Made it home, over the river! It had dropped considerably and apart from a bit of a "sand dune" to climb, on our side, all was well. Our friendly next door neighbour Steve, has now swept most of that away with the grader. Thanks, Steve! Travel should be back to normal this week.
It's been a pretty hectic week shopwise, with several people choosing their fabrics and supplies for workshops coming up in March with Pauline Rogers. Pauline has been travelling through this area for many, many years and her schedule this year will be Barcaldine on Thursday 15th March (Cultural Centre), Aramac 16/17, Ilfracombe 19/20 and Isisford 21/22. I think she will be in Blackall as well, possibly on the 14th, but not absolutely sure, so check with your local patchwork group there.
SOME of the new fabrics made it on to the shelves, but NONE of the fabrics made it to my camera yet!! When I got the word that I could come home over the river, I think I bolted and didn't think about photos until I was half way home! As fast as I could get them out, more were delivered, so there are still about four boxes out the back and I haven't even had a sneak peek yet. I'm going to have to get an early start in the morning and see if I can make some headway. "Under the Australian Sun II" that I showed you last week, has been very popular already, and I've had orders from far afield for some of the Amy Butler range. Just amazing, what a photo on the blog can do!!
Further to the Red and White quilt exhibition that I spoke of last week and a discussion on Saturday afternoon with a few of the girls, a few of us have decided to participate. They won't be large quilts, probably about a metre square or thereabouts, and we thought that the Friday night of our first retreat could be devoted to this project. They could be a combination of several blocks or even the same block repeated, maybe something of your own design, but of course they must be red and white. (cream or ivory is allowed) Of course, they can be larger, but time probably limits most of us - they need to be finished by early April. If you're interested to know more, give me a call or pop into the shop for details. By participating in this excercise, we will be able to access all of the red and white quilts to mount our own exhibition at a later date. All monies raised at that time will go to Aged Care in the local area.
We've also been asked to put up a quilt display at the Village Green/Railway/Tree of Knowledge Memorial site on the 22nd April. This will be the starting point for the Angel Flight Trailblazer event and will also be part of a Jazz Festival being held at that time. A train load of jazz musicians are coming to town! More details on that as they come to hand.
The railway platform fence, although not very high, will be an ideal place to hang quilts. Easily managed, visible and a delightful area with the lawns and shady trees. What do you think about a few cushions to sell as well, with money going towards Angel Flight. Not our usual "Airing of the Quilts" numbers, I'm thinking somewhere between 30/40/50?? Please give me your thoughts and feedback on this as soon as possible, as there's not a lot of time. There's also another "secret project" in mind, as a part of this exhibition - more details on that later when we have bulldozed encouraged a certain person to our way of thinking!!
Speaking of retreats - the first one is only a couple of weeks away now, 2/3/4 March. If you wish to participate, please contact me from tomorrow onwards. Remember, only taking 20!
That's enough chat from me I think, but what's a blog post without a photo? These are some cute PJ's made for Bronte for her birthday back in January. The fabric is Pin Feathers - a tiny little pink bird on a wire, on a pale pink background.
Talk soon, Sandy.
Sandy, for the red and white exhibition...does it have to be a new project especially made for the exhibition? I will have to program your number into my phone so I can call you on speed dial tomorrow morning in my attempt to make the magic 20! Thanks again for the great blog, regards Kylie Angel
Posted by: Kylie Angel | February 20, 2012 at 09:00 PM