LETTER FROM FRANCE

Hellow my lovelies

My friend Kerrie who lives in the gorgeous house with all the quilts is on holiday in France with another friend from the quilting group - Val.

Here is the email Kerrie sent this morning.

Dear fellow quilt lovers,

Today Val Bensen and myself had a truly memorable and very special day. We set off on a 200km drive through rural France roaring along the motorway at 130kms an hour  always being passed except by trucks who don't seem to be allowed to go that fast, then through narrow roads and sometimes between farms. 

We enjoyed the beautiful scenery, the trees with new leaves iridescent in the sunlight, fabulous wheat crops and startlingly bright yellow canola crops and many flowering trees and shrubs. The lilac is in flower, the cherry trees, hawthorne, may bush, wisteria, broome and many more.

We arrived at the tiny, ancient walled town of Bourage at lunch time and after lunch set off on foot to find the quilt show we'd heard about. What a treat it was, every quilt was beautifully made and exquisitely hand quilted with the tiniest stitches imaginable.

Set in an ancient building and beautifully lit, no charge to enter we felt immensely privileged to see such beautiful work by these amazing French ladies.

We also enjoyed visiting antique shops and art shops while in Brouage.

This show is held every two years and was so worth our 400k journey from our Chambre d'hote near Nantes.

I am now itching to get back to my quilting!

Best wishes from France,

Kerrie 

Don't these quilts look wonderful?  And the room they are hanging in looks pretty wonderful too.

I wonder if you are very far from this little town and if you could visit the quilt show too.

Love Nanxxx