This last week I was in the Niagara Falls area, at my 2nd Quilt Canada. I saw old and new friends, many eQuilter customers, including one who came from Ireland!
Canada's quilting movement is growing fast, and the introduction of the Modern Quilt Guild has added to the rapid spread of quilting there.
eQuilter sponsored the top prize for their first-ever Modern Quilt category, in the juried quilt show. There was an additional exhibit of Modern Quilts that was sponsored by a local quilt shop. Next door was a contemporary art quilt exhibit which paired up artists for a unique double theme: two banner quilts hung side by side – one realistic and one abstract – both explorations of the same theme.
I am waiting for the show to end today, and then I will post photos for those of you who couldn't make the show.
Yesterday while Sam had a music class in Denver, I had lunch nearby. At the end they handed me a dessert list with "Vidal Inniskillin". A week ago I wouldn't have know what that meant, but it just so happens I was sampling that Ice Wine at that exact winery last Monday!
Seeing Niagara Falls in person was just awesome. I'd like to go back and just spend a day alone experiencing the falls up close. The photos of the falls frozen solid, are very intriguing to me. I guess it is like the Cherry Blossom Festival – you have to be lucky and hit the timing just right. Here are some photos from this year's frozen falls.
I am at Denver's Comic Con this weekend, and will be photographing the costume contest tonight. Watch for these, and the Canada quilt photos on my photo page!
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Libby Lehman
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