News since the last posting.

Kia-ora I have been very remiss in not posting here --shall try and do better --lol-- First I entered the Quilt Rambling Rose at my Club--[Guild] Exhibition in September 2010 and recieved a Merit for handquilting-- there were only two awards for each catergory  and we ave some wonderful handquilters in our Club so I was well pleased .

I have also been handquilting a simular colour quilt to enter in our NZ Symposium Exhibition--- April 2011-- this is a juried exhibition and I was very thrilled to have Working the Angles  accepted --This quilt is also handquilted  It did not win any awards but is a real honour to have had it hanging amongst 299 other top NZ Quilts.The two quilts have been made for our bedroom .

Symposium this year was in Queenstown and my friend from Florida came with me --we did have fun 5 days of stitching meeting friends shopping-- late nights lots of Cafe' visits--Mc Cafe' being a favourite.

We took two classes together and each did a different two day class-Irene doing a dyeing class with NZ tutor Shirley Goodwin --while I was in class with Barbara Weeks UK --- Felting--Silk painting and putting the two together into a wall quilt--
I am still working on this piece --here is a picture of the felt ready to be felted--watch this space for the finished piece

Next class was with Allie Snow  from NZ--this class was all handwork -working on small samples using one shape -- a work in progress---

The other class was again with Barbara Weeks UK---Fragmented Landscape  --using a kit supplied by Barbara --all different types of  silk and handdyed by her--- a great class and a great Tutor  below the finished piece  called  'Rock Strata' taken from the right hand side  section of the photo next to it--The piece is all handstitched