Hall's Harbour Quilts - Handcrafted Quilts, Antique & Vintage Textiles, and Nova Scotia Folk Art in Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

We decided to hold a second quilt show during the year. As the space the church can offer is limited, the only way to increase the fundraising effort was to give this a try. We decided to call the show Celebrate Canada! Quilt Show and Sale and to integrate it with alol the other events held as Hall's Harbour celebrates Canada Day. It brought in people all day long and when the dust settled we found we had sold more quilts than we usually do in two days during the fall show Quilts at the Harbour.

Twenty percent of all sales is held back from the venders as a donation to the church and we also collect a freewill donation. The combined total raised for the church was around $450.

There was the additional bonus of local exhibitors earning money which will be spent locally and will help to make the community more sustainable.

Here is one of the queen sized quilts that sold at the show. The quiltmaker is a senior lady who is clearly very proficient. She and her daughter come and show at Quilts at the Harbour regularly and we look forward to touching base with them each year. This year they also brought along another daughter's lovely quilts and embroidered tote bags. Bonus!!!

Being a coastal community we have more than our share of nautically inspired quilts - this is my "Coastal Schooner, Blomidon" inspired of course by the trading and fishing schooners familiar here in the first half of the twentieth century, and also inspired by our local icon - Blomidon, which is seen referenced everywhere from stained glass church windows to sign painting.

We close with two visitors examining the other queen sized quilt that sold right after we opened for the day. It really heartened us to make a major sale that early in the day!!!

Don't forget that Quilts at the Harbour 11 will take place on Saturday September 26, 2009 from 10AM until 6PM and again on Sunday September 27, 2009 from 12 until 5PM. I can't believe we have been doing this for 11 years! Seems like yesterday we were feeling our way through planning the first show!!

See you there at the Hall's Harbour United Baptist Church on the corner of West Hall's Harbour and Sullivan Roads.

Home About My Quilts Antique & Vintage Textiles Links of Interest Contact Information 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.	Friday, July 03, 2009 Celebrate Canada! Quilt Show and Sale a great Success! We decided to hold a second quilt show during the year. As the space the church can offer is limited, the only way to increase the fundraising effort was to give this a try. We decided to call the show Celebrate Canada! Quilt Show and Sale and to integrate it with alol the other events held as Hall's Harbour celebrates Canada Day. It brought in people all day long and when the dust settled we found we had sold more quilts than we usually do in two days during the fall show Quilts at the Harbour. Twenty percent of all sales is held back from the venders as a donation to the church and we also collect a freewill donation. The combined total raised for the church was around $450. There was the additional bonus of local exhibitors earning money which will be spent locally and will help to make the community more sustainable. Here is one of the queen sized quilts that sold at the show. The quiltmaker is a senior lady who is clearly very proficient. She and her daughter come and show at Quilts at the Harbour regularly and we look forward to touching base with them each year. This year they also brought along another daughter's lovely quilts and embroidered tote bags. Bonus!!! Being a coastal community we have more than our share of nautically inspired quilts - this is my "Coastal Schooner, Blomidon" inspired of course by the trading and fishing schooners familiar here in the first half of the twentieth century, and also inspired by our local icon - Blomidon, which is seen referenced everywhere from stained glass church windows to sign painting. We close with two visitors examining the other queen sized quilt that sold right after we opened for the day. It really heartened us to make a major sale that early in the day!!! Don't forget that Quilts at the Harbour 11 will take place on Saturday September 26, 2009 from 10AM until 6PM and again on Sunday September 27, 2009 from 12 until 5PM. I can't believe we have been doing this for 11 years! Seems like yesterday we were feeling our way through planning the first show!! See you there at the Hall's Harbour United Baptist Church on the corner of West Hall's Harbour and Sullivan Roads. Labels: Celebrate Canada quilt Show and Sale, Quilts at the Harbour 11 1:54 PM Comments: What really beautiful quilts in your show. We love Canada, my daughter lives in BC and we have had many visits there, a truly welcoming country. Thank you for visiting me, always nice to meet new friends. # posted by Elizabethd : 11:59 AM Post a Comment	Recent Posts: New Listings in Vintage Quilt Kits THOUGHTS ON VINTAGE APPLIQUE KITS RECENT ONE-OF-A-KIND HANDCRAFTED QUILTS AN AMISH-STYLE LAP QUILT One-of-a-Kind Handstitched Quilt Looking out my Back Door (apologies to Credence Cl... DECORATED FRAMES with MIRRORS by LEO NAUGLER HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT SOME DOUBLESTENCIL SPARTEX APPLIQUE VINTAGE QUILT ... Holiday Quilt Sale - save on favourable exchange r... Archived Posts: July 2005 August 2005 October 2005 December 2005 June 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 March 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009