Updated August 2017. A note from Brenda: I've been to a lot of events over the years, from quilt shows to bag making sewing classes and presentations at quilters guilds. I thought it was important to keep a record of some the places I've written about, so when we moved the blog I kept these older …
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CreativFest Through the Years
A note from Brenda: I've been a fixture at CreativFest over the past few years, so pre-2017 blogs are gathered here into a single post. They appear in reverse chronological order, going back to Spring 2012. Fun At Festival April 29, 2015 I've just returned from CreativFestival in Mississauga, …
Shopping For Fabric on a June Roadtrip
Every once in a while it's nice to get away with friends to do some therapeutic shopping for fabric. So on an overcast June morning threatening rain, a bunch of us got together to do just that. The Red Red Bobbin At the Red Red Bobbin. This scene looks familiar! Our main goal was to visit a …
For the Love of Gardens, Fish Ponds and Bird Houses
This past Sunday I invited some of the family to join Rob and I at our home for a Bar-B-Q and the annual garden tour that takes place every year here in our area. We all piled into Rob's Dad's van and, starting a bit late in the day, we zoomed around town and into the hamlet of Poplar Hill to …
Canada Day Fete in London, Ontario
I hope that you all enjoyed your Canada Day wherever you happened to find yourselves. If you used my Canada 150 pattern to make a banner for the celebration, send pictures of it in action! Here in Ontario on Canada Day the trickiest part was staying dry! This was the case in London, Ontario where …
Presentations To Quilt Guilds in the Orillia Area
Summer solstice in Orillia Last week my sister-in-law Kathy and I spent some time at her cottage for a day of R & R near Huntsville, Ontario and the next day motored south to Orillia for a day that included two trunk shows. I've never done two shows in one day so I was overjoyed to have Kathy's …