I got there well before opening time....... but so did everbody else!!! I have never ever seen such a long queue to gain entry in all my years of visiting the show. The queue went right from the entrance at Hall 7 to the end of the exhibition centre at Hall 12 before the doors opened, and the horrific length of the queue was the sole topic of conversation that I heard whilst waiting to go in. Despite everyone's fears however, once the queue started moving, it moved quickly and when inside we all seemed to disperse enough to be able to get good views of the quilts and to shop without too much pushing and shoving.
So, if you are not able to go in person, here is my little take on the highlights of the show.
First there was the quirky... a patchwork cat from Nel Whatmore's new Cat-Club
some English Paper Piecing.....
which is just a close up of this full size quilt !!!! -
There was the traditional.....
the modern.....
the humorous take on the Olympics....
a close up of a small part of a romantic.....
a clever combination of piecing and texture....
another miniature (I wish I had hands nimble enough to do this)....
and finally a couple more of my favourites......
There seemed to be fewer mixed media quilts this year (I always love the paper ones) and I didn't see any journal quilts, but I know there was a bit I didn't get to because it was nearly closing and I was just too tired, so maybe I just didn't see them.
Oh, there is one final picture to show you.... the stash that I bought! I couldn't find everything on my list, but I did pretty well.
I got my Sketch, my Summersville (see those cute houses and flowers just waiting to have some random embroidery added) and a bundle of Klona solids all from Backstitch on Stand G6. I got one of the Jelly rolls I wanted (not on my list, but I knew I wanted it as soon as I saw it!!!) I got some Liberty Tana lawns, and I pre-ordered some of the Liberty Lifestyle (Fabrics Galore, Stand A28 actually had it in stock, but I only found that afterwards). I also got a chalk pouncer for marking designs - I've never used one before so I thought I'd give it a go. I was also very tempted by a Sewezi table - a smallish portable table on which your sewing machine sits flush with the table top.
My machine just has to sit on an ordinary table at the moment, and it does cause problems when I'm quilting a large quilt, as it keeps getting caugth on the machine.
Has anyone got one of these tables? Are they any good, or are they too small? I would really love to know what you think.
If you are going to the show, have a wonderful time.
Julie
Looks like there was lots of eye candy there! Love that photographic looking quilt! Looks like you did quite well in the shopping department:)
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm pretty good at shopping!
ReplyDeleteHi Julie - thanks for stopping by my blog. I'm your newest follower too! I AM SO GLAD You got a photo of that paper-pieced quilt, isn't it amazing?? I can't imagine how much time and effort went into that. I could have stared at it for hours. I hunted everywhere for a good stack of Kona Solids, but no luck (boo) - glad you got some too, looking forward to seeing what they become :) xx
ReplyDeleteHa! That stack of Kona solids is sooooo nice, just as it is, all stacked up with a thread round it, I doubt I'll ever want to open it! I keep lifting the corners and looking at the colours, and imagining projects, but I can't bring myself to dismantle it yet.
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