tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336269072024-03-15T02:47:00.217+13:00Deb's DoodlingsDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06154068212397222782noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33626907.post-3004460860302830192016-02-12T20:57:00.002+13:002016-02-12T20:57:53.866+13:00A trip to Japan...Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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About 25 years ago I lived in Japan for a couple of years teaching English. I always wanted to go back one day to see my Japanese friends and revisit familiar places. One of the things also on my to-do list was to go to the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival which is always held in January each year. I took my 14 year old daughter with me so she could see a little bit of what had captured my heart all those years ago. We stayed at the <a href="http://www.hotelniwa.jp/english/" target="_blank">Hotel Niwa</a> which was a 5 minute walk from the Tokyo Dome where the festival is held. </div>
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I had a rough schedule of what we planned to do with nothing planned for the day after we got there. It seemed like a great opportunity to meet Alyce from <a href="http://www.blossomheartquilts.com/" target="_blank">Blossom Heart Quilts</a> who lives in Tokyo. We met at Yuzawaya at Tsudanuma which was conveniently on the nearest train line. This store is like Spotlight or JoAnns, but different! Lots of cute Japanese fabrics, Yuwa, Echino and of course Liberty! I bought some Liberty for a dress and for an infinity scarf. It was almost a bit overwhelming...</div>
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Sarah and I bid our farewells then headed to the <a href="https://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/kasai/" target="_blank">Tokyo Sea Life Park</a> as an aquarium was on Sarah's to-do list. It was interesting to see all the different types of fish and they also had a penguin enclosure. However, the tanks were small and this did not sit well with me.</div>
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We caught the train from there to Akihabara, the famed electronics town, although it seems to be more well known for its anime and maid cafes now. We were desperate for a cold drink so popped into a cafe. One of the things that is still pretty evident in Japan is the smoking in public areas and cafes. I remember when I lived there it seemed like everyone smoked and you could smoke anywhere. While now a lot of places are smoke free, there are still a lot of restaurants and cafes where patrons can smoke inside. We quickly headed out again as the smell of cigarette smoke was overpowering. This continued to be a pattern throughout our time there!</div>
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After a wander around we both felt the need for sushi...I many can't come to Japan and not have sushi! What I love about Japan is all the plastic food in the windows...it totally makes things easy when ordering.<br />
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And then it was back to the hotel on the train as the next day was the day of the Quilt Festival. The train system is just so amazing in Japan. There are many different companies running lines all across the city and there's a train every few minutes. I discovered a fabulous site <a href="http://hyperdia.com/" target="_blank">Hyperdia</a>. You punch in where you want to go and your departing station and it brings up all the possible options with the cost and what platform the train will leave from. The best thing I did was have data on my phone, the Hyperdia app and Google maps! While we never braved the stations in rush hour I think Sarah was a little overwhelmed at the amount of people on the trains. It's hard to prepare someone for that when she lives in a town of 15,000 and our whole population is only 4 million!</div>
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Part 2...The Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival</div>
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<br />Debhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06154068212397222782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33626907.post-33704115951406566782015-03-20T22:27:00.000+13:002015-03-20T22:27:05.285+13:00Recent Adventures: Quilt Con - Part 4<div style="text-align: center;">
For me though, Quilt Con wasn't about the quilts or the amazing shops; it was about meeting the people I have known online for years, along with meeting the designers and quilters that I admire and respect. It was almost surreal meeting and talking with everybody.</div>
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A girl has to eat so we popped out to one of the many food trucks just outside the convention centre. Denyse Schmidt had just enjoyed a burger here too.</div>
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We then wandered back to the quilt hall and who should we bump into but Victoria Findlay Wolfe.</div>
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I was lucky enough to get into Elizabeth Hartman's workshop Patchwork City Sampler. Elizabeth was one of the first modern quilters I discovered and I love her work. Her first book was the first quilting book I bought. She is so delightful and easy to talk to. </div>
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So that was Quilt Con in a flash!! I met so many more people, saw so much more, made deeper friendships and ate incredible food. Oh, and I bought a lot of fabric!! I had the most amazing time that cannot be captured in a blog post. Quilt Con is now an annual event...next year it is in Pasadena and the following year it is in Savannah. I am definitely going to Savannah.</div>
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So we made it to Austin....the city of live music, barbecue, margaritas, food trucks and tex-mex. </div>
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We explored a little of Congress Ave, the main thoroughfare in Austin. What was obvious fairly quickly is that music is a big part of life here. Loads of icons and statues relating to music, hundreds of music bars, restaurants, and eateries. </div>
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We had arranged to meet <a href="http://fishcreekstudio.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Ginny</a>, <a href="http://capitolaquilter.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Karen</a> and <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/" target="_blank">Anne</a> for lunch on our first day there, so we headed to a great Mexican restaurant. Awesome to see Anne again and it was a first time meeting for Ginny and Karen. We had so much fun and it was like we had known one another for ages. This was one of my fav memories of Quilt Con...casual, relaxed, good fun, and lots of laughs.</div>
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After Quilt Con registration where we mingled and met online friends and made new friends, the 4 Kiwis joined the Australian contingent for dinner. It was a fusion restaurant with sushi and Tex-Mex! Strange combo but it totally worked!</div>
