Mabel and I visited the small water side town of La Conner, WA, on Thursday, May 24th. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were quite a few tourists visiting this charming little town. Our first stop was Seeds for a delicious lunch. They had curried asparagus soup, very tasty and a first for me. Then we checked in at the Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum www.qfamuseum.org which is located in an historic house with quilts in every room and lovely views from the top floor. There is also a ground floor gift shop with many original items and packaged Japanese fabrics. The current exhibits are man made quilts and I was honestly disappointed. Too many negative themes for me. But there were a few outstanding quilts that I took pictures of.
From there we visited Sylvia Pippen's shop "Indigo Stitch" down on the waterfront. I wanted to just stay there - forever! Such gorgeous work in sashiko and applique from the creative minds and talented hands of Sylvia and her mother Kitty. But the samples are not for sale, just the patterns and the materials to create them. I was reluctant to photograph inside the shop so you will have to visit yourself to enjoy the wonders. Here are two websites that talk about Sylvia and the shop.
From there we visited Sylvia Pippen's shop "Indigo Stitch" down on the waterfront. I wanted to just stay there - forever! Such gorgeous work in sashiko and applique from the creative minds and talented hands of Sylvia and her mother Kitty. But the samples are not for sale, just the patterns and the materials to create them. I was reluctant to photograph inside the shop so you will have to visit yourself to enjoy the wonders. Here are two websites that talk about Sylvia and the shop.
https://okanarts.com/kitty-pippen/
https://okanarts.com/indigo-stitch/
We also spend some time browsing through the "Wood Shop" which has a wonderful display of everything it is possible to make with fine woods, or so it seemed. I left some money to support the economy and to supply my Book Group with bookmarks made from wood.
https://okanarts.com/indigo-stitch/
We also spend some time browsing through the "Wood Shop" which has a wonderful display of everything it is possible to make with fine woods, or so it seemed. I left some money to support the economy and to supply my Book Group with bookmarks made from wood.
We drove back to Mt. Vernon for dinner and then off to a meeting of Mabel's book club to talk about Jodi Picoult's book "Small Great Things". The book is a fiction about racism and the discussion among the dozen ladies was interesting. It was a full day, but also a great day.
A very nice quilt that my eyes kept going back to, I'm sure it deserved the prize.
Outstanding workmanship and a really lovely quilt in the traditional manner. Amazing hand quilting, too.
Indigo Stitch, the shop.
Indigo Stitch, the shop, and Mabel Huseby.
Finds from the Wood Shop - a toothpick holder, a sinuous pickle fork, and one of the bookmarks.
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