Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Where do I start …..

• Thank you to my wonderful friends and students who came to my open studio events. Especially Jane for her lovely gift and Geraldine who bought a very impressive and delicious cake. Thank you for buying art, fabric, jigsaws and books and for raising £63 for The Trussell Trust. And a very big thank you to Sharon who has found a home for those old quilts that would otherwise be heading for the recycling centre.

• Thank you to all the artists who volunteered to demonstrate and help in the Creative Textile Studio at Festival of Quilts. Hazel, Terry and myself really do appreciate the amount of time and cost that you spend to support the Studio. Couldn’t do it without you!

• Thank you to everyone who visited the Creative Textile Studio. I absolutely love introducing so many people to breakdown printing! Great questions, great comments. And thank you for buying my books and fabric from the sales table …. none of us get paid to set up the Studio or to work in the Studio so sales are always welcome.

• Thank you to the quilt judges who awarded Shoreline l (above) 2nd prize in the Art category. Shoreline ll was shortlisted for the awards. Such a positive response to new work is very empowering. I wasn’t sure if the muted colour palette would work but now my head is full of ideas on how to take the series forward.

Phew, it’s been a full on couple of weeks! In other news … we lost our buyer but within a week we had had 4 viewings and 3 offers so the big house move is back on! We’re not going to do any packing for a while which means that I have lots of free time to work in the studio. Time to get some ideas out of my head and onto fabric. Happy days!