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And then Thursday was here and it was time for Quilt Con. I had enrolled in one workshop and a few lectures, and had Thursday mainly free. Rachel and I decided to start with the Quilt Show. It was hard to know where to start, so I just wandered. There were so many beautiful amazing quilts. The winners are all posted on the <a href="https://themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/congratulations-to-our-2015-quiltcon-winners/" target="_blank">MQG website</a>, but also among my favs were some that I was drawn to for the colours in them, the design or the description of how they came to be.</div>
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The next day we had an early flight at 6am to Salt Lake City. Our plan was to spend the day there with Anna, a friend I have known online for some years and whom I was lucky enough to meet up with at Sewing Summit. She is a beautiful, amazing woman and I was so excited to be able to meet up with her again. She met us at the airport and had taken the day off work to spend with us.</div>
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First stop was <a href="http://pineneedlesatgardnervillage.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Pine Needles.</a> This was the first shop we went to at Sewing Summit so I had to take Rachel here as we just have nothing like this in NZ. I think she experienced the same "OMG" feeling that I did when she walked in as well!!</div>
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We then had a wander around Gardner Village...such a quaint wee village with lots of interesting shops. We looked and we all bought something.</div>
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Next stop was Tiffany's where we all tried on the most expensive ring in the shop at USD$102,000. Unfortunately, or fortunately for him, I didn't know my husband's credit card details off by heart :)</div>
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It was an amazing day and we had a fabulous time with Anna. Hopefully, one day she will make it to NZ and I can return the favor. </div>
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We arrived in Austin, TX at around midnight and Amanda (our tour guide from San Francisco haha) was waiting for us there, so we all headed into our hotel together to dream about Quilt Con the next day!!!</div>
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Last month I was lucky enough to travel to San Francisco and then onto Austin, TX for<a href="http://www.themodernquiltguild.com/events/quiltcon-2015" target="_blank"> Quilt Con</a>. I went with a good friend of mine Rachel of <a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Wooden Spoon Quilts</a>. We decided that we would have 5 days in San Francisco on the way to Austin and then we could head straight home with all our purchases and fun things from Quilt Con!</div>
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To be honest I was dreading the flights. We had gotten cheap tickets, but it meant we had to fly to Sydney first (3 hours), then LA (14 hours) then to San Francisco (1.5 hrs) all with a couple of hours stopover in each place. I think it worked out to be about 26 hours! However, it wasn't that bad and I managed to sleep most of the way much to Rachel's disgust!</div>
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We were meeting <a href="https://instagram.com/ihaveafabricproblem/" target="_blank">Anne </a> and <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/" target="_blank">Adrianne </a>in San Francisco as they had the same idea as us about having a wee holiday first before getting to Quilt Con. We arrived mid morning so spent the first day exploring, just wandering around and taking in the sights. I love San Francisco, but Rachel had never been there so of course we had to check out<a href="http://www.britexfabrics.com/" target="_blank"> Britex Fabrics</a></div>
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The next day Amanda from <a href="http://www.everydayfray.com/" target="_blank">Everyday Fray</a> took us on tour of some of the fabric shops in the Bay Area. We had been looking forward to visiting <a href="http://www.intrepidthread.com/" target="_blank">The Intrepid Thread</a> since we had started planning this holiday, so this was first on the agenda.</div>
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Anne from <a href="http://www.play-crafts.com/blog/" target="_blank">Play Crafts </a> lives reasonably close to here, so she met us there. I think we were all too busy oohing and aahing over the fabrics to really spend a lot of time talking but we all managed to catch up in greater depth at Quilt Con. I think I may have spent a wee bit here ;)</div>
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Then it was off to Jo-Anns for a quick splurge on the Denyse Schmidt fabrics and quilting notions. It was the President's Day sale, so most things had 30-40% off. Score!! We then headed to Berkeley (Amanda's stomping ground) for a late lunch and then onto<a href="http://www.stonemountainfabric.com/" target="_blank"> Stone Mountain and Daughters</a>. Another great store and so different to The Intrepid Thread. I didn't buy much here, mainly because I had bought so much at The Intrepid thread!!</div>
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Amanda very kindly took us on a wee tour of Berkeley and the university. Such a fun vibe to this place. I could easily live there. And then it was back to the hotel, exhausted, but enough time to spread all our fabrics out and ooh and aaah again!!</div>
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The next day Rachel and I headed to T<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_District,_San_Francisco" target="_blank">he Mission District </a>to explore. We had no idea where to get breakfast so I nabbed a couple of local boys and asked them for recommendations. They recommended the <a href="http://missionbeachcafesf.com/" target="_blank">Mission Beach Cafe</a>. What we didn't realise was that it was President's Day and half of San Francisco also wanted to dine here that day. The owner told us it would be a 15 minute wait so we thought "cool" and joined the line up. An hour and a half later we finally got seated, but boy was it worth the wait! Amazing food!! </div>
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And then we carried on walking and taking in the sights...San Francisco is a hilly city with amazing views from so many places.</div>
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Well, Christmas has been and gone, and it is nearly 2015! I haven't done much sewing this past month. It's been more of a get-in-the-garden kind of month and catching up with friends kind of month. I managed to finish my Sew Sew Modern swap items, but I will save that for the next post.</div>
