2009 Day 2: Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival

Wednesday October 14 at the 2009 Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival kicked off in high gear.  Deanne Fitzpatrick was joined by Doris Eaton at the Parish Hall of Christ Church to present a 3 day workshop entitled, "Hooking in an Impressionistic Style".  As always, Deanne's workshops filled to the brim with folks from all over the world in attendance.

Although the brochure only shows one workshop by Karen Neary on Friday, that one filled quickly and the Cumberland Quilt Guild ended up booking her for a second one after the brochures were printed.  "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" was held Wednesday in the Ralston Room of First Baptist Church.

Just up the street were all kinds of quilts displayed at Dayle's Department Store. 

Doreen from Dayle's Department Store ordered in an entire new fabric collection from Northcott for their festival special, and had a quilt on display made from this fabric.  Their Dry Goods department was kept extra busy that week!

At noon time, festival goers were treated to an hilarious Brown Bag Theatre production of "The Hooker and the Handyman". (Dare we say attendees were suitably left "in stitches"?)

Following this, a free workshop on Primitive Rug Hooking was taught by Donna Farrell at Maggie's Place.

That evening, Phyllis Cameron presented a fibre collage workshop where participants created scarves.