Thanks, Margo, I must have missed the bottom on that page as I remember reading some of the threads above Lorchen's comments. I am glad that everything worked out for her. Judy in AZ

jbtaz36 wrote:
Judy....it's all on page one of this thread....

I must have missed this. What happened to Lorchen's quilts? Judy in AZ

Oh, Lorchen! That makes my heart stop!! Thank goodness your quilts are OK! You need to make a special label for each quilt telling the tale!

OMG Lorchen, a quilter's worst nightmare. You are very gracious and I'm glad you were able to enjoy the seminar and dinner. AND I'm SO glad you got your quilts back.

Lorchen

I'm sorry to hear about your lost quilts,yeah that had to be abit stressful. I'm happy to hear Ricky took good care of you through this. "I'm very happy that the quilts showed up". These things happen like lost luggage at the airport. I'm glad you had a great time considering this miss fortune.
Hugzzz,Kathy

Well - I am glad that Hannelores quilts were found! this happened to a quilt from Norwich last year - and was one of the reasons that I posted my quilt this year (plus the fact that I didnt want to drive to Thetford this year!) will you enter it next year???

I have some news but I have to check it out first - it has to do with Welsh quilts!!

I made a point of going up to Ricky (afraid that I did not mention TQS) to ask what he felt the differences between the big US shows and FOQ were: his answer (well the gist, not his words):
1. US major shows are juried whereas this is all comers
2. prize structure very much different in US than in UK
3. When asked , he said that US and UK quilts similar in standard, colours, humour, inventiveness etc. Felt that shows in say, Germany, Russia and Japan had much different types of quilts. Very thoughtful answer. I liked his quilts and he was good at telling those around how he had made them.

The interesting thing was that this quilt show now attracts a lot of people from outside the UK. The mix of languages had to be heard to be believed. And all interested in the same thing - quilts.

Only three large wholecloth quilts - but Lilian has said that there will be a special showing of these at Harrogate so perhaps will have to go to that one (for the first time)

Some were speculating that Alex will be invited to come over next year?? Hope so!!

Pippa

Oh Lorchen Thank goodness they found your quilts. It sounds like you handled the situation very peacefully and kindly. Sorry your quilts didn't get seen but maybe next year. I'm glad you had such a good time at the show in spite of the worries.
Karen

Sorry, girls, there was nothing I could do about it. When I arrived in Birmingham I found out that my three quilts were not there. After talking to the organizers we worked out that they had gone missing after I had dropped them off in person at the designated depot in the the North of England on time. They never arrived in Birmingham. The next couple of days were pretty stressful. I tried to do all the things I had planned to do (hugging Ricky was a priority) and also stay in touch with the organizers constantly. They were just as worried as I was and did everything they could. By Friday afternoon the quilts were found somewhere in the Depot in Leeds. They were then brought to Birmingham by special courier to the quilt show. As I was sitting with friends waiting for Ricky's evening to start I found out they they had arrived and were undamaged. The show organizers offered to hang them for the last two days of the show as a special exibit with an official apology. I told them that I didn't want this to become a 'big thing'. Mistakes do happen. It was just most unfortunately it had to be my quilts - and all three, even though they were in separate boxes (one quilt of another quilter had also gone missing from the same depot, and found together with mine). There had been enough 'Chinese Whispers' about what had happened, at the show and on the internet, and a lot of it very negative and not true. The show organizers will refund all my expenses, and I can enter the three quilts next year (if I want to) at no cost to myself. I must admit that the first two days were a nightmare, but I have nothing but respect for the way the situation was handled. And my friends and I enjoyed free wine during Ricky's wonderfully entertaining evening, curtesy of the show management. I bet in a couple of years I will not remember much about the quilts that went missing, but a lot about meeting Ricky. Ali is soooooo right. We nearly kept him. Despite all the vendors I only bought two pieces of fabric, one bright and one dark. I'll let you have one guess who dyed them.

Lorchen

It's a long story, I will leave it to Lorchen to tell, but you weren't imagining it, the quilt wasn't there.

I looked for Lorchen's quilt as well - definitely walked the right row but didn't see it -

I have just returned from the Festival of Quilts- - Lorchen/Hannelore were was your quilt??Was it not finished in time? I could not wait in front of it!!!so did not meet you--

Stayed all four days and am exhausted and footsore - got to talk to Ricky (more later)- catch up on news(more later) and man the stands - Quilt Study group, Traditional Quilts group and help out with Karins stall selling books. Met lots of people!! it is the biggest quilt show in Europe and there were so many nationalities there. More later...

Pippa

I'm just loving being transported to Birmingham this weekend!

I've got bad news for Ricky, there are no more flights back to the US, EVER! We're keeping him LOL. Last night I went to his concert and this afternoon I went to his Rhapsody lecture, words cannot describe how fantastic they both were. I feel truly inspired and I am so grateful Ricky could spare the time to come and see us in the UK. He is such a wonderfully warm and talented person and we are truly fortunate that he loves to share that with us. Thank you Ricky, from the bottom of my heart!