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I also finished a pillow. I bought Diane's <a href="http://fromblankpages.bigcartel.com/product/celestial-star-collection" target="_blank">Celestial Star</a> pattern a while ago. I love this pattern. It gives you so many options and she includes some printouts as well for you to color and to help you decide on a layout. There are so many variations that you can do with it.</div>
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I made this for a person in our online quilting community who, unfortunately, didn't receive her swap item for whatever reason. She is always so kind and giving of her own time and stash that I really wanted to do something for her to show my appreciation for everything she does. Plus, I have nearly been the non-recipient on a couple of occasions and its horrible watching everyone get their swap packages and yours never comes. I was lucky enough to get both mine very, very late, but it does leave a sour taste.</div>
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So I know she likes Anna Maria Horner and scrappy so out came my AMH stash (and I must admit I love her new Honor Roll range). I started piecing.</div>
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I quilted it with straight lines coming out from the centre of the star so it looks like the star is radiating. I used Mimosa for the binding which matched the tealy-turquoise in Honor Roll perfectly.</div>
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I signed up for the Instagram Mini Swap a few months ago. I haven't made many minis. Actually I have only made <a href="http://debs-doodlings.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/sea-breeze-mini-qal.html" target="_blank">one</a>, but now that I have my own sewing room instead of a closet, I am wanting more things to hang on the walls. My partner, unfortunately, has not been an active member of the group. In fact, she has only posted once and that was a mosaic that was reposted from someone else. This made it quite hard to figure out what she might like. She did have Camille Roskelly's Adorn pillow in her mosaic, so I decided I would do make that. Her colours in the mosaic were quite Christmassy.</div>
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I selected a lovely stack of greens, reds and aquas and set about making some strip sets, then used my equilateral triangle to cut out the 12 shapes. It didn't take long at all to do and I used a lovely soft grey that I had picked up in Salt Lake City a year ago for the background.</div>
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I decided to straight line quilt it and radiate it from the centre of the star. I have <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/instructors/jacquie-gering" target="_blank">Jacquie Gering's </a>Creative Quilting with Your Walking Foot class and she has lots of handy hints and tips in this class.</div>
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I have always admired <a href="http://sotakhandmade.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Svetlana's</a> (of S.o.t.a.k Handmade) work and she has just released her first PDF pattern. I grabbed it while she had a reduced price of $6 as I thought it would make a nice extra gift for my pillow partner. I whipped one up yesterday and I say whipped one up as it only took me an afternoon. My partner likes purples and pinks and jewel tones so I went with a Japanese linen, some Cotton and Steel and a low volume print I got in Westwood Acres Inside Voices club.</div>
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My first pillow was from the ever talented <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/" target="_blank">Sami</a> who does all her piecing by hand. I was in a Flickr swap with her and received a gorgeous pillow from her. I loved this pillow for the colours and the fabrics she used and it is a really unique take on a log cabin theme.</div>
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So this one little pillow looked a bit lonely on the couch so I made a <a href="http://debs-doodlings.blogspot.co.nz/2014/05/alyof-may-goal-churn-dash-pillow.html" target="_blank">Churn Dash pillow</a> to go with it.<br />
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And now truly thinking I definitely needed a 3rd pillow I signed up for <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2651816@N25/" target="_blank">The Great Pillow Fight Swap </a>on Flickr. I got an amazing pillow from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/emileem/" target="_blank">Emilee</a> and she had also made an awesome tote out of Cotton and Steel fabrics. I love them both and the tote gets used regularly.</div>
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And then Sami and I decided to do a private swap from Anna Maria Horner fabrics. I made her the <a href="http://debs-doodlings.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/sew-together-bag.html" target="_blank">Sew Together bag </a> and she made me a pillow. It arrived the other day. One pillow of awesomeness!!!</div>
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And then I signed up for Round 2 of the Great Pillow Fight swap. It is a holiday theme and my partner had quite specific requests as to the colours she wanted. I spent ages trying to decide which pattern to use. She didn't want a particularly Christmas themed pillow so I thought I would do something along the lines of the Rocky Mountain Puzzle (which I'm glad I didn't as <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/incorgiable2/15120734833/in/pool-2651816@N25" target="_blank">Lisa </a>did an amazing one and I am hoping I get that, but I bet I don't as it's not in the colours I requested!). I then was perusing the web and came across Julie's website <a href="http://627.handworks/">627.Handworks</a>. She has some amazing paper pieced patterns so I downsized the <a href="http://627handworks.com/2013/05/block-rockn-week-5-caldonia/" target="_blank">Caldonia Star</a> to 6.5" and pulled a bunch of fabrics in my patterns colours.</div>
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I straight line quilted it with Aurifil 2600, which is a lovely soft grey. I used Ruby for the binding to bring out the pinks and reds and for the back I used a Basic Grey print that would echo the greens, aquas and grey.</div>
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Yesterday I went up to the<a href="http://www.aqg.org.nz/pages/Auckland-Festival-of-Quilts.htm" target="_blank"> Festival of Quilts</a> which is the annual quilting show each November that the Auckland Quilt Guild puts on. I hadn't been for about 3 years, so <a href="http://woodenspoonquilts.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Rachel </a>and <a href="http://justjulielou.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Julie</a> joined me this year as well. There were lots of different exhibitions, but we decided to hit all the shops first and then look at the quilts. I think the highlight was the remnant bin for $1 a remnant. I scored some Tula Pink (mainly Foxfield and Moonshine), and some Melody Miller. They were big remnants...fat eighth to fat quarter size.</div>
