Secret Sewing Revealed

It is my delight and extreme pleasure 

to finally be able to reveal

the 2017 Atlantic Canada Row X Row Experience

designed by Linda Coolen Smith

of Scrapmaster,

in collaboration with Karen Chase,

Sugar Free Quilted Designs,

for Patch Halifax,

the best little fabric shop in Halifax, NS.

I was very honored when Linda asked me to test her pattern

for her Halifax Row X Row On The Go,

"To and Fro".

I'm not the best pattern tester, 

because I usually just look at the picture,

refer to the cutting requirements,

and take off sewing without looking back.

I had to concentrate very hard 

to make sure I followed 

the very well written instructions 

to the letter.

These photos were all taken at the same place

at the same time.

Guess where you stand determines how saturated the colors are.

Just so you know, the blue is the same throughout!

Anyway, picture quality aside,

job well done, Linda and Karen!

I enjoyed paper piecing the smokestacks in Tufts Cove 

on the Dartmouth side of the Halifax Harbor,

and appliqueing the office towers at Purdy's Wharf.

The most fun was appliqueing the

Dartmouth-Halifax Commuter Ferry

(one of five)

and the accompanying seagulls.

Well, that, and machine quilting it!

You can visit 

the Atlantic Canada Row by Row Experience 

Facebook page to see more rows, if you'd like,

by clicking right HERE.

There's quite a variety!

It's always interesting to me to see how

each year's theme is interpreted!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Karen