#14 Mystery Quilt Train Ride
10-12-2016, 11:14 AM
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marytodd and whitepine -- thank you!
Mary, love the white charm pack, so nice of you to send this, and is so appreciated.
Whitepine, love the white FQ and the tone on tone FQ. Tell your puppy thank you for stepping on the FQ, his paw prints are adorable.
Mary, love the white charm pack, so nice of you to send this, and is so appreciated.
Whitepine, love the white FQ and the tone on tone FQ. Tell your puppy thank you for stepping on the FQ, his paw prints are adorable.
10-13-2016, 07:32 AM
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Siodach, Absolutely beautiful. You are a very creative person to come up with that sashing. And I think it's perfect for showcasing your fabric.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
10-13-2016, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by whitepine
Siodach, Absolutely beautiful. You are a very creative person to come up with that sashing. And I think it's perfect for showcasing your fabric.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
10-13-2016, 08:58 AM
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Thanks Thimblebug. Five weeks let you do a good exploration, and you probably didn't have enough time as it was. We felt that way in New Zealand, where we spend four weeks. Saw a lot, but not enough.
I love BC too. I live on the Olympic Peninsula and for about 10 years we would travel north to our cabin on an island off Ketchikan, AK. We used to laugh about our directions for getting there. Cross the border at Sumas, take a left at Hope, take another left in Prince George, catch the ferry at Prince Rupert, and there you are, 1000 miles later.
I love BC too. I live on the Olympic Peninsula and for about 10 years we would travel north to our cabin on an island off Ketchikan, AK. We used to laugh about our directions for getting there. Cross the border at Sumas, take a left at Hope, take another left in Prince George, catch the ferry at Prince Rupert, and there you are, 1000 miles later.
10-13-2016, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by whitepine
Siodach, Absolutely beautiful. You are a very creative person to come up with that sashing. And I think it's perfect for showcasing your fabric.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
Not a quilting question: I have been wondering where eastern Scotland is. I think of your country as being more north and south. Is it a particular region? I had always planned on getting there, especially north (ancestors you know) but it is looking more and more as though I won't make it. Aren't we lucky to have the internet and all the pictures that people have posted.
. Its much appreciated.Secondly, I live in the beautiful Kingdom of Fife, on the East coast, half-way between the city of Edinburgh and St Andrews (famous for its golf courses). In fact, only about 10 miles away from Lower Largo as mentioned by Thimblebug. (Lower Largo was the home of the guy who wrote the Robinson Crusoe story.)
So potted geography lesson: Scotland is the lumpy, bumpy bit stuck on to the top of England lol.
You can loosely divide a map of Scotland into a giant 9-patch. I say loosely cos the top row of three would encompass about half of the map all by itself...
So, top left square would be the Highlands, famed in song and story. Here be mountains. The biggest in Britain, in fact. (JeanneS may be able to show photos from her recent trip here.)
Top middle square is more mountains, the Cairngorms, with the queen's summer house Balmoral hidden away in the glens.
Top right are the Grampian mountains, and Loch Ness with its monster. Around about the bottom right of that square would be the city of Aberdeen, home of another member whose name escapes me just now (sorry
). Bottom row represents the Border country, hills rather than mountains, and moors. Scene of many an historical skirmish between the English and the Scots. In fact the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the east coast has changed hands between the two countries about a dozen times!
Bottom left - remember the American jet that was brought down about 20 years ago? Lockerbie is in the bottom left square.
Middle row - this covers the flat bit in between the mountains and the borders. Usually referred to as the Lowlands. Lowlanders and Highlanders have special gaelic names for each other..... lol.
Middle left would be the city of Glasgow, probably the largest city in Scotland.
Middle middle is a beautiful area called the Trossachs. I only included this cos I wanted to say "middle middle" .
Middle Right - this would be the capital city of Edinburgh, and also Fife just to the north. As the crow flies, I live about 10 miles north of Edinburgh, but because there's a blooming big river in between, I have to drive about 20 miles inland to get to a bridge
.That big river I mentioned is the southern boundary of Fife (the 'Firth of Forth'), and theres another big river to the north (the 'Firth of Tay'). The land in between is called the Kingdom of Fife. The whole of Fife would fit inside the metropolis area of Los Angeles.
So thats your lesson for today.....
K
In Scotland it's traditional to complain about the weather. However i'm eternally grateful that we don't get your kind of winds here. Glad to hear everyone came through that last big blow in one piece....
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