Finally, after waiting three long years, I made it to the quilt show in Bham. My sister Michelle, over from Boston, went with me. We looked at many mad and fantastic works - nice to see so many done by machine these days - in fact my sis thinks I should buy a long arm quilter! She's not really into quilts and sewing but was a very good sport about the whole thing - didn't grumble once in 6 hours! My love of all things primitive or with hearts on it made her decide that I must be Amish - my husband agrees and simply says "that explains it."
While there I got very close to Kaffe and Janet Bolton (actually telling her "I love your work" she smiled at me kindly).
I was very good and spent hardly a penny, we were there after all to see the quilts, AND I didn't even go near the book stalls!!!!
Before going on the train , we sat down for a coffee. Two women from Cornwall joined us. They are part of a group of 4 who meet at each others homes. They USED to belong to a formal group BUT....
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I now realise my huge spelling error and have fixed it!
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