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Making the best of this weekend off…
Tea parties and knitting.
I ordered these chocolates from this chocolate shop in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. A business built by Syrian refugees that arrived in my home province over a year ago. What a beautiful product. Proud to have them in my community.
I had a large day today. Woman’s march in Halifax and I visited The Art Gallery of NS. I’ve always admired Maud Lewis and it was a perfect day to learn a little more about her art and life. 
The Halifax rally was a great experience with amazing speakers like El Jones and Rebecca Thomas. Both accomplished poets with inspiring words that brought me to tears.
After the rally I took a tour through the gallery…
I remember this house when I was a child driving through Marshaltown, NS. I’ve always been fascinated by her life. So simple a life but she made such an impact. She shone through her work. I have prints of her work around but seeing it in person you can see the true colour and brightness. Her voice is evident, she painted her grim world beautiful. She makes me feel we all have that ability to create hope and spread it around. My own attempts at formal “Art” has helped me learn the amount of energy that can go into something creative. You can feel it when you see it, the energy remains forever in that piece. Even when I create a knitted piece I feel the energy in it.
I stopped by Argyle Fine Art also and the PreShrunk show is happening. These little felted pieces caught my eye.
Love these crows…
I actually stepped aside to avoid falling into this well…haha…so real…
Making a quilt is like putting together a puzzle, there’s a lot of math involved. I received these quilt squares as a gift and now I’m piecing them together. 
After a few hiccups with my machines tension, I found the balance and machine sewed the pieces together. I worked until I ran out of thread. My plan is to hand quilt once the top is finished. Wish me luck!
I received an impromptu lesson on the spinning wheel today. I was excited. It is a technique I would have to practice if I wanted to be at all effective at it.
I’m pretty sure I look adorable doing it;) Thanks to Tammy for giving me her guidance. This wool/flax blend would be great for a utilitarian apron or market bag. I can’t wait until this years flax harvest is ready to become linen fibre. The harvest I helped with. It would mean a lot to me to be involved in the production of garments.
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So much fun!
Finished…
Mend the quilt you’re wrapped up in ….
This was waiting for me when I arrived home from White Point today…
It seems like whatever I’m intrigued about at the moment is always featured in this magazine.
Look…
Love it!!!!
I had a fun few hours helping to harvest my CSA farm’s field of flax. I love getting my fingers in the soil. Hand harvesting makes you connect with the soil like nothing else. It’s inspiring to see a community of like-minded people come together for a common goal. Harvest flax, make fibre, make clothes. The spinning display was a marvel. I need to add spinning to my life for sure.
The handcraft guild at Louisbourg creates beautiful things. This 18th century ladies pocket I purchased today at The Fortress gift shop. They make great yarn bags. I like the idea of having a pocket to tie on. I probably could make it steampunkish. Well I could try…
Happy Birthday to me!!! I had a great day. I volunteered in collections this morning then went exploring around The Fortress. I found another piece of the puzzle. Look at what they have to work with, it’s very intriguing.
Hmmmm….
Wore a few sparkly bits today…birthday suit…
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