Quilt weekend

Our guild held an area day on Saturday so I went to catch up with quilters from across South Wales. There were retail opportunities from a couple of LQS's, a bookseller and a quilter who'd 'down-sized' to a smaller property and needed to reduce her stash and help raise funds for the new quilt centre in York which will open in the summer. I managed to find some fabric to finish a half log cabin started at a Lynne Edwards workshop recently and a few brights and darks to pad out my scraps for the workshop with Katharine Guerrier on Sunday.

Sunday's workshop was a lot of fun, we all managed to make a couple of minor blunders but the laughter and yummy cake helped us through. Katharine was a very supportive teacher and encouraged us all the way. Of course it means another WIP to add to the pile. I had intended to be really good this year but I've only added to both my stash and the UFOs in waiting.

This Saturday we have a fabric shop coming to trade at our group meeting so I must be really, really good and NOT BUY ANY FABRIC!!!!! At the rate I'm going my dining room will disappear completely under the baskets of fabric, all waiting for the right project.

What have I done?

My 'shopping from stash' intentions have been sorely tested already. A bad day at work sent me online for a couple of jelly rolls - no projects in mind but I love getting stuff in the post. A workshop at my LQS saw me using up my blue scraps in half log cabin blocks. Very good, I thought until a browse at lunch time for 'extra' dark blues found me buying a length of fabric with cherries on. I am a fabricoholic and must try harder to resist temptation. Our guild area day is coming up on Saturday and I just know there'll be traders. Maybe I should just forget to take any cash.

I've signed up for the Spring Fling Round Robin as I'm trying to get more involved with other quilters. I've chosen my centre block and have dug out some fabrics but will have to wait until the weekend to start stitching. There are some great blocks completed already. Where do you all find the time?

I'm doing a workshop with Katharine Guerrier on Sunday. What a treat! An opportunity to use up more scraps. I think mine are breeding somewhere.........

When I work out how to upload from my new camera I'll share my latest quilts with you all.