WOW  That was a terrific day! Chuck and I went to Elliot Lake with our paintings and pots, and had them appraised by the Artiques Roadshow - yes Artiques. The weather was great - with fluffy clouds in a sunny sky, and everything looking lush and green from the cool spring. We sat by Elliot Lake with a gale blowing our hair almost straight back, and drank our coffee!
Dave ... told us most Canadian painters painted trees, rocks, water or snow. Just what our Michauds and Robert Ross had. So nothing artsy. And most of the old Dutch pottery from Chuck's Mom has cracks. So we now know what they would have been worth if they were whole! Too bad C stepped on one when he was a boy, because it would have been worth $500 if perfect!! BooHoo. But what fun it was to watch Dave look up things on Google, just to be sure. What a wonderful resource for them. No more carrying trunk loads of books wherever they go.
We had lunch at Timmy's, and dinner at Green Acres on the way home. Followed by a nice chat with Barb. So much for my first OAS cheque!! LOL.

Fishes

A close-up of the fish blocks that came from our newsletter in April. I added googly eyes - they just seemed to fit.
I wanted the water to look real, so I used various blues - as mother nature would.


Will show it at the Hawberry Quilt Show Sept 17 & 18th. Come if you can!

Finally!!!! This is the Guild quilt from 2007-2008. It's called the Nautical Sampler. It is not exactly like the one in the newsletter, because I didn't keep up with the months, and my fabric just kept going to other projects, so I rearranged the blocks, and added and subtracted as I went along this month to complete it. i have orphan blocks left over, and I have made four fishes at the bottom from this year's block of the month( Thanks Lauren). The lighthouse is from the web, and the boathouse was a birdhouse i had kicking around going " find me a home"!  It turned out 40" square instead of the 50" of the Guild instructions. Now it's done for the Quilt Show in September!!
Oh and thanks to Rita my friend for the Frenchy yellow print. You will remember where it came from!! See you soon, Linda