Back at last.... no I didn't stay in Adelaide all this time... mind you I could have, it is such a lovely city nothing like Melbourne or Sydney, much slower pace and a very relaxed air about it .....I think I could live there...
big statement coming from a country girl......hehe!
The
Beating Around the Bush convention was fabulous, the classes and teachers were so inspiring, the quality of the work was amazing, with around 400 women from all over the world it was a wonderful experience. The three girls I went with, Chris (fav SIL), Sharon(BFF) and Melissa (newBF)
all no bloggers...note to self will have to change that..... had a great time and throughly enjoyed their classes as well. Our accomodation was comfortable with Sharon and Melissa in one apartment and Chris and I in another, we had a couple of free days where we went shopping... always fun ......and we ate out most nights or ordered in pizza because we had homework.
Here is Melissa, Sharon and Chris out front of
Hetties Patch which is a lovely quilt shop five minutes from the city centre with lots and lots to see and buy as you can see by the bags we all left with, I will post the contents of my bag next time when I have more time.
This is the inside of the workbox that I started making, the class was just for the workbox and the little bits inside are another kit.... they include a needle book, a tape measure holder, thimble hoder, scissor tassel, thread holder, pin cushion and an emery cushion and yes they will probably take as long as the box to hold them I will post some pics of the outside next time....
This is a bad photo of the 'Rosamund Crewel bag' , the second two day class I did with Carolyn Pearce, it was much nicer than it looks in this pic, a very pretty bag and the crewel embroidery on it is so beautiful I was so pleased I chose this class..... again I will try to post some better pics and some of the one day class I did on the Sunday next post.... well it is a perfect day outside for a Saturday and we are heading down to our boat for the night so I will catch up with you all next week, happy sewing everyone....
See the lovely tweedy texture...love it....
these gorgeous fabrics are going to be made into a couch companion
This fabric is for a border on a wool embroidered blanket that was n the cover of the new book from Country Bumpkin - More Beautiful Embroidered Blankets
and this was a second choice of fabric for the same project.......