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While perusing the shops eagled eyed Rachel spied a quilt that was near and dear to her heart. This is Rachel's own <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wooden_spoon/8584301543/in/set-72157633912755236" target="_blank">tutorial</a> and it was just beautiful.</div>
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We met up with <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/elmosmate/" target="_blank">Anne</a>, <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/" target="_blank">Adrianne</a>, <a href="http://www.thetartankiwi.com/" target="_blank">Juliet</a>, <a href="http://3xsunshine.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Leonie</a>, and <a href="http://instagram.com/lizfromshush" target="_blank">Liz </a>for lunch. It was first time meeting for some of us as well as catching up with old friends. Anne, Adrianne, Rachel and I are all going to Quilt Con together, so we are all very excited about that!</div>
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Then it was off to look at the quilts...Here's a few of my favs from the day...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinks and Reds by Robyn Rognstad<br /><i>Original design. She did the stars quilt we loved!, That's Julie admiring it ;)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pacific Pathway by Donna Ward<br /><i>Donna owns my local quilt shop and does amazing quilting. She quilted my Tula Pink quilt.<br /></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four Inch Delight by Julie Brittain<br /><i>This was stunning...so many blocks all 4" in size but some were so intricate.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Housetops II by Robyn Croft<br /><i>Based on quilts by the Gees Bend quilters. She used her own hand-dyed cottons </i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Graduations III by Robyn Croft<br /><i>Inspiration from Nancy Crow</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Return to Rosy by Rebecca Owen<br /><i>Made during a quilt quiltshop with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Malby</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simply Beautiful by Julie Vazey<br /><i>Inspiration from Blue Ginger by Anne Scott</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windmills of my Mind by Julia Vazey<br /><i>Inspiration: Cinca de Mayo by Karen Stone</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheery Canary Bee Quilt by Carolyn van Wonderen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brain Waves by Robyn Rognstad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fractured by Heather Bassett<br />Inspiration: <a href="http://lindasquiltmania.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://lindasquiltmania.blogspot.co.nz. </a>She used a neat puzzle quilting motif all over</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Big Pineapple by Susan McRae<br /><i>Inspiration: Material Obsession by Sarah Fielke</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bright Starry Times by Alison Haines<br /><i>Inspiration: Country Garden Quilts by Kaffe Fassett</i></td></tr>
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I love <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/" target="_blank">Sami's</a> pillows and had the wonderful pleasure of meeting her when I was in New York. I think we share quite similar tastes in many things, so when she asked for someone to make her an AMH <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/pattern/sewing/accessory/sew-together-bag/36309" target="_blank">Sew Together bag</a> in exchange for an AMH pillow, I jumped at the chance. </div>
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I needed a base to start from so Sami said she liked the red violet shades of Anna Maria Horner's fabrics so that was easy as they are some of my favs too. I love this fabric from the Dowry range, so thought it would be perfect for the inside. She had remarked on Instagram that she liked the Lineage range from Dowry as well, so I used the 3 colorways of this in the inside of the pockets.</div>
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In sad news, one of my cats was killed the other night on the road. My neighbour rang me to tell me as she had witnessed it. He had horrific injuries, so I suspect he was killed instantly. He used to sit up on the windowsill in my sewing room when I was in there and would often just curl up on my Tula Pink quilt (he had good taste!) to keep me company. </div>
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RIP Mr Meowgi.</div>
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We decided to have a quiet day on the Thursday. There was a little whole foods cafe I wanted to try out just down the road for us so we walked down to <a href="http://www.joysplacemaui.com/" target="_blank">Joy's Place</a> which was about a 20 minute walk.</div>
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We obviously got too accustomed to the air-con so decided to walk for a little more. Again, we should have learnt from the other day! Far too hot for that sort of carry-on. We ended up going back to the hotel and collapsing. I think I may have even had a nana nap! Then of course we needed to have a swim to cool off again!</div>
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We decided to explore the Western side of the island...Lahaina, Kaanapali and Napili. It was going to be about a 45 minute drive. We stopped about 20 minutes into the drive at a lookout and looked back towards Kihei. It was a cloudy kind of day so there was quite a haze around.</div>
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Lahaina is a small, historic town that used to be a whaling village. It apparently gets very popular in summertime as the beaches are lovely and it is the gateway to all the resorts further north. We drove through it before we realised it was Lahaina! So we pulled up to a Borders, had a look there and then decided to walk to the main street...why have we not learnt that we shouldn't walk in the middle of the day in Maui? It was a couple of kilometres, it nearly killed us, but we saw some nice sights along the way. We headed for the beach as we thought it would be cooler walking along there, but the water was warm and there wasn't much of a breeze! Not even any air conditioned shops to dive into for 5 minutes to cool off!!</div>
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We psyched ourselves for the walk back to the car, and then continued heading north to Kaanapili. This is a resort beach and there are just huge hotels and condos here. It felt very sterile and touristy. You couldn't even really get down to the beach as there were guards on all the roads. We ended up parking at a hotel and wandering down anyway, but it's not my kind of thing....I much prefer the less touristy areas.</div>
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We had had enough of the heat by this stage so just decided to drive back to Kihei, just in time for another gorgeous sunset...the best one yet</div>
