I had a free ticket to this show, didn't decide to go until the last minute.... wasn't really worth it, in truth, but I did see some amazing embroidery
it was nice to see the Cardigan for Cardigan though, knitted by people from (you guessed it) Cardigan...
it's touring the shows... I've seen it on (I think) Jozart's blog..
fabulous quilting on a Sea theme
and the Embroidery Guild (hope you can read this) had some stunning work on show.
just stunning... enlarge them, do!
this one in particular was amazing...
so was this
it was fairly crowded.. (people getting in my way, lol!)
these fabric dolls were fabulous..
should have noted the lady's name!
she was painting the faces on the stand, but didn't see any kits for sale (not that I'd have bought one)
nothing else very interesting...
did I come away empty handed? well. no.
I bought a metre of calico (for powertexing or some other mixed media purpose) and some lengths of rikrak.. I haven't photographed them!
outside the show but still inside the Excel I met some aliens!!
and a load of people signing in for tomorrow's London Marathon! (I'll be watching from my normal viewpoint of the sofa!)
Having only stayed an hour, and seen everything, I decided to head for - surprise surprise - Kew!
see
here for the pics!
