Mid- summer Hello!

 Hello everyone! How is your summer going? Can you believe it's already August! Wow, the summer days are flying by much too quickly. Why does winter seem sooo long and summer so short?  

For some reason, Blogger won't let me edit or update things on the sidebar right now (most frustrating!) so will list a few things here. First up, a Quilt Show (because aren't we ALL starved for a quilt show?!)

Next weekend, August 12-14, the Upper Miramichi Quilt Show and Sale will be held at the Boiestown United Church on highway 8 at the intersection of highway 625. Hours each day are 10-4. Entry is by freewill donation with proceeds going to charity. Door prizes from Candle in the Window of Boiestown and Memory Lane in Doaktown. 

Other local shows are listed on the sidebar - Akerley Area Guild in Cambridge Narrows this weekend, and St. Andrews next weekend. These offer the opportunity to get out and view some quilts, access a vendor or two and see some quilting friends!   :)

One of the items found on our sidebar is "Quilt Shops in Our Area". Shops or business must have  a website for me to add them to that listing- it's just the way Blogger has it set up. There are two that cannot be added because of this so I am listing the info here for your info.

Contact info for our local Bernina dealers, Pierre and Michelle at The Sewing Machine Den: 1019 Brookside Drive, Apt. 106, Fredericton, E3G 0E2. Phone (506) 259-7070 or email them at thesewingmachineden@gmail.com. Bernina sales and service - cleaning and repair. On Facebook.

If you are venturing upriver, you might want to check out Victoria Corner Sewing Machines between Woodstock and Hartland. Proprietor Charlotte Cook carries fabrics (including108" backings and some flannels), battings, notions, some books and patterns, and a great variety of threads. She sells Janome machines and repairs all machine makes and models. She tells me she has a good selection of Christmas fabrics in already (it's never too early to start Christmas projects!) Her shop is in her home and hours are 10-4 Monday to Friday; she is there 90% of the time, but it's always a good idea to call ahead to be sure, and if you cannot make it during her regular hours other arrangements can be made by contacting her.  Phone 506-375-4396 or 506-325-8926. Email cookgc@live.com  Address: 2282 Route 103, Victoria Corner, NB E7P 1E7. Take exit 172 off Trans Canada (route 2), right at stop sign and proceed several kms, passing the Upper River Valley Hospital and Day & Ross terminal. Turn right onto route 103 just before the Hugh John Flemming bridge. Proceed about 3 kms to 2282 on the left, a white house with green shutters. 

There are also three relatively new smaller quilt shops in NB. I have not visited any of them yet, so can only pass on basic info:

1. Edge Squared Quilt Shop, 745 North Barnaby Road, Barnaby NB  E1N 6E9 phone 1-506-623-8301  http://www.edgesquaredquilting.com/  email: beverleyhackett222@gmail.com   Closed Sunday and Monday. Open Tues.- Sat. 10-5. On Facebook.

2, Chloe's Quilting Cafe, 10635 rue Principale, Saint Louis de Kent, NB E4X 1G2   phone 506-335-3535   http://www.chloesquiltingcafe.ca/   email: chloesquiltingcafe@yahoo.com  Closed Sunday and Monday, open Tues. - Fri. 9-4, and Sat. 8:30-12 noon.   On Facebook. 

3. KP Quilting Studio, 1 Lake Road, Kingston NB E5N 1J8  phone 506-763-2560  https://kpquiltingstudio.com  email: kpquiltingstudio@gmail.com  Closed Mon. & Wed., Open Tues., Thurs., Fri. &Sat. 9-5, Sun. 12-5.  On Facebook. 

Perhaps if any of you have visited these shops, you could tell us about it in the comments. 

Congratulations are in order for several of our members - firstly to Jenny Adam for having her quilt "Playing with Fire" in the Abstract and Improvisational category of the National Juried Show at Quilt Canada 2021 earlier this summer. It was designed to call attention to global warming and the devastating wildfires around the world. Such a  striking quilt, Jenny!

Jenny was also one of 14 artists chosen by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery to be part of the  Isolated/Together project. This exhibition is now open at the Andrew and Laura McCain Art Gallery in Florenceville until August 21. Her piece "Dancing in the Rain" is based on Vivian Greene's quote: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... it's about learning to dance in the rain." You can see several more photos of Dancing in the Rain on this earlier post. 

Congratulations are also due to Darcy Stewart Hunter on receiving an Arts NB grant to create six large art quilts to share her love of the natural beauty of New Brunswick. We can't wait to see these works of art, Darcy. 

The photo at left is a work in progress of the Sackville Waterfowl Park. Beautiful, Darcy!

Last but not least, Congratulations to Kathy Tidswell whose wall quilt "Bank Machine Blues" was selected by Martha Sielman for inclusion in her book about fibre artists inspired by birds.  Martha is the executive director of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA). The book is not a SAQA endeavour, but will be published by Schiffer Publishing. "Bank Machine Blues" was made for the 2005 Grand National Quilt Exhibition: Airborne, held at the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery in Kitchener Ontario.