Sunday 1 March 2009

Home and Exhausted!



We arrived home about 9 o'clock last night after 4 busy, fun and exhausting days in Melbourne. I've done a lot of sleeping today ... have to be alert for tomorrow ... it's my first day back at work for the year.

The Quilt Convention was great. On Thursday we were on the door step at 10 am and nearly had to be kicked out when it closed at 4.30 pm. My purchases included some nice patterns and fabrics, a clover mini iron and the Thimblelady's book, DVD and thimble. Haven't had a chance to take any pictures yet. You will just have to be patient!
On Thursday, we met up with Sheryl from My Upstairs Sewing Room and her sister-in-law. They were lovely and it was nice to meet in person.
On Saturday, it was like a Tassie bloggers reunion. Cathy, Sarah, Jo, Helen, Leanne, Kathy and myself along with Gail, all blocked the aisle for quite a while! I'm sure there will be a photo on one of the other girls blogs.
There were lots of lovely quilts on display. My favourites were those of Brigitte Giblin. I have admired her work in magazines for a long time so it was exciting to see her quilts up close.
These are the details of the quilt in the following photos.

















Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I will try and reply to you all soon.

18 comments:

  1. Glad you had such a nice time . That quilt is amazing !
    clares craftroom

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  2. Sounds like you had a fantastic time. I can't wait to see more pictures. That quilt is absolutely fabulous. A lot of time and effort went into that one.

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  3. Welcome back home, you did a great job in that quilt, fabolous!!

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  4. I am sure you had some wonderful days. And this quilt is amazing beautiful.

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  5. that quilt is really neat - does it have a name or is it "just" a sampler quilt in the persons own style?
    Karen
    http://karensquilting.com/blog/

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  6. It sounds as though you had a fabulous time.
    I'm so jealous that you get to meet Gail Pan who is my favourite Aussie designer.

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  7. That quilt is beautiful. It sounds like a wonderful time was had by all. I will be patient and wait for more pictures.

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  8. Glad you had fun at the quilt show. That is quite a quilt you have pictured! Wow. If that quilt took second prize in 1995, I wonder what took first place?

    Happy quilting,
    Susan
    http://www.susanintexas.blogspot.com
    gentle_poster@charter.net

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  9. How fun for you....four days of convention. I am envious. sounds like you had an awesome time. I love the quilt you displayed.

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  10. Hi Christine, Brigitte Giblin's quilts were lovely, it was interesting to see them up close, your photos are great, she has been an inspiration to me over the years as well....
    It was lovely to meet you in person and your sister, this blogging world is amazing.

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  11. What a glorious quilt that is!! Super photos.

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  12. Thanks for sharing your weekend. Hope work was fun today.

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  13. Hi Christine,I had a quick visit to the convention and felt the same as you did with Brigitte's work.I loved the fabrics.Regards Lyn

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  14. what a gorgeous quilt. I can't begin to imagine the amount of work that would have gone into that

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  15. Holy Cow Christine -- that quilt is gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  16. It looks like you had a wonderful time, Christine! I see why you admire Brigitte's quilts - they are fantastic - and hand quilted!
    Cheers

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  17. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for this amazing quilt..It would take years to do that!
    hugs

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  18. It sounds like you had a wonderful time there! The quilt is so beautiful, so much love for details, so fine!

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Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate your thoughts.

Christine