An excellent action packed flying visit to Leeds, the grandchildren are lovely as always, the little one likes sitting in boxes and the elder was thrilled with the 'dress up shoes' I passed onto her - I'll never walk in heels again!! We saw lots of friends we hadn't seen for a while, great visit to the Yorkshire sculpture Park, an inspirational quilting experience, we helped my son move house - my house is watertight and looking grand, - all finished off with a fantastic party in the barn!!
I had to give up precious time to go to Leeds - never a chore but always too busy for comfort - to sort out some family and house issues (to my relief the new windows went in well and look great), the family were all busy and seemingly well - and its always lovely to catch up with friends and we were able to sit in a garden most evenings which was a real treat! We went to a fabulous party at a friends barn last and were royally entertained by Holy Moly and the Crackers - brilliant band - really good fun and impossible not to dance to, and then lots of other good tunes and interesting people to chat, drink and dance with!... and yes we were a little fragile the next day - a week of imbibing wine eating naughty food (there was some divine cake at the party) but all worth while.
I was lucky to visit a friend in Leeds who has been doing the most amazing quilting - I didn't take any photographs - I wish I had as they were just so beautiful. She has the most amazing fabric stash - lots of it inherited from her mum who printed her own designs and then quite a lot of fantastic printed fabric done by my friend. The various quilted pieces are just lovely and very contemporary any way but the really distinctive individual fabric just adds another dimension to the work - I was sooooooooo inspired that as soon as I get my show pieces out of the way I cant wait to do some quilting and also some fabric dyeing and printing.
My friend is doing a city and guild course and I cant help thinking that that is more what I would have been suited to - she has learnt so many many printing, collage, fabric manipulation and surface pattern techniques over the last year I can only look on with envy - her course is exactly what I had hoped mine would be.
The first part of my course has finished and I now graduate with a Foundation Degree - I'm still undecided what to do next year - the third year on this course to gain honours does not appeal to me in any way, and I'm still waiting to hear about alternative options. In the meantime I have to hang my show tomorrow and sadly I'm still not sure what to put in. All will be revealed in the next post!
I had to give up precious time to go to Leeds - never a chore but always too busy for comfort - to sort out some family and house issues (to my relief the new windows went in well and look great), the family were all busy and seemingly well - and its always lovely to catch up with friends and we were able to sit in a garden most evenings which was a real treat! We went to a fabulous party at a friends barn last and were royally entertained by Holy Moly and the Crackers - brilliant band - really good fun and impossible not to dance to, and then lots of other good tunes and interesting people to chat, drink and dance with!... and yes we were a little fragile the next day - a week of imbibing wine eating naughty food (there was some divine cake at the party) but all worth while.
I was lucky to visit a friend in Leeds who has been doing the most amazing quilting - I didn't take any photographs - I wish I had as they were just so beautiful. She has the most amazing fabric stash - lots of it inherited from her mum who printed her own designs and then quite a lot of fantastic printed fabric done by my friend. The various quilted pieces are just lovely and very contemporary any way but the really distinctive individual fabric just adds another dimension to the work - I was sooooooooo inspired that as soon as I get my show pieces out of the way I cant wait to do some quilting and also some fabric dyeing and printing.
My friend is doing a city and guild course and I cant help thinking that that is more what I would have been suited to - she has learnt so many many printing, collage, fabric manipulation and surface pattern techniques over the last year I can only look on with envy - her course is exactly what I had hoped mine would be.
The first part of my course has finished and I now graduate with a Foundation Degree - I'm still undecided what to do next year - the third year on this course to gain honours does not appeal to me in any way, and I'm still waiting to hear about alternative options. In the meantime I have to hang my show tomorrow and sadly I'm still not sure what to put in. All will be revealed in the next post!
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