Recently Mr. Books and I spent a couple of days near Baltimore, Maryland.
We had wanted to explore the Inner Harbor area, but neither of us are the type to deal with traffic so we hit a quick retreat to quieter areas to explore.
Since Mr. Books loves trains a visit to the B & O Museum was a must. The round house has quite the display of all types of rail cars and other types of vehicles (with the exception of motor cars).
We did take some pictures. . . I will have to try to upload them later.
One of the other highlights of our trip was our visit to the Belair Mansion. While we were there they had a quilt bee of sorts going on --- a quilt is being done for one of the beds in the mansion and visitors were given an opportunity to work on the Broiderie Perse border section.
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Of course, since I had done my research before we left I was prepared with my thimble. My stitches will now be part of history as long as the Belair Mansion is maintained as a museum and the quilt resides there.
It was fun to talk with other quilters (some were young girls and boys) from different areas while working on a common goal.
Should we ever return to the Belair Mansion it will be fun to see the quilt laying on the bed and on display.
Ok, gotta go. . . . .
In peace and pieces,
This content was originally posted on the quilt blog Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc. (www.bookshookssticksetc.blogspot.com). If you are reading this on any site other than the original or quilterblogs.com it is WITHOUT my permission and the content has been stolen.
We had wanted to explore the Inner Harbor area, but neither of us are the type to deal with traffic so we hit a quick retreat to quieter areas to explore.
Since Mr. Books loves trains a visit to the B & O Museum was a must. The round house has quite the display of all types of rail cars and other types of vehicles (with the exception of motor cars).
We did take some pictures. . . I will have to try to upload them later.
One of the other highlights of our trip was our visit to the Belair Mansion. While we were there they had a quilt bee of sorts going on --- a quilt is being done for one of the beds in the mansion and visitors were given an opportunity to work on the Broiderie Perse border section.
.
.Of course, since I had done my research before we left I was prepared with my thimble. My stitches will now be part of history as long as the Belair Mansion is maintained as a museum and the quilt resides there.
It was fun to talk with other quilters (some were young girls and boys) from different areas while working on a common goal.
Should we ever return to the Belair Mansion it will be fun to see the quilt laying on the bed and on display.
Ok, gotta go. . . . .
In peace and pieces,
This content was originally posted on the quilt blog Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc. (www.bookshookssticksetc.blogspot.com). If you are reading this on any site other than the original or quilterblogs.com it is WITHOUT my permission and the content has been stolen.
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