Festival of Quilts 2018

It's that time of year again...to travel up to Birmingham, to be amazed how big the NEC is, to be awed by other people's quilting skills, to buy fabric that will sit waiting for years...yes this weekend was the Festival of Quilts.

Just a one day visit, but plenty of time to spend at the NEC due to an early train and stopping overnight in the city. No classes or lectures booked so a hope of being able to see everything (not achieved) and a shopping list to avoid impulse buys (emphatically not achieved, however, in my defence, some of the things I bought should have been on the list as I had been looking for them).

Anyway enough waffle on with a tiny selection of the quilts (in no particular order)...

My Favourite Things - Katy Whitby Last

Overall Winner

Lost in Translation II - Mary Palmer

La Flor y Nata del Patchwork - Retorno Al Paraìso

A panel from Ladies in Stitches - Mere Men

Toni's Love For The Doctor - Jennifer Strongman

A Medley So Strange - Pascal Michalski

What A Relief - Brenda McDonnell

Casino Vernier - Phillipa Tait

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Roz Rossitter

Close up of A Labour of Love! - Jenny Otto and Frances Meredith

I See You - Elita Sharpe

DE AQUI...EL CIELO - Carmen Santamaria

And last but not least the obligatory shot of my shopping...

We had a really good time as always and looking forward to going again in a year or two.