leaving for melbourne

all packed and ready to go, not particularly looking forward to a 22 hour flight but its a means to an end! I'm sure I've packed far too much stuff but we don't really know what the weather is going to be like and I have quite a few different things to do with the show, teaching and holiday.

By Tuesday morning i'll be in Melbourne and getting ready for the AQC hope to see you there!

Just testing to see if I can upload images from photos on my iPad using picasa web albums

Boys working

Destroying Alex's garden

Spring

Lovely helibores in the garden enjoying some spring sunshine

iPad has arrived

Just checking that I can update my blog from my new iPad

sara impey visits alveva quilters

one of sara's iconic pieces of work

sara talking to liz nally after the talk

we were very lucky to have sara impey speaking to the group at our march meeting. everyone was enthralled by the story of her working practice and, indeed, by the amazing examples that she brought along to show us. I just love the piece at the top with all the hanging threads-wish I had thought of that!

Quilters Guild Regional Day in the Lake District

just got back from a weekend in the lake district. Regional day with the quilters guild in Braithwaite followed by a workshop day at just sew in penrith and a day walking in the spring sunshine around ambleside and grassmere, yes we really did see a host of golden daffodils!