What a star she is. I haven't discovered the blogs yet, that sounds like another adventure- I could be gone a while

Anne you need a big badge and stick it on your forehead then I won't miss you. I'm going thursday and will gladly meet up for a coffee, compare purchases and gossip. I'll email you my mobile no nearer the time if you like. I'm not stopping for the evening events but perhaps some of the other british forumers will be.

Anne what did your badge look like?

Rita, Bless that Lotti. She is one angel living among us!

Hi Rita - I can't wait to hear about the show! So sorry about your camera!! That is such a bummer!! Lotti is so wonderful (but we already knew that, didn't we)!

Nancy

Wendy, I am just back from IQFOI and I have been trying to catch up on all the posts on the forum and the member blogs. (There's a lot of reading there!). I will probably do a blog on it in a few days. I took so many photos on the first morning that I ran out of space on my memory chip so I decided to spend a couple of minutes deleting the blurred or bad ones. Because I was deleting so many my camera decided that I actually wanted to delete the lot so it kindly did it for me - and then the battery died! :shock: I had not brought a charger with me because usually the battery lasts for a few days. I guess deleting all those photos used up the battery quicker. I was devastated. But then along came a Knightess in shining armour (Lotti) and she gave me a memory stick with almost all the photos she took over the few days - isn't that just brilliant

Hi Kathy,
I made a TQS badge for last years Festival of Quilts ( the biggest show we have in the UK) but it was only about 1 1/2inches square maybe I need to make a bigger one and attach it to my bag.
I hope the weather is better with you in California, it has been pouring with rain here for two days, lots of flooding around the UK
Anne

Hi Wendy,
I love the malvern show but it's a long way from Woking in Surrey, my friends husband usually drives us but like all of us is getting older and it's too far now for a day trip but Malvern is one of the best shows.
I too like Chiford and maybe will make it to the Autumn show.
I hope you get to the FOQ, are you very far from it?
Anne

anne1 wrote:
Hi Anne, did you make a TQS badge? When I go to Road to California, a big show here in January, i wear one pinned to my shirt. It's a way to notice TQS folks. We have had a "meet and greet" too, maybe you all could set one up for that show! I agree, it's so nice to see people from the TQS family.

Kathy from California

Hi Anne, I've not been to the Sandown one but keep meaning to. Is it similar to Chilford? I love the setting of that one, it just feels so nice.

I managed Malvern this year there's a new 'wing' open with some of the display and traders but the marquee out the back is still there blowing away. I love FOQ but only manage a day, lucky you going for 2 days.

Hi everyone,
I haven't been to any shows yet this year, I've usually been to three by now, Ardingly, Chilford and Malvern so I am having withdrawal symptons, but on 22 June The National quilt Championships is being held at Sandown Park ,Surrey I can't wait. I usually take my friend who is in a wheelchair and meet up with other friends it's a great day.
It's not such a big show as it used to be but still very enjoyable.
I've been saving my pennies to spend there.
I love to see all the wonderful quilts and fabrics.
The big show will be The Festival of Quilts in August 2 days on my own to wander, try out all the latest machines look at all the latest gadgets etc; etc; and arrive back at the hotel exhausted but happy, and wondering where all the money went with so little to show for it.
Maybe I will see someone I recognise from the TQS family.
Happy quilting
Anne

Rita are you back from the show yet? I'm longing to hear about it and how your quilts got on.

I forgot to say, make sure that you mark the centres of your frame, providing you have those points accurately marked, and you put your centre of the fabric to them you should have no problems with lining things up.

Great idea Rosemary!

As an alternative style of frame, if you look at the one in the picture here [url]forum/the-quilt-shows-discussions-and-questions/5464-show-1010-then-birthday-party-now-mothers-day[/url] you will see that it is made from plastic tubing from B&Q and (approx) 1" x 1/2" side stretchers. You also need stick & sew velcro, the sticky part is put onto the tube, then you stitch the other half onto your backing fabric using large stitches, and it is really easy to put in the frame. It doesn't have such fine adjustment as using g-clamps at the corners, but it is very light to move about.

Thank you Lorchen I'll pm you my email.

I've got two lanky sons so I'll remember your tip though there is no way I could drag them along to anything evenly vaguely quilty I'm amazed the little quilter didn't run.

Last year I took a friend I hadn't met from a chicken forum to Stonleigh Poultry Show. Her husband was very suspicious as we drove off. He'd have been even more so if he'd known I discovered I'd left my purse at home and she had to pay :shock: I wonder if she told him