North of the Yarra Quilters Guild Exhibition 2011

If I have a moment to spare, I am hoping to zip along to the North of the Yarra Quilters Exhibition on Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th October. Open from 10am to 4pm at the Eltham Community Centre - 801 Main Rd, Eltham, Melways Ref: 21 J6.

I keep an eye on their blog and there always seems to be something interesting posted. On my to-do list is to complete a quilt that is "show worthy", preferably one of my own design. Until then I will lurk around quilt shows and dream of achieving that goal when I get a little time to indulge in sewing.

So if you are not up to anything on the weekend, head on over!

The Golden Age of Couture

A few months back Emily and I undertook a pilgrimage to Bendigo to see The Golden Age of Couture exhibition that had come out from London. And what an exhibition it was, magnificent!


On Saturday it was my birthday and my lovely husband managed to get a hold of the book that went with the exhibition, but not the soft copy version, the hard copy version.

As I flip through the pages I am reminded that at one point in my life I wanted to chuck in my teaching degree and transfer into fashion at RMIT. I certainly would have traveled a very different road if I had transfered, and perhaps I would not be having as much fun now re-discovering my craftiness if I had been entrenched in an industry such as fashion.