A Few Days Off

This was a really cool sculpture at the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay Harbor. Enjoying the sunshine!




This pool was one of many with great flowers and sculptures.



Cone flowers (my favorites) and Russian Sage. Great combination of colors!

So did you ever wonder what to do with those old broken doors and other miscellaneous parts? Here is a perfect way to use them. This is a truly raised garden.

Anne, my sister in law and myself ran away for a couple of day. We headed to Boothbay Harbor to the Botanical Gardens. What a beautiful place, I was inspired with the variety of flowers and will be using some of them in some new designs. I just have to decide where to begin.

We camped out at a local campground in her Mini Winnebago. Swam in the pool all one afternoon, sat around a campfire and had yummy food. It was all too short of a time. But I took lots of pictures to remember the fun!

We are headed out to a small Fiber College in a couple weeks in Searsport where we will be setting up a tent and vending. It is at a campground so we will be "camping" again! What a great way to end the summer.

In the design department, I am very excited to be working on several new designs that will be available this fall. Included is a Christmas table runner, and balsam pillow. They are going to be easy and quick projects.

Check the website or see us at a show to see what is new!

So long for now, time to get busy stitching! Hope to see you soon! Trish and all at Attic Heirlooms!

Knoxville TN

We are just getting home from Knoxville Tennessee where we were vendors at the American Quilt Society show that is normally held in Nashville. We had a great time visiting with friends and meeting lots of new ones!

I found a new vendor and we are so excited. They carry felted wool balls, flower parts and shapes. Just look at the cute projects! I have all sorts of ideas in my head for some new patterns to use them. We will have them at the upcoming show in Lowell so stop by our booth!

Here is a corner shot of the booth. The quilt is on loan from a friend at a shop in PA called The Quilter's Palette. It was designed by the shop owner and we are thrilled to have the pattern for it! The "S" blocks are wool applique on the cotton background. It was a hit in Knoxville as well.

Thanks to Merle pointing the way to our booth, our hand dyed wool flew off the shelf as well. I will be up to my elbow's in dye pots for a few days!

And a few days is all we have before we are on the road again. Stay tuned for more news from Merle and all of us here at As A Crow Flies!

We are on the road again! Or should I say still. Last weekend we were at a show in Reno, NV and our booth was given the best booth award. All our hard set up work paid off! Now we are headed east to set up for a show in Chantilly VA. We are getting closer to being back in Maine and I can't wait to hug the grandchildren and visit family and friends.

Enjoy the pics!

Hey everyone, the crow flew to Southern California for a great little Quilt show in Del Mar. It was sunny, warm days, cool nights. Just what a crow (or quilter) likes. It was great meeting up with some current customers and meeting lots of new ones too. I visited a great little shop in Del Mar too. Starry Night Hollow was the name of it and I had to share their web link with you, http://www.starrynighthollow.com/. If you are in the area, I would suggest that you check it out, if not, view on cyber space!

After the show there we headed to Costa Mesa for classes and were surprised with a 4.7 earthquake. Some of our students decided it was just for us, and really Calfornia, you didn't have to do that just for us! It was a bit unnerving, but a neat thing to write about! I am posting a new Pin cushion pattern that isn't even on our website yet. (pattern contains 2 different ones!) Look for it to come soon.

Check back to see where the crow flies from here!

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Trish and company

MEET MYRLE!

Welcome to Attic Heirloom's Blog spot! We are glad you stopped by. At the moment we are driving through a dust/rain storm in northeast Arizona, headed for a show in Pueblo Colorado. We are dedicted to our customers!

I saw Myrle (unnamed at first) in a shop in Bath Maine when I was shopping for new rug yarn. He spoke to me and of course, I just had to have him. So, for the past week he has been hanging around in our living room/wool depot. We have gone to extra effort to get you some of the old wool color favorites and some new ones that I think you will put on your need to have list. Come by and see us at the shows and let us show you what we have!

Here is our new pattern Red Daisy! Red Daisy. It was created after buying the fabric that had purchased from Square In A Square. It is our first

red work project and will not be our last. We some kits and lots of patterns. See what else is new by following the link below

http://www.webpagesbyme3.com/atticheirlooms/index.html