vacation Archives - Lynda Heines Fabric Design

Reading and Stitching

By: Lynda February 3, 2019February 10, 2019

Books, hand sewing, hand stitchingbooks, hand embroidery, hand stitch, hand stitching, Maui aquarium, vacation, vacation books4 Comments

When we go on vacation I always read several books and take some type of art with me. This year it was hand stitching. As for the books, three were what I call “beach” reads. I take them specifically to read and then leave in the library area at the condo so others can enjoy…

Dyeing Hawaiian Fabric

By: Lynda January 29, 2016January 30, 2016

dyeing, fabric, fiber reactive dyes, Hawaii, vacationingfabric, fiber reactive dyes, Hawaiian fabric, Kimura's Fabrics, vacation4 Comments

Whenever we travel to Kona on The Big Island we have to stop at Kimura’s Fabrics. Here is a post I wrote several years ago about this interesting shop. You can buy about any type of fabric here from Hawaiian prints to lace and silk. On this trip I wanted to find some silk to…

Asheville Arts

By: Lynda October 3, 2014

art, vacationingAppalachian Naturals, Asheville, Asheville art, Asheville Glass Center, Cathy Taylor, Handtiques, vacation12 Comments

Asheville is such an artsy place – so many artists and so much talent. Being soap makers, we love meeting fellow soapers. Victor Taylor owns a great soap shop, Appalachian Naturals, in downtown Asheville. Even though we have enough soap to last us a lifetime, we LOVE buying other soapers products and love talking to…

Stop Two: Sydney Part 2

By: Lynda February 24, 2013

Australia, Photography, vacationingAustralia, Katoomba Scenic Railway, Scenic World, Scenic World Cableway, Scenic World Rainforest, Sydney Australia, vacation4 Comments

We booked a tour of the Blue Mountains on our last day in Sydney. It started with a stop at the Sydney Olympic Park. Then we were off to Featherdale Wildlife Park. Then to Scenic World where we rode the railway and the cableway, and walked through the rainforest before climbing aboard on a rivercat…

Stop Two: Sydney Part 1

By: Lynda February 24, 2013February 24, 2013

Australia, Photography, vacationingAustralia, bucket list, Harry's, Sydney Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Opera House, The Rocks, vacation3 Comments

This was our second stop on our Bucket List tour of Australia. Pictures and info on our first stop at Melbourne can be found here and here. So we were on to Sydney where we stayed in a Bed and Breakfast or what they called a Boutique Hotel in Potts Point, a semi-short walk to…

Our Second Honeymoon – Kona

By: Lynda February 7, 2012

buying local, Ramblings, vacationingHawaii vacation, Kimura's Fabrics, Kona, second honeymoon, The Big Island, vacation5 Comments

My blog has been quiet these past two weeks because Dave and I traveled to Hawaii for a “second honeymoon.” We spent one week at Kailua-Kona on the Big Island, not enough time to see everything we wanted to see. But we did see alot and ate pretty local. As you know, Dave grows most…

Trip Goodies

By: Lynda September 21, 2011

fabric, Ramblingsfabric, pocket travel journal, vacation7 Comments

Well, we just returned from a trip to northern New Mexico and Colorado. It’s always so good to get away. I’ll tell you more about our trip later, but wanted to show you some goodies I picked up. Before I go into that, I took this pocket journal with me that I had made earlier…