Hi PosyP and peacock lovers,

Does the peacock visit you often Amoret? I agree about the colour, yummy.

PosyP, do you suffer from the same in East Yorkshire as we do in Lincolnshire - one decent shop in the whole county and that is on the Nottinghamshire borders? Mail order is very important in this county!

I had no idea that Britain had wild peacocks!

And you are right about that gorgeous blue!!

BethMI

Ahhhh! I thought it was a forum no no. Once you said it could be done....

The good news: You can post pictures directly into a thread.
The bad news: I have forgotten how to.

Lorchen

We keep having strange things to do with birds happen around here.

I've just put one of the pictures I took of him in the album. It's a shame we can't post direct into a thread. Now tell me you don't love that blue!!!

Amoret wrote:
Well, that's not something you read every day!

Hello Majack

nice to hear from someone closeby, I'm just over the Humber bridge in East Yorkshire so if you hear of any exhibitions &/or shops worth a visit I'd love to hear from you. As it is I am probably on your route to York for the Quilt Museum.

Rosemary

Hi Majack and welcome! Great to have another from the UK That retreat sounds lovely. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Ali, thumb is great now!! Becca's is down this way. A tiny loft shop crammed to the rafters!! Hanson's is having a sale :shock: and another fabric shop over Southampton way is sadly closing down and I can't get to it in time :shock: :shock:

I'm sat here at the moment trying to calm the dog down. We've just had a peacock land on the roof just outside my study.

Hello everyone,

Hope it is alright to join you now & again. I'm in Lincolnshire and about 18mths in to patchwork. I've almost completed my sampler quilt which I have done with Lynne of Wisteria Patchwork in Swinderby. I did it to learn lots of techniques, both patchwork & quilting. I also go to the patchwork retreats at an hotel in Grimsby as often as I can. Bliss - someone cooks, someone makes our beds and all we do is sew and chat from mid-day Friday to Sunday late afternoon!

I had a look at some of your work!Ooooh! Will I ever be able to do anything like that?

How's the thumb now Amo? It should get better now you've got the thorn out. Isn't Becca's Emporium somewhere down that way, or have I got my geography upside down? I think I need a trip down south, there are shops I've never been to :shock:

I looked and looked for the one in Blandford, just 7 miles away, to discover they are now closed TV shop! Bummer !!

Which workshops did you sign for? I'm doing the one on Saturday on Miniatures and one in September with Jenifer Trollope, the aquarium one.

Lorchen, we did a reccie of where it was a couple of weeks ago so I'd know where I was going and where to park etc and I must admit the reception was very warm and welcoming and I'm looking forward to next weekend, and a few more!!

Putting hand in the air and excitedly jumping up and down........

I've been to Pauline's in Weymouth too, and for a super weekend workshop, yeeeears ago. Right, Della!

Lorchen

Amoret wrote:
I've known Pauline for years and was in the shop today picking up some thread and while I was there signing up for a couple of workshops. And yes, I've been up to Hansons too. I love their selection of fabrics, and the bargains they tuck away at the back. Very useful for quilt backs and the like.

Do you remember Patchworkers' Paradise in Blandford? That's a shop I miss.

YAY!! I took the hard pad off my thumb last night and out popped another 2mm long piece of rose thorn and my thumb doesn't hurt any more!! Why are the little things so irritating! And I can't recommend Burn Eze enough for stopping the pain dead for the burns.

Slightly sunnier Dorset today but spending most if it over in Hampshire. I'm down at Pauline's on Saturday with a miniatures workshop. Nice shop down there. Have you been up here to Hanson's?