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We didn't feel like going too far for dinner so found <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.nz/Restaurant_Review-g60632-d1731155-Reviews-808_Bistro-Kihei_Maui_Hawaii.html" target="_blank">Bistro 808</a> about a 5 minute walk from the condo. It was lovely... It had no walls, so felt like you were sitting outside, which we kind of were. Beautiful meal ... I had wasabi seared tuna, which was just divine. It just melted in my mouth. I wished I could have had another plate of it again!</div>
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Saturday, we decided to have a relaxing day again. There was one more quilt shop I wanted to go to which was <a href="http://www.mauiquiltshop.com/" target="_blank">The Maui Quilt Shop</a>, so we headed up there. It was a 5 minute drive from the condo.</div>
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It was a small shop, but boy they had crammed a lot into here. Lots of Hawaiian fabrics and batiks and some modern ranges, but they were tucked here and there throughout the shop. I left with some interfacing and some needles! </div>
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We then drove down to Wailea, another resort beach. Again, it reminded me of Kaanapali so we kept driving...we found a little beach that looked like it was a beach for the locals...no tourists here</div>
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Sunday was our last day on Maui. I was ready to be going home...It was a bit of a dreary day...still hot, but very overcast. We had decided today to drive up Haleakala Crater, which is in the National Park, however the cloud was low and it was raining the whole way up. The summit is at 10,000 feet, so it took us a couple of hours to drive all the way up. Interesting how the landscape changes as you go up the mountain.</div>
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So it was Goodbye and Thank you NYC...</div>
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Farewell until next time, and there will definitely be a next time, as you still have so much to show me </div>
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And hello to Oahu, Hawaii, where I met up with my hubby who had flown in from New Zealand that morning. </div>
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We caught a flight to Maui a couple of hours later...</div>
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It was about 6pm when we got there. I had booked a condo online <a href="http://www.hphresort.com/" target="_blank">Hale Pau Hana</a> and by the time we had picked up the rental car and driven to Kihei where our condo was, it was getting on for dark, so we got to see our first sunset. Our condo was fabulous...on the 4th floor with marvellous views. It's always hard picking a spot when you have never been somewhere before, bout I am glad we picked Kihei and not one of the resort beaches. We went for a drive later in our time there and the resort beaches like Wailea, Napili, Kaanapali, while very pristine, had a sterile feel about them</div>
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We just decided to have a relaxing day and spend the time looking around our neighbourhood the next day. Bad idea! It was soooo hot...Most days there were about 35 degrees C (95F). It wasn't so much the heat that bothered me; it was the humidity. I love the heat, but I really struggled with the humidity. I was talking to a local later in the week and she said that she couldn't recall a September that had been as hot as this. Even the locals were struggling with it. We ended up coming back to the condo and staying there for the rest of the day. The one downfall here was there was only air-con in the bedroom and not in the lounge, so I spent the rest of the afternoon reading in the bedroom!</div>
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So Wednesday looked like more of the same temperature wise. It was a day for air-con we decided! We set off for Kahului, the main township and headed for <a href="http://www.yelp.co.nz/biz/queen-kaahumanu-center-kahului" target="_blank">Queen Ka'ahumanu Center,</a> which had, most importantly, a fabric shop, a Sears for Tony and a variety of other shops. It's an open air shopping mall, with a Farmer's Market on every Wednesday.</div>
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And then it was off to the next fabric store...<a href="http://discountfabricwarehouse.com/" target="_blank">Discount Fabric Warehouse</a>. It looks a bit dodgy from the outside, but I was pleasantly surprised when I went inside. A lot of stuff was crammed into this store! Lots of Hawaiian fabrics, garment sewing fabrics, notions and sewing machines. I did find some Soft and Stable which I grabbed, but the fabric wasn't really to my taste.</div>
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So we decided to drive the <a href="http://roadtohana.com/" target="_blank">Road to Hana </a>after this. It connects Kahului and the little town of Hana and is only 64 miles (103 kms), but is incredibly torturous! It goes through lush rainforest and there are lots of things to stop and see on the way. In actual fact, it is more about the sights on the way rather than the actual town of Hana. I wasn't sure what I expected, but I should have taken note of the website when it said there were 620 curves in the road and 59 bridges, many of which are one lane only.</div>
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We stopped at Paia, which is a laid back wee town with a population of around 2600. It's the last town before hitting the highway properly. We had a wander through the town, which took us all of 30 minutes. I did pop into <a href="http://manafoodsmaui.com/" target="_blank">Mana Foods</a>, a fabulous little whole foods store which I just wished I could transport back to NZ!! I became totally addicted to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha" target="_blank">kombucha </a>while I was in Maui, which is a fermented tea that can be flavoured with all sorts of yummy things, so I grabbed some of that for the journey ahead.</div>
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The next stop was <a href="http://www.twinfallsmaui.net/" target="_blank">Twin Falls </a>which is a waterfall about a half hour walk from the road. Some beautiful rainforest, birds and plants were seen on the walk. I imagine when it's been raining the falls are a lot more spectacular.</div>
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Ok the holiday was nearing to an end and there was so much I still hadn't seen. I had a list of "must see's" and a list of "it would be nice if I could see it". I aimed to cross 2 of those things off my "must see" list on Saturday by seeing the Statue of Liberty and by walking the Brooklyn Bridge.</div>
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Jo and Natalie decided to join me as well. Our first stop was B & J Fabrics which was in the Garment District....very close to the hotel.</div>
