12/06/2009 by Anna.

Myself and Erica met Liz on Wednesday for coffee, she was on a quick tour of England and her home in Portugal. At the moment living in India, (we can call ourselves an international group.) It was great to see her looking so well, she left us with a sewing challenge, bowls that fit into each other which we will get our teeth in to as a group workshop.Later in the evening we met Mary at her place and at last have set ourselves another challenge to produce a finished piece of work by september with the view to show at our next exhibition in Feb 2011.So my summer looks busy with my C&G work, Loosethreads and the transatlantic challenge that I have entered with Christine Porter. I have also started teaching a new garment making class which has got me making clothes again, sitting hear writing in my new shirt that my neighbour picked up the fabric from a charity shop for 50p.  She is going to be green when she sees it, funny that the title of the transatlantic challenge.  Going Green.

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06/06/2009 by Erica.

I have been quiet lately because I have not done much sewing - family life takes over sometimes as does the admin of sewing - I seem to have spent a lot of time at committee meetings for quilting groups!  I have done some spending though, including a new (to me) kind of wadding - half cotton, half wool.  I got it from the Cotton Patch, who brand it, but not sure where it is produced ie which country.  I love wool wadding for all kinds of quilting but it is expensive, especially with the current exchange rate.  With raw wool prices so low in this country I have never quite understood why we cannot produce it here, although there may be an issue with the breeds farmer use here.  Anyway, I hope to layer up a curved log cabin quilt in the next few days so I will report back on how it performs.

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