Posted by sewjournal on July 29th 2011
While I was staying with Sylvia we visited a couple of quilt shops in New York State. First was The Village Sampler at Big Flats which is half way between Corning and Elmira. Here’s a photo of Sylvia and her lovely friend Louise outside the shop. I got so engrossed inside I forgot to take photos! After we’d spent [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 27th 2011
I’ll interrupt my travelogue through the states of NY and Pennsylvania to show you what’s been happening on the sewing front. Firstly I’ve received some more of my blocks from the Bee in Oz block swap. I’ve also finished my part of the Christmas Banner we are making at sewing group. I don’t have Christmas [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 25th 2011
Before I show you some more photos I’ll just answer some of the questions raised in the comments on the last post. Linda – yes that’s me in that photo Fran - Thanks and I’m looking forward to visiting again too. Cheryl – I guess what I find different in the homes I showed is that slightly “grand homes” in Australia are not [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 24th 2011
While I was visiting Sylvia she took me to see the natural beauty of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. We went on a day when the weather was lovely. It was quite hot in the sun but just beautiful in the forests. Here are some photographs. The white flowers are Mountain Laurel which is apparently the State Flower of Pennsylvania. [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 22nd 2011
The friends I went to Canada with dropped me off near the NY-Pennsylvania border and my friend Sylvia picked me up and took me to her lovely home in the woods. While Sylvia and I had corresponded for some 2+ years personally and through an email quilting group, and had Skyped and spoken on the phone we had never actually met [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 20th 2011
I’m interrupting my holiday posts to bring you this recipe that I cobbled together created last night. My friend Sylvia made brownies for me while I was in NY state and I really enjoyed them. I fancied some last night but didn’t have a recipe. I trawled the internet and read several recipes then I took the barebones, changed them [...]
Posted by sewjournal on July 18th 2011
A House in Ithaca On our way north from DC to Canada we stopped overnight in Ithaca NY. Our friends had organised for us to stay in this beautiful old house which is used as an event venue and B&B. There were five of us and we had the whole top floor which used to [...]
