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Posted by Sally Swindells on August 21, 2007, 7:45 am
Patti wrote:
> Reporting in, after a day to recover!
>
> The show this year was outstanding. Mind you, some of the 'things'
> people call quilts were jaw-dropping!
> On the whole, though, there were a thousand or so terrific quilts in the
> Open classes; and several wonderful exhibitions of professional work. I
> thought I was spoilt for Visitor's Choice, until I saw 'that special'
> one. I could have gazed at it all day. There is a class for pictorial
> quilts and some of those were unbelievable in terms of the skill of
> those who made them. I loved them, but knew I could never aspire to
> that level of art.
> There was one I must pick out to tell you about, because I have 'never
> seen the like'. It was quite small - about 2' x 1' - and was a sort of
> wholecloth - creamy white lineny stuff (think painting canvas texture).
> Then, there was, as it were, a black pen and ink drawing, of a harbour
> full of boats with houses on the quayside, on the white background -
> except that it wasn't pen and ink, it was black machine quilting! You
> could hardly believe that someone could have so much control on her
> machine. Wow and wow!
>
> Sally (at the seaside + DH and DSIL), Joan (from Coventry) and I met up
> for coffee and a snack. It was lovely to meet Sally again, and Joan for
> the first time. Chat came thick and fast, but we had all agreed not to
> spend too long chatting, as Sally and Joan just had one day there. But,
> no doubt we will meet up again in the future. Joan had had a good idea
> - she e-mailed me her photo. It made recognition so very much easier -
> I recommend it to you first-timers. I would never have thought of it.
> Thanks Joan!
Yes it was a fabulous day and my feet/ankles have almost recovered! I
missed the black and white one Pat liked - just too many quilts to see
everything - can I go back for another look!
We did see Pat's lovely miniature Linen Press though - its so pretty.
I only took a few photos - too overwhelmed, and haven't had time to do
anything with them yet.
Its lovely to have meet ups - really enjoyed meeting Joan and seeing Pat
again. There was so much chat there was hardly time to eat and drink!
Altogether a very good, if exhausting, day out.
--
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
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