2011-09-28 16:39
We held our 13th Annual Quilts at the Harbour Show and Sale this past weekend and made over $700 for the support of the lovely small church in our community. In these days of disappeari… Read More
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Quilting with Janet is a blog chronicling the day to day life of a quiltmaker and features other aspects of her life in a Nova Scotian rural coastal community too.
2011-06-05 18:19
QUILTS AT THE HARBOUR 13th ANNUAL SHOW AND SALESeptember will be here before we know it, and today I was revising my publicity documents for our 13th annual Quilts at the Harbour Show and Sa… Read More
2011-05-10 16:51
Hi everyone! Greetings from cold and soggy Hall's Harbour, Nova Scotia. I'm still plugging away on various quilt commissions plus the small quilt of next to nothing expense. There aren't eno… Read More
2011-05-02 16:51
I am frequently asked if I find the current pricing on fabrics makes it hard to make up-to-the-minute and inspired quilts.My response is that if you know where to look you needn’t spen… Read More
2011-04-20 19:47
Today I read about a really inspiring international group of people working in cooperation with educators in developing countries and with business partners in the book publishing indu… Read More
2011-04-20 17:50
(Lately, I've been feeling a little restless and unfocussed after a prolonged period of working on the same three projects. So as soon as I finished the first phase of one project, I gave my… Read More
2011-04-16 22:09
Over the years I have collected many vintage treasures, mainly in the area of vintage china and pottery, fine vintage bed linens and a few carefully selected vintage and antique quilts.This… Read More
2011-03-02 16:31
In terms of my current workload, there simply aren't enough hours in a day. I have a full plate - designing and working on a queen/king size wedding quilt; doing an appliqued art quilt which… Read More
2011-02-11 17:11
I've just had my first ever guest post published on Jenna's blog: http://coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/Needless to say, I'm just thrilled that Jenna is hosting my post on her blog! … Read More
2011-02-01 18:05
I received an email yesterday alerting me to a giveaway benefitting a young farmer in Vermont who lost his whole CSA storage and processing barn to fire two weeks ago - a loss of half a… Read More
2011-01-25 19:19
Last Friday we had a little of everything - we woke up to snow which later in the morning became heavy, but by later in the afternoon we had passed through sleet and settled on drizzling rai… Read More
2011-01-21 16:42
It's been a busy few weeks since New Years. As always in winter there is a lot to do in an old house to keep the cold and frozen pipes at bay. It has been a scurry of lugging wood in, ashes… Read More
2010-12-30 21:51
Wintry Greetings from my tiny community of Hall's Harbour, which is located about 12 miles due north of Kentville, Nova Scotia on the Fundy Coast. If you follow highway 359 out from Ke… Read More
2010-12-25 15:26
I hope you have the blessings of family and friends together today and that all you wish for in the New Year will be yours.Late last night I drew the winner of m… Read More
2010-12-24 15:38
A contemplative Santa from the earlier days of urban life, when high rises were only slightly taller than church steeples and chimneys were still made of brick and mortar! Perhaps fewer worl… Read More
2010-12-23 18:00
WHEW!!!!! All done - nothing more to do and nowhere to go - I'm drinking this morning's coffee that I missed this morning as a warm over and just started the woodstove. Misadventures wi… Read More
2010-12-22 19:01
I wish I could tell you which old European Master painted this lovely and devout Nativity scene. There was no credit line for it, so if anyone knows I'd love to know too. What is so lov… Read More
2010-12-21 13:16
Today is the winter solstice ~ a time when, before Christianity, the celts and druids celebrated light and fire and made merry to prevent the death of the sun, and to ensure that spring… Read More
2010-12-20 16:26
Greetings from chilly Nova ScotiaHere's a Greeting Card of Father Christmas on his rounds a few days early!There is a feeling of anticipation in the air today and it has more to do with expe… Read More
2010-12-19 21:39
Hi folks - the post I promised earlier is up now and is a fabulous read as well as having a very nice GIVEAWAY attached: http://redkettle.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/the-huron-carol-a-special-c… Read More
2010-12-19 14:42
A quiet pause for the last Sunday in advent, before everyone launches into all the last minute things that need doing!My greeting card this morning encourages quiet reflection - a beaut… Read More
2010-12-18 13:14
More Christmas Greetings going out to you today. Do you realize this is the last Saturday before Christmas? I was going to make a quick run into town today, but I think I can wait for that p… Read More
2010-12-17 18:02
Greetings from a cold and snowy rural Nova Scotia. Don't you just love the sweet little boy and girl with their decorated Christmas tree and their darling pup romping in the snow. The little… Read More
2010-12-16 15:18
Doesn't this fashionable looking shopper look like she has everything under control?And all the elements of a 1920's celebration are there - snow, nostalgia, a cosy cottage up on the hillsid… Read More
2010-12-15 21:12
Birds and holly leaves against a wintry background have always been a popular image for Christmas Greetings. Bluebirds especially have been popular and show up on imagery in music, embroider… Read More
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