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This was similar to Mood Fabrics where everything is on bolts and you take a sample to the counter and then the whole bolt is brought to the cutting table. They had a nice little quilting section and while prices were not cheap ($13 a yard) compared to the online stores and even some of the brick and mortar stores, they did have several OOP fabrics. There was also a nice little section of Liberty fabrics as well.</div>
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Once back on shore we then caught the subway to Brooklyn so we could visit the <a href="http://brooklyngeneral.com/" target="_blank">Brooklyn General Store</a> which basically has yarn, fabric and notions. It didn't look that far on the map so we decided to walk there....It was a very hot day, so not one of our best ideas! However, we did walk through some lovely streets and I would liked to have spent a bit more time exploring Brooklyn.</div>
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After all our traipsing Natalie was the only one who left with something! I felt I had bought enough fabric so far...Is there such a thing? We decided to carry on walking to IKEA. I had never been to an IKEA. We certainly don't have one in NZ and Natalie and Jo both felt I would be eternally deprived if I didn't get to experience IKEA! So with water bottles filled off we started again. </div>
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Neat to see little community gardens and it felt like a nice area. However, the closer we got to the port, it began to feel a little more undesirable and quite industrial in places. We later found out it was Red Hook that we were walking through and was considered one of the most dangerous places in the city in the 90s! Yikes!</div>
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After walking an insane amount of distance today we finally went home and crashed before our last day in NYC on Sunday. On my "must see" list was the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> and the <a href="http://www.amnh.org/" target="_blank">American Natural History Museum</a> where "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum" target="_blank">Night at the Museum</a>" was based! Janelle was joining us today and her preference was the AMNH, so that is what we decided to do. We caught the subway to Central Park and when we came up, there were people everywhere. It was insane. Unbeknownst to us the biggest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Climate_March" target="_blank">protest march in history</a> was about to take place on climate change.</div>
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So we battled our way through the 311, 000 people that were there to march against climate change, and finally ended up at the museum.</div>
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I loved this museum. So much to see and the dinosaurs were amazing. I could have spent the whole day here, but already half of it had gone! Do you recognise anything from Night at the Museum??</div>
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One of my other "must sees" was<a href="http://www.topoftherocknyc.com/" target="_blank"> Top of the Rock</a> which is the observation at the top of the Rockefeller Center. Unfortunately, it had been a cloudy day and when we had tried to go up earlier it was zero visibility. It was much better now, but there was still a degree of mist around which didn't make for great photos. Nevertheless, it was my last night here, so I didn't have any other chances to do this. The queues moved reasonably quickly; there were security checkpoints which slowed things up, but on the whole, it took us about 20 minutes to get to the top. The views were amazing...Manhattan views on both sides...</div>
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So the previous night some friends from Canada had arrived to join me for the rest of my time in New York City....<a href="http://carryhers.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Natalie</a> and her sister in law Jo, and Janelle of <a href="http://www.emmalinebags.com/" target="_blank">Emmaline Bags</a>. I was sharing a room with Janelle. Janelle was attending the Quilters Take Manhattan event, which I had decided not to go to, so Natalie, Jo and I decided to go to JoAnns. We don't have JoAnns in New Zealand, so I had a shopping list from my NZ friends for DS fabrics! The closest one was at Paramus in New Jersey, so we diligently planned it all the night before, carefully working out the trains and where we would need to swap trains etc.</div>
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Unfortunately, even the best laid plans sometimes go awry! We hopped on the New Jersey train and as the conductor came round he told us we had gotten on the wrong train. It was 5 minutes earlier than the one we were supposed to catch. Anyway, he was incredibly helpful and told us where to get off and that we could catch a cab from the station to JoAnns. There is always a silver lining, however, as when we exited the train station, what should be across the road, but a fabulous little quilt shop.</div>
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So of course, it would have been wrong not to go in, so while Jo waited diligently for a taxi outside, Natalie and I went in. I picked up a little bit of Cotton and Steel.</div>
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Anyway, we made it to JoAnns. I stocked up on Shapeflex, other fusibles, DS fabrics and a few other bits and pieces, like Clover clips, a new triangle template and a beautiful pair of Gingher's. I also got Angela Pingel's book A Quilter's Mixology. I managed to get all the Pellon and notions and book for 50% off and then as a birthday gift I had 30% off my entire order. I saved $150 using the vouchers! Go me!!</div>
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So that had basically taken up a full day, so back to NYC we went, on the right train this time! We got half price tickets for <a href="http://www.jerseyboysinfo.com/broadway/" target="_blank">Jersey Boys</a> by lining up at the <a href="https://www.tdf.org/" target="_blank">TKS stand</a> in Times Square.</div>
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The next day was Saturday and I had arranged to meet Sami again. We decided to meet at <a href="http://bosienyc.com/" target="_blank">Boise Tea Parlor</a> in the West Village, a fabulous little tea house with a gorgeous selection of macarons and sweets. I broke my sugar free rule and had a macaron and a Chantilly crepe. Just divine!</div>
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I didn't real feel like smiling for this...I felt sadness and sorrow for the terrible tragedy that had occurred here. Sami and I were both quite sombre walking back to the subway, reflecting on lives that had been lost and on those whose lives had been changed forever in one way or another. We said our goodbyes in Union Square and I am sure we will get to meet up again one day.</div>
