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Four Girls in Gettysburg…

08 Monday Aug 2011

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After a fun night in the motel teaching Sylvia and Louise my Trace ‘n’ Baste applique method we met up with Fran. Fran was another email friend that I met in person 2 years ago on an earlier visit to the US. She’s a lovely woman with a great sense of humour and a generous spirit. The four of us visited some “fabric shops” in Gettysburg which really sell fabric from the civil war era and make up clothes for the re-enacters. There were women in there trying on full-skirted dresses and fancy bonnets. We had to get special permission to photograph in the store and had to be sure only to face the camera a certain way. Anwyway here are some photos.

We visited another quilt shop where I bought some batik scraps and then we head off to have lunch. This photo was taken just after lunch and before we had to say our goodbyes. Fran and I headed off for Washington, DC and Sylvia and Louise headed back to Lindley, NY. I was really sad to see Sylvia and Louise go. We got on so well and they made me feel so at home that it was a real wrench to say “Goodbye” but at the same time I was looking forward to catching up with Fran and to seeing my friends in DC.

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Three Girls Go to Gettysburg…

04 Thursday Aug 2011

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I was sorry to leave Sylvia’s place. I felt so at home there. We had some lovely times. One of my favourites was a quiet supper on the front porch watching the Ruby-Throated Humming Birds and enjoying the deep peacefulness of the surrounding woods.


After a fun 5 days in Lindley, NY Sylvia, Louise and I took off for Gettysburg, Pa. I can’t remember what we talked about but I know there wasn’t a moment’s silence the whole trip!

Right next to this out of focus cornfield was a small house with Amish Quilts draped over fences and bushes. Unfortunately we were travelling too quickly for me to aim and shoot the camera in time and I got the cornfield instead!

We got to Gettysburg in the afternoon and went and explored a bit. Gettysburg was where one of the most famous battles of the civil war took place and also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. There are lots of shops selling period costumes for all the re-enacters. There is also a statue of Abe Lincoln in the main street but there were too many people having their photo taken with him so I didn’t take a picture. Here are a few I did take.

We were very good and only visited one quilt shop and kept the others for when Fran joined us the next day. Stay tuned for Four Girls in Gettysburg…

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