Oh dear, it has been a long time
since I posted anything – no excuses – I’ve been on a very relaxing, warm,
self-indulgent holiday. I came home on
Wednesday evening and now it’s time to get down to work again.
I’d barely had time to unpack and
get the washing on when I was off to Friday Felters @ Frodsham. We will be hosting a visit from Wingham Wool
on Saturday, 6th April and we decided to make a bunting banner to decorate
the hall we’ll be using. Each of us
made a rectangular piece of brightly coloured felt with a letter on it and a
piece of felt rope which we intend to join up so that we can spell ‘Friday
Felters @ Frodsham’. At the end of the
morning we had finished the individual letters and the rope was well on its way
to completion as you can see from my photo.
I forgot to mention that, before
we went away, I’d bought a spinning wheel on Ebay and, as it needed to be
collected from a village near York, we spent a couple of days there. On our last morning we visited the Quilt
Museum there. What a brilliant place –
the quilts were stunning – some very old and a couple of exhibitions of
contemporary work. It was well worth a
visit and I’d certainly go again – I came away feeling awed and inspired to get
quilting again– I need more time!
As for the spinning wheel, it is,
for the moment, residing in my lounge.
The couple we bought it from kindly gave me a bag full of raw fleece –
it had been cleaned so I have been picking it over prior to carding it. I have had a little go at spinning it and,
although I’m anything but proficient, the results are very promising. I’ll need lots of practice though.
Immediately before I jetted off,
Liz and I were at a very successful Craft Fair in Formby. As well as some cards and a couple of
sketchbooks, I sold the lovely nuno scarf in rusty colours and my last ‘treasure
bag’. I need to get making some more ‘stuff’
before we go to the fair at the Old Police Station, Lark Lane, Liverpool, on 23rd
March. I’m quite looking forward to
that – the daffodils should be out in Sefton Park by then and I’m hoping that
we’ll get some photos of them on the way there.
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