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I woke with very stiff and sore legs the next day, but no time to worry about that as I was meeting <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brindleybears/" target="_blank">Gayle</a>, an online friend who had been my partner in the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/2078052@N20/" target="_blank">Sew Sew Modern </a>swap a couple of rounds back. She was travelling down from Vermont with her son and hubby and we were going to do the quilt shops and they were going to visit the museums. First stop was <a href="http://www.mjtrim.com/" target="_blank">M & J Trimmings</a> which was literally just around the corner from my hotel.</div>
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Next stop was <a href="http://www.moodfabrics.com/" target="_blank">Mood Fabrics</a> which became well known through Project Runway. It was a little hard to find as it isn't signposted, but eventually we found it on the second floor of a building. Again, choice was overwhelming and we left empty handed! Not a lot of quilting fabrics. It's a shop you need to go to with a project in mind, I think. Rolls and rolls of fabric all piled up on shelves, all divided into their categories such as Wool, Voile, Home Decor, Leather etc.</div>
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Grand Central Station is amazing. I did notice a large number of police around. And not just here either...at any areas where large numbers of people were likely to gather like Times Square, the subways, 9/11 memorial, etc. I guess they are always on the lookout for dodgy behaviour...bombs in rubbish tins etc. Underground the station were all the eating places...it's just like a mini city under there.</div>
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So after a lovely lunch, we headed Downtown to Purl Soho. I wasn't sure what to expect. It has such a lot of hype and so many people talk about it being an amazing shop. It's a small shop that you could almost miss if you weren't specifically looking for it. Rather nondescript from the outside.</div>
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Then you walk in and get hit with an array of colour...yarns down one side and notions and fabric down the other. I expected more quilting fabric. Their selection was very small...lots of Kona, some Hadley by Denyse Schmidt and a few other ranges, and a huge range of Liberty, but that was about it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the few quilts they had hanging in the shop</td></tr>
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I left here with a new foot for my Bernina...the 97D which I have since tried out and I love. It's a quarter inch foot but is made for the 9mm feed dogs and has a guide to set, so you can get an exact quarter inch seam. It's not available in New Zealand yet, so was pleased to be able to get it.</div>
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Gayle and I then said our farewells. I was starting to fade and I think the jet lag was really catching up with me at this point.</div>
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The next day I headed up to <a href="http://pinsandneedlesnyc.com/" target="_blank">Pins and Needles</a> in Lexington Ave, as Gayle and I didn't have a chance to get there the day before. It was a little hard to find, but is located upstairs on the second floor. The external door is locked so you have to buzz to be let in. They have a fabulous collection of all sorts of things... fabrics for quilting, home decor, crafting, and garment sewing, in addition to lots of books, notions, trims and patterns.<br />
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As I was leaving, I peeked into the studio next door, which is brand new. Look who was welcoming me in...Her name is Molly and she was just adorable.<br />
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I think out of all the NYC quilt shops, this was my fav. I then wandered back over to Central Park as I was so close to it and continued exploring the areas I hadn't covered the first time.<br />
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So my 4th day in NYC was going to be one of walking I decided. I love walking and I think that's one of the best ways to see a place. So I donned the comfy shoes and decided to walk to Central Park. I thought I would walk along Fifth Ave, just because it was Fifth Ave. First stop was the New York Public Library. Such a grand building complete with lions guarding the entrance.</div>
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The 4th floor, The 4th floor ceiling, the Reading Room, <br />
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I just took my time and wandered down here, looking at all the big name shops like Gucci, Prada, Saks, Van Cleef etc.</div>
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And then I was at Central Park. It was way bigger than what I had expected, spanning from 59th Street to 110th Street. Luckily I had downloaded the <a href="http://www.centralparknyc.org/tours/self-guided/mobile-app.html" target="_blank">Central Park app</a> before I had left the hotel, but even then, it was still easy to lose your bearings in the park. I just walked and walked and took in the sights</div>
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Well, I have been back home for 2 weeks now and it feels like my trip was a lifetime ago. I LOVE New York City. I wasn't sure what to expect, but it is just an assault on the senses: so much to see and do. It was such a long flight...9 hours to Hawaii, a 4 hour stopover and then another 10 or so hours to NYC. I caught the Airtrain in from JFK to the subway and then changed to a line that would deliver me right into the heart of Midtown Manhattan.</div>
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I am well used to using a subway, having lived in Japan for 2 years, but it was initially hard to get my bearings underground when I didn't know the city, so I just took pot luck and took the nearest exit upstairs. Oh my gosh...I hit the outside and looked up and there was the Empire State Building right in front of me....amazing! That's when my heart did a little flip flop and I said to myself "You are in NYC!!!" Apparently, at night, the <a href="http://www.esbnyc.com/explore/tower-lights" target="_blank">lights</a> change on the building depending on what is going on in the city at the time. At this time they were red and white in honour of the New York Philharmonic's 173rd season.<span style="background-color: #fbf9f6; color: #51524c; font-family: ProximaNova-Regular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"> </span></div>
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I was staying at the <a href="http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/new-york/nycts/hoteldetail" target="_blank">Holiday Inn Express</a> on West 36th St which was actually a perfect location. Very central to many things and close to the subways. I just explored on my first day there. Macy's was across the road...it took up a whole block!! I just kept walking...you see so much this way. I ended up in 17th Street from 36th Street! It's easy to find your way around in Manhattan...the streets go horizontally and the avenues go vertically. </div>
