July?

 Well now where did June go? It disappeared in a wave of work, a trip to Armidale, a couple of trips to Coolah and the best part a trip to Sydney.

Work- still there, it has slowed a bit for me as there is a new girl working in Gunnedah, it was just me for a while.

Armidale - I took 3 quilts to Jackson to quilt, they are done and should be home soon.

Coolah- there was the normal Monday and then a workshop making a cute spotted duffle bag. Catherine quilted the fabric before the workshop and because the dots on the fabric weren't straight she quilted circles, I love it there were a few swear words when we were sewing the bag ends on and the inner seam binding but it's done and has been used it's amazing how much it holds.

Sydney- I went for the Sydney craft show, this wasn't the one where Quilt NSW has their big show but it was great, not a lot of workshops but hey it was a weekend away and looking at all the pretty stuff. I stayed at Brad and Sophie's place at Campsie, a very nice unit with the deepest bathtub I have seen in a long time, you had to climb in for a shower, it has a half shower screen so it could get a bit dodgy getting out. I was driving to Homebush on Friday morning peak hour traffic and I was sandwiched in between 3 black police landcruisers and 3 unmarked cars so something was going down, I resisted the urge to follow them. The show organised a little train to take you from the car park, it finished at 4 and I walked out with a 16 kilo box at 4.05, luckily the man that sold me the Accuquilt walked out a few minutes later as I was walking across the park and carried my Accuquilt to my car.

I did 3 workshops at the show and I bought an Accuquilt, the first workshop was with Janome and we used a monster of an embroidery sewing machine, I think you would need a degree to use this machine to it's full potential, we made a notebook cover with free motion embroidery and a programmed design as well.

I also did a Sashiko workshop and a quick one on the Brother Scan n Cut. 

We went to Sweet Belem cakes on Saturday oh my they are beautiful, then off to the Bonsai shop KMart Miranda and Sushi Train Cronulla for dinner and then a game of pool and a couple of beers at Kingsgrove Park Hotel. I had a great time away and I came back refreshed a bit stiff after driving for 5 1/2 hours but what the hey.

Will I do it all again in September for the Rosehill show? I'm not sure, we'll see.