Filming for the Great Canadian Shop Hop

Today , my friend Tricia Sherman and her Saskatoon camera lady, Lisa, were filming at Quilt Saskatchewan in Saskatoon for Tricia's show, The Great Canadian Shop Hop. She has just finished filming at Veronica's Sewing Supplies, a quilt shop in Kindersley, Saskatchewan.

Here are some pictures that were taken in my booth as Tricia did her introduction for this part of the show. More details about when this show will air on QNN will be posted soon in this blog.

The Country Quilter

The Country Quilter quilt shop is located in Richmond, Ontario, just a short drive from Ottawa. It is situated in a heritage home that, over the years, has also been occupied by a post office, shoemaker, tailor and undertaker. The shop, owned by Ann Mclean, was the site for the filming of The Great Canadian Shop Hop for QNN last Friday.

Stairs to the upper level where my segment for the show was filmed.

The shop is full of interesting nooks and crannies for fabric, patterns and quilting tools and the dedicated and helpful staff is most hospitable. Be sure to visit this great quilt shop if you are in the Ottawa area.

Display of Northcott "Quilt For A Cure" fabric.

More fabric!

Even more fabric!

The Great Canadian Shop Hop for QNN (continued)

After a busy morning of filming the Great Canadian Shop Hop for QNN, we all sat down to a healthy lunch. Ann McLean, owner of the Country Quilter, had arranged for our “catered” meal and even made the chocolate cake sometime during her busy schedule in the morning.

Because the focus of the show was on the Breast Cancer Support project, there was pink everywhere. Ann had beautiful pink quilts throughout the shop, a pink tablecloth on the table and most of the participants in the show were wearing pink as well. Even Barry, the camera guy, wore a pink shirt!

Back in the Land of Ice and Snow

I am back home, the temperature is minus 19 degrees celcius, and I am not happy. After 2 weeks with temperatures in the high 20s and 30s, this is pretty hard to take. The good news is that I have now had over 1000 visitors to my blog since I put the counter on my site in late January. It is always fascinating to see where all the visitors come from.

I am doing my interview for QNN with Tricia Sherman tomorrow and I will have pictures of the event on my blog. This should be an exciting day!

The Great Canadian Shop Hop

I have just been invited to be interviewed by Tricia Sherman of Vancouver BC for her Great Canadian Shop Hop show which is seen on QNN (Quilters’ News Network). Tricia has been filming her shows in quilt shops all across Canada and I feel very honoured to have been asked to participate in this event.

The show in which I will be involved is focusing on THE QUILT: A Breast Cancer Support Project that was started by Canadian, Carol Miller (a breast cancer survivor) over eight years ago. THE QUILT has raised more than $1.5 million to fund programs that provide emotional and physical support to breast cancer survivors and their loved ones. The show will be filmed at The Country Quilter in Richmond, Ontario

I will have more information and lots of pictures from this event very soon.