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By this time I was working up an appetite so I headed to <a href="http://www.thecitybakery.com/city-bakery" target="_blank">The City Bakery </a> for lunch...a fab little restaurant that serves fresh organic fare.</div>
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And then it was a slow walk back uptown with a few sights to see on the way...</div>
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It was free entry at the <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">Museum of Modern Art</a>, so I took advantage of this. Amazing museum with so much to see. Loved seeing some of the famous artists I had only heard about: Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Salvador Dali, Matisse.<br />
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So brunch at <a href="http://www.lepainquotidien.com/" target="_blank">Le Pain Quotidien</a> where I had a fabulous Chia Pudding with Berry Compote</div>
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And then I eventually got to the <a href="http://www.garmentdistrictnyc.com/" target="_blank">Garment District</a>, the centre of fashion manufacturing and design in NYC. A giant button and needle marks the information centre in the Garment District and a sculpture of an early garment worker sits alongside this. Unfortunately, being Sunday, many of the shops here were closed so I wandered back to the hotel.</div>
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I was just in time to meet a very good online friend, Sara, whom I have known for about 15 years. She had travelled down from Pennysylvania so we could finally meet up in person. Unfortunately, none of my photos from that night have turned out any good. We went out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was fun, but I was really tired...jetlag was catching up with me, so we called it a night around 11pm I think.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I totally forgot to link up for A Lovely Year of Finishes for the end of September. I finished my Washi dress in time to take with me on my trip and wore it a couple of times while I was away. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I found the instructions very clear and easy to follow. I did find it useful to make a muslin beforehand as I ended up resizing what I thought I would be. I ended up making a size smaller. I had never done shirring before but Rae gives very good instructions on it. It was quite fun to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my goal this month is to finish my Washi dress. I have the weather app on my phone and have been checking it daily! I wasn't sure if the temperature would be still ok for lightweight skirts and dresses, but holy moly, the temps are still in the high 20s (celcius) or the 80's (Fahrenheit). It's around 16 degrees C (60 degrees F) here so it's kind of hard to know what to pack. We are also going on to Maui for a week, so definitely summer wear there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In light of this, I have decided to forge ahead with my Washi dress. I chose Tangram by Rashida Coleman (Cotton and Steel) in the navy. Darker is always good for me...drops kilos off me instantly!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I am about to get stuck into it this afternoon...fingers crossed it's finished before Thursday!</span></div>
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My goal for August was to make a couple of skirts and maybe a dress. I managed one skirt. I have started the other in a similar fashion to this one.</div>
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This month's goal is not quilting related, but involves garment sewing instead. I desperately need some new skirts and dresses to take with me when I go to NYC and Hawaii next month. I have had the fabric sitting around for a couple of months now and if I set a goal, then it will get done. If I don't, then I may be walking around nude!</div>
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So my goal for this month was to complete my Aeroplane bag which has been on my to do list for a year now. It was a great pattern to follow....good diagrams, easy to understand text and it looks fantastic.</div>
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I used a Melody Miller print for the main part of the bag, a Kona solid for the bottom and the straps are made with Simply Color by V and Co and blend perfectly with the green on the pot handle.</div>
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Welcome to the last few days of the Sea Breeze Mini QAL hosted by the lovely Angie at <a href="http://gnomeangel.com/" target="_blank">Gnome Angel</a>. This is such a fabulous wee pattern from <a href="http://www.canoeridgecreations.com/" target="_blank">Canoe Ridge Creations </a>and stitches up really quickly. It has been fun seeing all the interpretations of this mini so far. </div>
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I really wanted to use solids for this mini as they are not something I sew with frequently, but I love the effect of them in small quilts. I initially thought I would go with autumn colours (think oranges and berry), and as I was searching through my solids, I found some shot cottons which I thought would be perfect. Not very autumny at all, but I bought these ages ago and have been wanting a small project to use them on.</div>
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I was lucky enough to win a Fat Quarter shop voucher last year (thanks <a href="http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Sharon</a>) and had bought some flying geese and HST<a href="http://www.blocloc.com/" target="_blank"> Bloc Loc</a> rulers with it. These are the best rulers EVER!!!! Seriously, I will never trim HSTs the traditional way again. This was invaluable in trimming up all the blocks for this quilt. </div>
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Well, since I didn't have much joy with my goals for Quarter 2 so I am going to reset the same goals for Quarter 3 and add in a couple more. It's winter here in New Zealand and dreary, so I can see a lot more sewing time in the next couple of months. However, I am off to New York on my own in September for 10 days then meeting my hubby in Hawaii for a week. I am meeting up with some girls I met at Sewing Summit last year, so best I don't be too ambitious with my goals this quarter.</div>
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Ok first finish for this quarter will be my equilateral triangle quilt. I just need to piece the back and get a wriggle on.</div>
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The next goal is to finish my Star Surround quilt that I started with <a href="http://www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/p/quilt-longs.html" target="_blank">Melissa</a> ages ago. It deserves a finish this quarter.</div>
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