I was lucky enough to be in Castlemaine for this wonderful
exhibition. Well actually it was well planned as I had enrolled in Threadbear’s
Appliqué School on Saturday 15 March. I
visited the exhibition after a full day of learning about the finer points of
appliqué from the wonderful Di Ford Hall and Margaret MacDonald and was so
overwhelmed by the number of quilts and the wonderful needle skills that I
managed to not take one photo! Just as well other bloggers had their wits about
them such as Hilda at Every Stitch who has some fantastic photos on her blog,
and Carole at Wheels on the Warrandyte Bus has lots of great photos including
close ups.
Made few purchases from Threadbear. Margaret MacDonald used a little bit of this
pink in her quilt Charlotte Louise, so when I spied that Threadbear had it, it
had to be purchased.
It also comes in blue.
Speaking of blue, I managed to purchase a few more blue and white fabrics from Threadbear to add some interest to my postage stamp quilt. Threadbear will cut a minimum of 10cm, which is great if you only want a little bit of a fabric.
I have seen these lights on various blogs but when I saw
them in action I had to have one, so portable and does not take up much space
but is very enlightening, just perfect for workshops.
Anothe useful purchase was these needle grabbers from Little House. I usually use a rubber a rubber finger pad that can be purchased from stationers, but these little things are far superior.
We returned home on Saturday after ten days away in Victoria, staying with friends who have a farm on the outskirts of Castlemaine. It is so peaceful with just the sound of the birds and the occasional moo. They have just purchased a beaut new tractor, very useful when hand feeding the cattle, it is so dry in Victoria.
These two babies were abandoned by their mothers. Two cows had twin calves and as they could only manage one calf the other calf was abandoned. It is lucky for these two who have been hand reared that they have each other for company.
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2 comments:
I saw Hilda's post about the exhibition and class, both looked amazing , how wonderful you could be there. Isn't it great Threadbear do a minimum cut of 10cm!!! Sometimes you just want little bits. Those little calves are very cute!!
Love your collection of blues - very restrained of you to only buy 10cm! I spy your Morrell quilt hanging in the sewing room - lovely backdrop! Victoria did look very dry driving through - a lot of extra feed needed. But those little calves look well cared for. All the best finishing the hand quilting:)
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