I enjoy most needlecrafts, including cross stitch, embroidery, knitting, patchwork and quilting. I blog about whatever craft I'm working on right now, or about needlecraft topics that interest me, and hopefully others.
Since discovering Ravelry in May of last year, all of my
crafting attention, and leisure time, has been taken up with knitting. When I
started this blog, patchwork and quilting were my main focus. Here in Scotland,
in March and September there are national quilt shows at Ingliston, just
outside Edinburgh. March is the Spring Quilt Festival, and September is the
Scottish Quilt Championship. Although I only started attempting patchwork last
year, I’ve been fascinated by it for years, and have been regularly attending
both events for the past 4 or 5 years. When the September 2011 show was coming
up, although I was focused on knitting and had no inclination to get the sewing
machine out again, I still went along to get some quilting eye candy. I
thoroughly enjoyed the show – you can see my write up of the show in this previous post – but didn’t come back itching to get
going with the patchwork again. I was coming to the conclusion that perhaps
knitting was my ‘thing’, and that would be it for the other crafts I like.
So this year, when the spring quilt show came around, I
thought seriously whether it was worth travelling all that way to spend one of
my precious weekend days on something other than knitting. On the morning of
the show, I decided yes, I’d just go. It would be a shame to miss it. If I got
there early, I might just leave early, and get back to my beloved knitting in
the afternoon.
Wow, how wrong I was. The show was fantastic, and after getting there for the doors opening, I stayed until the show was closing! So many
beautiful quilts on display. I’ve come back feeling thoroughly inspired, and I
can’t wait to get back to my Sunshine and Shadow quilt that’s been languishing
since May last year. I’ve put photos of my favourite quilts up on my Flickr page so feel free to go and have a browse there. It was difficult to come up
with just one favourite from each exhibition, but here goes...
Now, I'm racing to get my Laminaria shawl and Sedum Jacket finished so I can get to work again on my Sunshine and Shadow quilt...and I'm already planning a few more!
