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Welcome to the website of Hall's Harbour Handcrafts, located close to the ruggedly beautiful Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, on Canada's East coast. My quilt studio is in my 1820's heritage home, surrounded by trees and wild gardens. Enjoy the peace and serenity which inspires my work. Visit the nearby fishing village of Hall's Harbour where you can observe the action of the world's highest tides. Visit artists' studios, hunt for antiques and sample seafood and lobster. If you wish to stay a while, there are several bed and breakfasts in the village and lots of other things to do and see nearby. If you cannot visit my studio in person, rest
assured that my custom quilts are made in the traditional way - entirely
by hand every step of the way. They are made of the finest available
100% cotton materials in a smoke-free home, and are truly one-of-a-kind.
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Monday, July 07, 2008 Finished Lavender Parterre!  I have finished Lavender Parterre, my newest small quilt and placed it for sale in my quilt studio. I've recently fallen in love with smoky lavenders and decided to experiment - I'm pleased!This is an original, one of a kind, funky folky tabletopper or wallhanging, and is entirely handstitched and handquilted. It would look sweet in a summery room or on your al fresco tea table. I used this small quilt as a kind of "recess" to work on while I worked through technical solutions for an art quilt I have been commissioned to complete - more of that later when I'm ready for a picture of it. We are having day after day of glorious summer weather, cooling off each night as the fog comes ashore at sundown. Wildflowers are everywhere, including at least 5 kinds of wild roses, lupins, daisies and soon there will be black eyed susans. My lilies, columbines and peonies are gorgeous, and strawberries are in season, soon to be followed by high bush blueberries and raspberries. I'm planning a feed of small new potatoes and new green peas this evening.It's so easy to eat locally grown fruits and vegetables at this time of year. Labels: folky, funky, gardening, hand stitched quilt, locally grown food 8:25 AM
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The colour of this quilt is wonderfull, my old house had loads of lavender growing, thankyou for showing Tracey |
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