Chezzetcook What?

Chezzetcook....It's a funny name isn't it, and how the heck do your pronounce it?

Chezzetcook is the name of a small community on the eastern shore of Nova Scotia. This is where I grew up. Over the last several years I have been travelling and living away from Nova Scotia. The further away from the ocean and my home province I got, the more  I realised how important it is to me.

Chezzetcook Inlet from the air

 

This blog is my little tribute to that small place that had such a big impact on my life. And now, any quilt labelled "Chezzetcook" will carry a little piece of that influence wherever it goes. 

 

Now, let's get away from the serious stuff. Just for fun, here are some old school pics of me and my sister back in our house in Chezzetcook getting ready to go Trick or Treating

My sister Christina.

Why did a blacked out tooth seem so important to every costume?

That's me - note blacked out tooth again!

Oh right! Still wondering how to pronounce Chezzetcook? Well, I am going to teach you what the locals do -  forget the "t" and add an "n",  say chezzencook! Say it fast and it will come out fine.



A little more about me

Fabric. That was the beginning. What can I do to justify buying all of this fabric? Quilting was the answer. 15 or so years later I found the Modern Quilting movement and it has felt like coming home.

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada with my Husband Max and our two fur babies Penny and The Orange Cat (Orangie to his friends). By day I am a project manager in Home Care, but by night, I am at the sewing machine, seam ripper in hand (and likely a cocktail in the other), sewing away. The Maritimes has an amazing history in quilting, and I am so happy to be a small part of that tradition.