I got home late last night to find a package of HSTs in my mailbox! Woo hoo I haven't had a chance to go through them all yet, but I can say for sure that it's better than Christmas! There is a big variety of colors and gobs of different tastes in fabric - I think it's going to make one spectacular quilt!!! As I looked through the fabrics, I thought Edyta was soooo right about the different ones being the jewels. In this case, I think my quilt is going to be filled with jewels; jewels in more ways than one. THANK YOU SOTTs, and especially to Debbie and Clara, SOOOOO MUCH for putting this together and for all the hard work that was put into the sorting. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!

Currently they are in Hampton Court Palace. I left just as they moved there from 25 Princes Gate, South Kensington - which overlooked Hyde Park, one of the major parks in London, of which there are many; and was just up the road from the Victoria & Albert, Natural History & The Science Museums, and The Royal Albert Hall, one of our main concert halls in London. The whole area was developed to be seats of scientific and artistic endeavourand also includes the Imperial College, one of the top London universities. It was also close to Knightsbridge & Harrods - we used to refer to Harrods as the 'corner shop' and whenever anyone had a birthday, a couple of us would take money & orders and go to Harrods to buy Danish pastries for afternoon tea.

http://www.royal-needlework.org.uk should take you there, but it is being a nusiance to me at the moment.

Also - '1876 - In 1876, the Royal School of Needlework exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The excitement the school's presence generated there was so great for American needlewomen that it helped to establish the first New York Society of Decorative Arts ...'

Gee!Rosemary ! Just watched Sunday Morning on CBS....wonderful segment on Royal School of Needlework...
What a place!

Spending entirely too much time on this computer, apparently!!

I need to get in the sewing room and get it all straightened up in preparation for the arrival of my HSTs!! I've already cut the fabric that I'll use with them, and have made some pinwheels for the borders with my HSTs from the Batiks-R-Us exchange. I'm also exchanging HSTs with my local small group, so I'm going to be able to make a large quilt!

Rosemary;

I just watched the same program. Impressive school. Neat! Beautiful work they do, i.e. did at the School! Glad you wised up & came over to quilting though! Hee. .hee....

Patiently waiting in Bluffton, SC
p.s. Margo, now I am listening to National Public Radio and getting ready to do some organizing in my quilting room & imagining the HST’s. How about you?
Barbara

Yep, The Royal School of Needlework is a place of pure distilled embroidery techniques and also amazing designs these days, (personally I think they hit a bit of the doldrums on the design side during the 1980's and early 1990's, but these days it is all fantastic) You can now do a degree course there. I remember when I was training (84-86) we were discussing about universities doing a degree course in embroidery where the students didn't even have to thread a needle and make anything to pass the course and all the apprentices' were disgusted with the idea, that we would finish with a 'lesser' qualification but far greater skills and hands on knowledge of the subject.

Hey Rosemary! I just watched a fascinating article on the CBS Sunday Morning TV show about the Royal School of Needlework!! Amazing....and of course, I was thinking of you!!

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Finally g ot there!!! Yea!!!

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I LOVE IT Lotti!!! I have told Scamp he's famous now - I don't think he understood....
If you have pictures like that on your door, all your visitors must come in with a smile on their face

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Great to hear!!! I can't wait to see you and your quilts .

I'm working on it! I've taken photos of some of my quilts and need to have my husband take a current photo of me so I can download/upload? everything at one time. Slow and steady wins the race with me. I'll get it done within the next week! Thanx for the reminder, Debbie.

sforster395 wrote:

Shirley, you do need to upload your profile picture soon now that your signature is done! You are so active on the Forum that it would be great to be able to put a face to all of your wonderful posts. Pleeeeaaaasssse ......