This grand adventure took me to the western part of Canada. I flew into Kelowna and met my guild contact, Val, who drove me to our workshop location in Kamloops. Here are some of the sights along the way.
There is still snow on the top of the mountains.
One amazing view after another. I’ll bet in another couple of weeks when the spring flowers start to bloom this place is even more incredible.
The ladies from the Marigold Appliquers guild were just wonderful. The location for the workshop was excellent. It was just a short distance from the hotel and it was well lite and the students had plenty of room to work. Here they are hard at work.
Some of them were crazy enough to spend the entire 5 days with me. If they weren’t crazy before they started they are now.
OK, which of the two items below do you think are a power bar? In Canada the top item is a power bar and in the United States the bottom item is a power bar!!!
Each night the ladies took me to some excellent restaurants but we liked one so much we went back a second time. The one we went back to was a Mongolian restaurant. When you were ready to eat you took a bowl and went through a line of cut food items which included beef, pork, chicken, tofu, lots of vegetables and sauces. You filled your bowl and handed it to the chef who then steamed and grilled your items. The food was excellent. I really wish we had one of these where I lived. I would eat there several times a week.
Some of my students who took the first class on machine applique, Oriental Flowers, brought their finished blocks back when they came for another class 2 days later. Well done ladies. I am so proud of you. Below is Brenda Eckstein.
Below is Donna Hartnell.
I had a fabulous time in Canada and hope to return. The ladies who took my workshops were so kind and full of compliments. I could not have asked for a better response.
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Mandy Meierotto from Mason City, Iowa sent me a photo of her quilt which she finished after taking my Ocean Sunrise workshop. Good job Mandy and thanks for sharing.
My next adventure is just a nice short direct flight to the Chicago area. Looking forward to the windy city.