show at Malvern. I don't need an excuse to go away. I'd never been to this
one but people say it's a really good one - they were right.
Aren't the hills beautiful? He did lots of walking and met another chap walking
whose other half was at the quilt show and staying at the same place as us.
I suspect there were alot of men doing the same.
There were some show gardens left from the previous weekend. A bonus!
And now for some textiles. I like this one as it's Spinaker Tower in Portsmouth. It's a wonderful construction, one of my all time favourites.
If you ever get chance to go up, the views are magnificent. It's also
situated in Gunwharf Quays, a retail outlet - lots of 'factory shops'!
I absolutely love this quilt. One of the reasons is that I would never complete a quilt like this.
There is always a quilt to make you smile. This was it - The Hope
Quilters or the Pole Dancing Club. This miniature quilt was a piece
of work in its own right. It was difficult to get near to get to see it
properly never mind take pictures.
The variety of style was great and the standard was high.
I couldn't pick out one favourite so I chose to show you pics of
quilts that made me smile and gush inwardly.
I had an idea in my head for a while, so while I was away I
had a play. I like to take some hand stitching with me. I wanted to
play with suffolk puffs or yoyos as pincushions and jewellery.
Nothing new, I know, but new for me.
We had a lovely few days, even managed to see a textile
exhibition at WorcesterCathedral. A huge exhibition of
childrens art work was being put up in the cathedral
which I would have loved to see when it was finished.
Back down to earth with a bump, loads of washing,
then the ironing. A good jobthe weather stayed fine.
I managed to get loads done and dry, even alot of ironing.
Had to have the engineer out to fix my oven. the bearings in
the fan had gone. It sounded like it was going to take off.
At least there were only dust bunnies under the oven and
not any other form of wild life or muck.
Came home to find everything in the garden had gone wild.
One little beauty was this rose.
Got to try to get in the garden and tidy up!
Back to the ironing!
