hosting this event I  love to stitch along with others . 

 Thanks for stopping by and I promise to share the second quilt show real soon. 

 Hugs Sheila 

More of the quilt show

Here is more of the quilt show in Saulnierville Nova Scotia , get ready for a treat .

                                               A gorgeous red and white sampler .

                                    I think this was another one by Darlene but not sure . I sure love it .

This is a version of the mystery quilt that Darlene of a Needle Pulling Thread so kindly shared with us a few years back .

 This scrappy masterpiece to me represents a LOT of work but isn't a fun quilt and a great stash buster ,not that any of you have any scraps ;-)

                             Another sampler , love the border treatment on this one .

 A different version of the above quilt I think , lighter colours . Pretty pretty :-)

A little different take on the churn dash block , quite interesting for sure and again a great stash buster.

                                 Combination of stars and log cabin blocks .

 OH I love this one , quite a unique pattern and love the applique border , really sets it off . This one was by Joan Tufts , I know some of you know her blog . She had several quilts in this show .

Beautiful nine patch , you cant beat a nine patch , so many possiblities , this one is perfect,

                                                         French Braid pattern

Maple Leaves in fall colours , wonder if she would lend that to me for a while ;-0

                           Another pretty nine patch , love how she framed the blocks.

 So the above quilt is also made by Darlene , I thought it might be and I didn't take many of the labels attached but had for this one so thought I should share it.

                                      Nice border treatment on another nine patch .

 Don't know the name of this pattern but so effective and a great use of scraps , You see I have an abundance of scraps so am always interested in finding interesting ways to use them up but have found that no matter how many I use I seem to accumulate even more , I think I have scrap monsters in my closets lol.

 

 Another view down through the church . I do love a quilt show in a church , all those colours just seem to fit in a church where there are often stain glass windows . Oh I see I took this from the front of the church looking towards the entrance , you can see the crazy quilt hanging from the balcony . 

I thought you might like to see this little work in progress by Carol Swinden the artist who created the beautiful thread painted baby , fox and antique car . Thanks to both Linda's for providing the name of the artist , I appreciate your help . She is simply amazing  . 

 So that is it for this quilt show but in a day or so I will share the show from St. Davids Church in Port Hastings . 

 Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed the show , not quite as good as being there but better than nothing I suppose .

 hugs Sheila

Ready for a quilt show ?

Good morning from a very Wet Nova Scotia , lots of rain today which we are thankful for as things had become very dry and a ban had been in place for any fires or even hiking in the woods . This should help in many ways and I know the farmers will be very happy .
 Sorry it has taken me a while to get back to share a few photos of the quilt show . I have had the pleasure of visiting the quilt show in Saulnierville Nova Scotia , just incredible and I also recently visited a beautiful show in Port Hastings in a sweet little church so I will share those another day .

 This is the church where the event took place in the French community of Saulnierville , it is massive .

A view down the isle , as you can see there are a lot of pews and each had two quilts in many different colours and styles .

This crazy quilt hung in the entry just above my head so a little difficult to get a decent photo but it was quite lovely .

 A fan quilt all hand quilted , something that really impressed me about this show was the number of hand quilted quilts and they were such tiny perfect stitches , wow .

A simple design that I quite liked .

Another example of fine hand quilting .

A cathedral window quilt which was mesmerizing .

Gorgeous ,

                                 This quilt was made in memory of the Priest in the photo .

 I thought this was stunning . 

                                          This cutie just spoke to my soul, just adorable .

                                      For you hexie lovers , just look at that quilting .

                                          Pretty log cabin , again with nice hand quilting .

                                         How about the quilting on this beauty !

                                                          This one speaks for itself

Do you recognize this little baby in the center ? This gorgeous quilt won viewers choice in the CQA when the show took place in Halifax a few years back . Can someone help me out with the artist name , her first name is Carol and she created these three quilts , the fox , the baby and the antique car , amazing work . She was present at the show doing thread painting which I thoroughly enjoyed watching .

Opps I cut off her head but you can see she was creating a little postcard size scene and had several on the table that she had created .

