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Upcoming Show – Abbottsford (204)

I recently got this email chalked full of information that I thought I would sent out to you all, if you’re interested check it out! Sounds like an amazing show…

We are very excited to invite you to our upcoming Quilt Show!  Please forward this email to your quilter contacts, or display it in your shop.  You will find a Show poster and information about our Raffle Quilt attached to this email.  
 
Plan to make June 10,11,12 a Quilt Show weekend!  Attend our show in Abbotsford on Friday & Saturday, and then drive up for the Whistler Quilt Show on Saturday & Sunday.  We look forward to seeing you!

Abbotsford Quilters’ Guild presents

            QUILT SHOW 2011

            “Quilts in the Valley”

Friday, June 10                   10 am – 7 pm

Saturday, June 11              10 am – 5 pm

            At TRADEX, Abbotsford Airport

Admission $5 – Parking $5 – Men Free (I thought this was cute)

Mark your calendar now and plan to attend our Quilt Show!  Our last show was 3 years ago, so our members have had  lots of time to create new projects to share with you.  Come and be inspired by over 300 quilts displayed in very spacious, fully wheelchair accessible facilities.  You’ll find quilts from beginner to expert, large and small, traditional and innovative, practical and artsy.  You won’t be disappointed!

Make sure you allow enough time to take it all in. There will be lots to see and do! 

  • Interact with our featured quilters:

            Wendy Lewington, displaying her “Quilts with a Voice”

            Debbie Schmidt, with a display of creative scrappy quilts

            Jane Cannon, displaying her unique, interactive “Math Quilts”

            1st Prize          Hand Quilted Queen Size Quilt (see photo on attachment)

            2nd Prize         Sewer’s Dream Basket – Over 100 Fat Quarters!

            3rd Prize         Christmas Basket – loaded with Christmas fabric & books

  • Vote

 

  • For more information, don’t hesitate to email or phone Val at 604-854-3806 or Marilyn at 604-850-1461.

 

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Christmas Craft Fair (181)

Sew on the weekend, I decided in the -20 degree weather, and 6″ of snow to head out Friday morning and help my Mum with her craft fair. We had sew much fun!

Nestled in a mission by Piegon Lake, Alberta this historic place was the perfect setting for a craft sale at Christmas. Plus, spending the day with my Mum was super fun!

 Some of the items: cotton and silk weaved baskets, petal aprons, tuffet pin cushions, chenille pot holders, pinwheel tree ornaments, coffee cuffs, Santa Key door hanger, Pie totes, crochet trivets and I’m sure there is more that I cannot remember 🙂 A good variety anyway…

Until next time, stay warm, happy and creative,

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Chestermere Quilt Show, Quilt Canada, Updates, Draw (entry 111)

Hi Everyone, for today I have so much to update you on but I don’t want to go crazy and make this post too long so I’ll try and capture the highlights of my last week. Also don’t forget to get your vote in for our amazing 100th blog draw

Quilt Canada was amazing, I had the privilege of volunteering in the SAQA booth and I’m so glad I did. The fibre art was so inspiring and incredible that I was overflowing with creativity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, are you full of inspiration or what? These quilts are I think 20″ square max and the detail is almost implausible. So thank you SAQA for having me volunteer…Check out Anna Hergerts website as she is the Western Canadian Rep for SAQA and you’ll be forever changed 🙂

Now onto the Chestermere Quilt Show, can I say “WOW” we had the best turnout of quilts EVER and the best turnout of people. Thanks to everyone who took the time to come out to the show and made it a success for all of us a Lakeside Quilters.

This was the first show that I entered in Pastimes Online and I can’t believe the amount of ladies who came up to me and said they heard about the show through my blog – how great is that? Thanks to all of you that came from all over the City to meet me and check out my store goodies, it meant the world. 

 I couldn’t find a cute cash box so I had to make my own…

My car was stuffed full of goodies, this was so fun for me…

  proud moment for me hanging my finished banner, for my first show, bliss…

My adorable Sister, arranging and re-arranging my tables, cute shoes Li, thanks so much for your help and hanging out with me, I loved it!

 

 

I finally got my iron in I’ve been waiting for. It’s a gravity feed iron by Sapporo and I LOVE it!! It has amazing heat, nice sharp point, teflon coated base, perfect steam, good weight and it’s pretty good-looking too 🙂 

I finally got my iron in I’ve been waiting for. It’s a gravity feed iron by Sapporo and I LOVE it!! It has amazing heat, nice sharp point, teflon coated base, perfect steam, good weight and it’s pretty good-looking too 🙂 

 

(notice my cute ironing board cover?)

Because of parent-teacher interviews, I didn’t instruct last week, but I was back at it this week, the students finished their dresden plate blocks at home, we worked on squaring up the blocks…slowly and carefully..then onto the raw edge applique (block 4) and started block 5 flying squares…I put some pressure on them but they loved it 🙂 Here’s all of the blocks, just working on finished this top for next weeks class…we’ll see how close I get.

A recent shot of my studio and store

Have a FAB weekend everyone, I’m off to St. Albert for their Quilt Show tomorrow after my guild meeting so I’ll have that to report on shortly…

Until next time, stay happy and creative