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~ I’m no longer leading tours, but you’re welcome to view photos from some of my wonderful adventures!

In January of 2020, I took a group of quilters and friends to the International Great Quilt Festival in Tokyo, Japan!

We spent two days at the Quilt Festival in the Tokyo Dome (while staying in the attached hotel),

The following quote about the quilt show is from a website called Quiltripping. You may read the enitre post at: https://quiltripping.com/visit-tokyo-international-quilt-festival-even-dont-quilt/.

“The annual Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival presents the works of the best quilters in Japan. This is also the largest quilt show in the world, filling up the whole floor of the Tokyo Dome which is Tokyo’s indoor baseball and special events stadium. Roughly 250,000 Japanese and international visitors check out the quilts and special exhibits over the course of seven days. Apparently, this is the largest attended event in the Tokyo Dome (even beating out baseball).”

And, if experiencing the quilt show wasn’t enough – we spent a night at an Onsen hotel with views of iconic Mount Fuji.

We visited the Fushimi Inari Shrine and saw the magical, seemingly unending path of over 5000 vibrant orange torii gates that wind through the hills behind the Shrine.

And we took classes with Japanese artists in Shibori dyeing, Roketsu
dyeing (a traditional wax-resist dyeing method),

and we even learned how to make sushi!

It was a wonderful trip. To see more photographs of all the amazing things we saw, please go to my blog and type “Japan” in the “Search” box.

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This past January (2019) Wendy and I sailed around the Hawaiian Islands aboard the Norwegian Pride of America! We had over 40 delightful quilters and traveling companions join us and it was a marvelous trip!

Here are just a few photos of all the fun:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aloha

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Our previous cruise aboard the Norwegian Dawn was spectacular!

quilt cruise Quebec to Boston

Here are a few pictures of the fun:

Alice and Karen along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec

 

A bit of autumn color and a rainbow at Montmorency Falls near Quebec City

 

The world’s largest fiddle in front of our ship in Sydney, Nova Scotia

 

Mary and Jane were the first to complete their fused lighthouse blocks on the trip!

 

A lobster Roll in Saint Johns, New Brunswick

 

Mahone Bay quilt shop – where they actually sold quilts

 

Our wonderful group at the reversing waters in St. John’s Bay

 

Peggy’s Cove lighthouse (I’m pretty pleased with this photo 🙂

 

Wendy photographing the Quiltsissies in a lobster trap

 

Celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial

 

The Dawn’s reflection while leaving Halifax harbor

 

Atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park – Diane, Lynn, Mary and I with our ship in the distance.

 

A Bar Harbor selfie

 

The best clam chowder ever!!!

 

Sunset on Boston from a water taxi

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Pictures From Our Previous Adventure:

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Here are just a few pictures from our wonderful time in the Pacific Northwest!

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A couple of cut-ups

 

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Shopping at Greenbaums

 

Sisters Quilt Show picnic
Sisters Quilt Show picnic

 

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Our Favorite Show Quilt

 

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We’re actually here!

 

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The store that started it all!

 

A Seven Sisters table topper!
A Seven Sisters table topper!

 

The Quilt Sissies
The Quilt Sissies

 

Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls

Saw a beautiful part of the world with some interesting and fun people and learned a new fabric technique. Who could ask for anything more? I would go again in a heartbeat.

Sharon Grinyer, Madison, WI


Traveling with Sew We Go, with Chris & Wendy being in charge, was a fantastic experience. I hope to join them on another fun, memory making, great trip

Cheryl Carr; Bessemer, WI

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