Archie The Wonder Dog

As promised I'm back to show you what I bought at the show - I think I was quite restrained but that was mainly because I didn't see lots and lots that tempted me so it was very easy to stick to my budget.  One stall had a lovely range of fabrics but they were all in half metre lengths and whilst I may have bought a couple of fat quarters of ones I liked I didn't want half a metre of it - I like to get a variety of fabrics with my 'show budget'!  I'm sure they would have cut me a long quarter if I'd asked but the cutting table was very busy and time was getting short.  The other thing I noticed (and I'd be interested to find out whether other people that went felt the same) is that a lot of the stalls seemed to be offering the same fabrics and weren't very 'me'.  I went looking for stripes and dots (with permission to buy a fat quarter or two of owl fabric if I saw some) and I really struggled to find what I wanted.  It was lovely to walk rou...

I had a lovely time at the quilt show in Harrogate on Sunday (and even saw Katy from I'm a ginger monkey but didn't say hello...sorry about that and "Hello, Katy, lovely to meet you!") but before I tell you about it I'll just make a couple of mentions... Judith at Rags to Bags is holding a giveaway for  River Fabrics and you could win ten fat quarters of Momo Freebird and what's more you get to choose which two bundles of five you would like (choose from brown, green or blue/orange colourways) so please pop over and leave a comment by Friday 9th September - good luck! I'm a few days late but Rebecca has posted her weekly update on her Tumbling Blocks Challenge - she's had a tough week (one of her beloved Teacup Yorkies has gone missing) so she hasn't quite hit her target for this week but if you could pop over and encourage her I know she'll appreciate it. Right, back to the quilt show!  I'm assuming that this notice... .....

On Sunday I'm going to the Great Northern Quilt Show in Harrogate, I can't wait and I already have my shopping list written!  Last year was my first visit there and I also entered a quilt into the show (another first!).  I was persuaded to enter by the teacher at my regular sewing class* and after lots of self-doubt (I soon realised that if everyone thought that then there would be no show!) I pulled myself together and sent off the form. * (After being off for a few years and sewing at home by myself I decided going to a class would be 'good for me' and I'm so glad there was a place free in the Friday morning class - it's wonderfully chatty and friendly...lots of chat and very little sewing/knitting/crochet, like a coffee morning with fabric, thread and yarn!  In fact, we're well-known amongst the other classes for being 'noisy'!)    I really didn't expect to like having a quilt in the show (I worried it would stand out like a sore thumb an...