Monday 30 April 2007

Crazy about Quilting




Who would have thought....I have started making my first quilt. I accompanied cathi to a quilting workshop in Killarney a couple of weeks ago. The workshop was being run by Pat Sloan, a celebrity quilter from the states who was with a fantastic group of women who were on a trip called Sew many places ( I will do this links for these soon, as they are well worth checking out).I am now really inspired and with Cathi's great teaching skills ( she doesnt give out to me when I go wrong) I am well on my way to completing my firsy quilt. I have some photos of the quilt so far and hopefully at a later stage I will be able to get some photos of the Killarney event.Even though I have been so inspired to do this quilt I would never have started it if Cathi hadnt sat me down at her work desk and put that rotary cutter into my hand.....so a hugh big thanks to Cathi....a great quilter and an even better friend........

Terrible Blogger




I know this is terrible, I didnt leave the planet or anything I have been here and I have been knitting. I managed to finish the Debbie Bliss sweater which I love, the merino wool is so soft. I finished it on time for our trip to Barcelona ,but we missed the flight, to cut a sad story short we ended up going to Cobh in County Cork for a few days which wasnt so bad after all. and the weather was so miserable I got to wear my sweater!!.