Brimfield

Well I have spent two days at the Brimfield Antique show. It was hot tiring and just unbelievable what was for sale.
So let me give you a little taste of what it's all about.Don't forget to click on the picture to enlarge.








Elvis is here alive and well and thought I might buy him to serenade me or get me all shook up and as for that Marilyn she stepped on that subway grill again!




Who want's a crocodile?




Or get my kicks on R---- 66




Wouldn't this look great outside your door at Chrismas.




Button's good enough to eat.




Now this I would like after a little restoration with a horse attached a quilt over my lap and riding through the woods on a snowy night.




Fancy buying yourself a hot dog stand. Great cross hatching pattern.




Not sure if this is keeping the engine warm or the cab cool.
















Of course lots of these
Did I succumb. Well I am definitely had weak willed stamped across my forehead.
Your going to have to wait and see my treasures another time.
Sue

Hendricks Hill Museum

One of my last outings from Boothbay was over the bridge to Southport where I found this small community museum open.




Upstairs in the bedroom I found some quilts not displayed very well but I could get a close look even though they were folded. The pink sashed basket quilt looked in good order.








The crib quilts were nice too with the last one being made out of cheater cloth.




Then their was this one I think it was a Linsey woolsey but since I have never seen one in the flesh before I will stand to be corrected.




Sewing ephemera on the wall.
This is a nice little museum with plenty to keep the men interested too and all they ask is for a donation.



My last lobster dinner was here overlooking the wharf where small lobster men were unloading their catch and it was being taken straight into the kitchen. You can't get much fresher than that and it did taste good








Goodbye Boothbay I had a wonderful relaxing time and ate very well indeed.
Sue

A Special Find

Took a little trip out yesterday to Litchfield, Maine.it was about an hour drive from Boothbay and if I hadn't had Mrs TT with me I would never have found the Busy Thimble.




What a gem of a place, stuffed to the gunnels with every repro imaginable.
I had a wonderful couple of hours here and realized after a while that I had been following Cindi's blog for quite a while.
She dosen't have a web site but does have a blog called Busy Thimble. I can't seem to link you to it from the iPad but am sure your find it through a search engine.




Lots of Jo Morton fabric here.




















Pretty sure if your looking for that elusive piece of fabric that you need to finish your quilt. I'll put money on it that Cindy has it.
I so loved this shop I even offered to be her assistant and she wouldn't even have to pay me. Only one slight problem I live on the other side of the pond and that would make the daily commute difficult.
Needless to say I did make a purchase or two and even went back again today to top up.
Thanks Cindi it was great sharing quilt talk. You have a wonderful shop.




Just been our for a last stroll around before I head south and I came across another British phone box that seems to have beamed down from across the shore.
Sue

Vermont Quilt Festival 2

More photo's from VQF







Nice repro's in this quilt












Loved this one too


How about this tiny basket quilt.


Traveling around the backroads of the Boothbay area today I came across this.



Just couldn't believe how an English telephone box found it's way across the ocean. No phone inside so SEW-NO PHONE HOME!

Sue

More From Vermont

Phew, I guess this guy's feeling as hot as what I am!!!!!




I'm now in Maine? The weather has been in the 90's today. So sorry to rub it in as I know from home it's raining, raining raining.
So just going to leave you with some more photo's from the Vermont quilt festival.












Nice take on The Rajah Quilt




Of course loved Barb's of Fun with Barb blog.




And Susan's sorry I didn't get to meet up with you.




A nice Dear Jane, like color palette








For all of you who are sweltering in the heat and just to make you a tiny bit jealous I'm just off to sit here for lobster dinner.
Sue