Quilty Goodness

August first was a momentous day.

Summer finally decided to make an appearance,

and I joined the other ladies of the NSQBQ,
(Nova Scotia Quilting Bloggers' Quartet),

Lesley (The Cuddle Quilter),

Linda (Scrapmaster),

and Sheila (Sheila's Quiltworld),

for a day out!

Attending the Northumberland Quilt Guild's quilt show together
in Pictou, NS has become an annual event.
Following our quilty adventure, we went out to lunch
and caught up on all of our happenings,

as well as determining our 2nd annual winter challenge.

The quilt show was very nice.

The only picture I am going to share from the quilt show

is this delightful little critter!

You all know how much I love bugs and birds!

The lighting left a lot to be desired at this venue,

so I didn't take very many photos.

If you are interested in seeing more, pop on over to Scrapmaster,

where Linda shared some beauties.

Speaking of sharing beauties,

Linda brought her latest quilt, I Love Chai, 

for us to oooh and ahhhh over.

The front.

And the very cleverly pieced back.

We had a lovely time, as always.

Plans are to meet up again in October

at the Fibre Arts Festival in Amherst, NS.

In preparation for our get together, I baked and decorated cookies, 

and had a package for everybody.

I don't think many of Linda's cookies made it home.

I'd like to send a special thank you out to Lesley

for being the taxi on Saturday. 

You're the best, Lesley!

I've seen quite a lot of foundation piecing

the last few months, and thought I'd share how I keep mine organized.

I like the quick accessibility of using a large accordian organizer.

And when closed up, it sits right up on the bookshelf

with all my notebooks.

I'm going to link up today to Sew Bitter Sweet's

A Lovely Year of Finishes.

My goal is to complete my Wish Upon a Star Quilt

by month's end.

I'm doing the blanket stitch by hand around all the letters.

My biggest challenge will be sitting still long enough

to complete all the handwork!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I leave you with a photo of a frequent July visitor to my yard.

I hope you have a lot of quilty goodness this week.

Not a quilter?  Well, just have lots of creative fun!!

~karen