Great News From the Electric Quilt Company!

I have just learned that the Great Canadian Shop Hop video filmed at The Country Quilter in Osgoode, ON has been linked to the Blog on the Electric Quilt site. Look for the EQ post from May 23. I always use the EQ Printables fabric sheets for my memory quilts and was happy to be able to talk about them on the video.

I also discovered that there is so much good information on the EQ Blog. If you use any of the Electric Quilt products, be sure to check out their Blog for lots of good tips and suggestions.

Here I am during the filming of the Great Canadian Shop Hop at the Country Quilter in Osgoode, Ontario.

The Great Canadian Shop Hop: Ready to View!

Tricia Sherman's Great Canadian Shop Hop programme that was filmed at the Country Quilter in Richmond, Ontario is now on her website. You can see my demo on Memory Quilts, as well as all the events connected with the Quilt Marathon, held annually at the shop.

Go to Great Canadian Shop Hop. Click on Video Player, then Video Library. Scroll down to Show 7 and hit the Play button.

The filming of the show took many hours and Tricia and her editors have done a wonderful job of showing all the highlights of that day in a few minutes. Congratulations to everyone involved!

The show will also be shown on the QNN network in the very near future.

Here are some pictures of the "Hang Ups" series of patterns that I talked about on the show.

The Great Canadian Shop Hop: Update

Episode 7 of Tricia Sherman's "Great Canadian Shop Hop", filmed at the Country Quilter in Richmond, Ontario, will be on Tricia's website later this week. The show will be airing on QNN (Quilters' News Network) in mid-May.

I was pleased to have been invited as the guest designer on this show which also featured the "Quilt for a Cure" quilt marathon, held annually at the shop. I had several posts about this event back in March of this year. Check out the posts on March 1, 3 and 5 for more information.

Tricia has a great monthly newsletter that you can sign up for on her web site. Be sure to have a look!

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!

The Great Canadian Shop Hop for QNN

Filming for the Great Canadian Shop Hop programme for QNN (Quilters’ News Network) was done yesterday at the Country Quilter quilt shop in Richmond, Ontario. Shop owner, Ann McLean, was at the shop very early in the day, baking muffins and coffee cake, and welcoming the many quilters who were part of this event. The show, produced by Tricia Sherman from Vancouver, focused on The Quilt: A Breast Cancer Support Project. Co-ordinator of this event, Carol Miller, was there and it was a great pleasure to meet her.

Here I am with Barry (the camera guy) and Tricia Sherman, producer of the Great Canadian Shop Hop

I was thrilled to be the guest pattern designer on the show. I did a demo using some of my newest patterns, including my Hang Ups, Pop-Out Picture Quilts and Pop-Out Picture Books. I also talked about how easy it is to print pictures on fabric and incorporate vintage linens and lace in memory quilts.

Barry, the camera man, was amazing! He was interested in the whole quilting process, even to the point of wanting to film underneath the frame as the quilters were working, so he could show what was actually happening on the underside of the quilt.

Shop owner, Ann McLean was a wonderful hostess throughout the day. She remained calm and collected, while multi-tasking constantly. And of course, the shop was open, so Ann and her staff were dealing with the regular customers while all the filming was happening throughout the store. More information about this wonderful shop will be included in a future post.

"The Quilt" project co-ordinator, Carol Miller (l) and shop owner, Ann McLean

Here's Tricia getting a quilting lesson from one of the experts at the Country Quilter

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.