This week saw a friend and I make a glorious road trip across country to Fairfield Mills in Sedbergh to look at a very interesting textile exhibition. It was a great day out - the weather was very kind - eventually - the sun came out and the drive over was just glorious scenery with hills that looked like they were made out of velvet and ever changing skies going from dark and brooding to brazenly blue with scudding fluffy clouds. All the way there and back we were treated to natures own art show and once there we enjoyed some first class textile art. Sarah Waters was showing a collection of felted pieces... wonderful earthy colours - using nature for both inspiration and materials. The exhibits were really well presented and each piece had a story to tell - it was very difficult not to touch as all the pieces looked so tactile.... I just wanted to stroke then all or try and put my hand in the inviting curves.... The other exhibition was a collective of dif...