Festival of Quilts

Where to start? The long-awaited Festival of Quilts was the usual mixture of visual overload, gabfest, and spending spree. For me the highlight was Dorothy Caldwell's exhibition, and her class, which I'll write about later.

Wandering around the rows of quilts, I came across someone photographing my "And Flowers Almost Poems" -But I forgot to get a photo of "Rainstorms".

Of course, people were intent on photographing everything everywhere:Some impressions of the overall show:The bag tombola raised £4800 for the St Anthony's Hall, new home of the Quilters' Guild, and that's a small part of the button-up quilt that went right round the large eating and seating area -
And didn't the CQ stand look good, with some of this year's journal quilts, and a few of the Thin Blue Line pieces -
Di Goodison, president of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles, was obviously impressed -Part of the fun, of course, is the people watching - especially the patched and quilted bags they're carrying. And they're certainly very willing to tell you about them - this one was made while travelling - she had some threads along, so she bought a piece of batik fabric and, essentially, followed the lines - isn't it glorious! Even the rubbish bins seemed to be a quilt in the making -