Author Archives: Karin

About Karin

International quilting teacher and author. Enjoying semi-retirement after 23 years owning Quilters Haven shop/online in UK. Works with www. arenatravel.com and organisers of several international quilt shows.

A quilt shop in Torquay – Australia

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Karin

We have been driving along the Ocean Road from Adelaide to Melbourne taking in fabulous views, interesting places and coming across a couple of quilt shops. Today’s visit to Amitie Quilt shop was on my ‘hit’ list as I knew … Continue reading →

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A Quilt Show in The Faroe Islands!

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Karin

We could hardly believe our luck when we discovered this show! The Faroes do not have a quilt shop but they have lots of yarn shops and everyone learns to knit from a young age. The quilt show displayed the … Continue reading →

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Wool felting in The Faroes

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Karin

We had a special visit today which was not on our itinerary. It was a visit to the Faroese home of Ase Hatun, an 80 year old wool felter. For an hour she chatted to us about the development of … Continue reading →

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Scenes from the Faroes

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Karin

We have really relaxed into these calm, atmospheric islands and just so peaceful. Yesterday morning, we had a pattern workshop with Katrina i Geil, a Faroese knitter and stylist. She led us through some exercises, choosing a typical island knitting … Continue reading →

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Fish Skins in Glorious Colour

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Karin

Our first full day in The Faroe Islands. John, our excellent driver/guide was impressed that we were ready 5 minutes early, ready to leave for our morning tour. As he says, the earlier we are the more he can show … Continue reading →

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Ready to go home

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Karin

Sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for our coach to the airport we can reflect on two wonderful weeks in South Africa thanks to Arena Travel their excellent tour director Karin Hellaby. Our adventure began in Cape Town where we … Continue reading →

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More from the Quilt Show

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Karin

Last night, we had a show and tell of purchases from the first day of the show. Of course, you can all guess what happened today. What we had missed yesterday we bought today. There are some wonderful traders here, … Continue reading →

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First day at the South African Quilt show

Posted on July 3, 2017 by Karin

We have been warmly welcomed at this show in Port Elizabeth, having become celebrities as we travelled from Cape Town. From my previous blogs of this tour you have been able to read about the local quilting groups and their … Continue reading →

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Swellendam and Oudtshoorn

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Karin

Our days have been so full and interesting that I have had no time to write a blog. Today is Friday and last Wednesday was a long and fascinating day. We left Stellenbosch to drive to Swellendam to visit the … Continue reading →

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On to Stellenbosch

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Karin

After four fabulous days in Cape Town, we drove to Stellenbosch via Pniel, which is a small town a little further into the mountains. Here, we were hosted by the Boland Kwilters. They had set up a lovely exhibition of … Continue reading →

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