Don't you just love this churn dash quilt made by Darlene of a Needle Pulling Thread .
Maybe I should end this for now , it is getting picture heavy and I don't want blogger to start acting up so I shall share more later , hope you enjoy this part of the show .
 Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day , it is a great day here for sewing for sure .
 hugs Sheila

Some fun mail

I have lots to share but not today , my life has been in a little turmoil lately and I will explain in a moment  but for now I have some lovely postcards to share with you .
The last week in July Bill and I took a few days for a road trip with my main intention to visit the quilt show in Saulnierville a 4 plus hour drive from here . I will share some photos from that trip another day . When we arrived home there were three postcards waiting for me , what a lovely surprise.  I was expecting one from Ana as she was my partner in the swap but I also received one from Sunny and also Eglea,  how sweet of them . I am sure you would like to see them so here they are .

This is from Ana who lives in Portugal and depicts a scene she had seen while vacationing recently,  isn't it beautiful . Ana is new to postcard making  but you would  never know it , so we'll done . Thanks so much Ana , I love it ! 

Next up is one from Eglea in Brazil , a special flowering tree native to her country , so beautiful,  it must be incredible to see these trees in bloom and Eglea did a fabulous job of recreating this landscape with the flowering tree in this small postcard size . Thanks so much  Eglea.  

This pretty cone flower was sent from Sunny who is well known for her photography of flowers . I love cone flowers and don't have any growing this year so I really appreciate this one , thanks so much Sunny , I love it . 

 Now today I received yet another postcard,  this one from Marsha who joined the swap a little late so I became her partner . 

This sweet little stitchery I believe is a Gail Pan design , correct me if I am wrong . So cute , I love it , thanks so much  Marsha,  a perfect theme for this gal who loves to stitch . 

I can't share the card I  sent to Marsha as it hasn't arrived yet but I will share the one I sent to Ana .

 I forgot to take a picture before I sent it off to Ana  but  she kindly took this photo for me and I was really touched that she had framed it . I am glad you liked it well enough Ana . 

On Wednesday evening last week I received a call from my mom telling me she had fallen and spent the night on the floor so needless to say I left the next day to be with her and make sure she was okay . She has many bruises and a broken rib or two but overall she is doing okay . She is one tough cookie but she sure was hurting and even sitting was difficult.  I stayed until Sunday and felt she had improved enough to be one her own . I will check on her daily but to be honest I also needed to get home to rest . The drive was extremely stressful and my body is exhausted . So on that note I will close and I promise to come back and share some photos of the amazing quilt show and some of our incredible province . 

 Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day .

 Hugs Sheila 

A finish to share

Hello from sunny Nova Scotia , simply a beautiful summers day here . I finally have a quilt top to share , it has been a long time coming and hours and hours of stitching to get this to this point but I couldn't be happier .

I don't have a large enough space to spread this out properly and on the bed you can't see it all so the floor it is 😊 This quilt is the Craftsy bom for 2016 designed by Lynette Jensen.  I enjoyed making this quilt even if there was a ton of work . 

 I have also added to my vintage sewing machine collection recently,  did I tell you I love vintage machines , well if I didn't i am now lol . This machine is in near pristine condition and the young lady selling it said it was her grandmother's and I couldn't help but think the day will come when she will regret selling this beautiful machine but she is moving out west and can't take everything with her . This Singer 401 does multiple decorative stitches and a perfect straight stitch.  I have tried it out and just the sound makes me smile . So tell me what do you think of it ? 

This machine has a slant needle which makes it easier to see what you are stitching,  nice feature and I learned it was the top of the line machine at that time around 1957 -1958 . Now my dear hubby also brought home another machine but it will never sew anything again , it is simply  decorative as it is rough shape and missing parts . 

Meet Raymond,  the older brother to Ruby I showed you a while back , they will keep each to her company on the old church bench . 

I want to thank everyone who signed up for the postcard exchange , there was a great response and I hope by now most postcards are in the mail or in the making . Please be sure to share your postcards when they arrive and also on the flicker page at the top right side of this blog page . 

 Oh before I go I will share the last three blocks I made for the splendid sampler. 

All caught up until Sunday , what a nice feeling . 

 Enjoy your day and thanks so much for taking the time to stop by .

 Hugs Sheila