2003: A Year of Big
Decisions
The year 2002 had passed in a blur with the promise that 2003 would be no easier. I had made the decision to finish my work contract and move to India – an opportunity of a life-time. I needed time to think about how I was going to approach this in terms of my quilting life and as I had just purchased my new Bernina (my reward for finishing uni), I also had a stack of UFO’s needing some attention.
The year 2002 had passed in a blur with the promise that 2003 would be no easier. I had made the decision to finish my work contract and move to India – an opportunity of a life-time. I needed time to think about how I was going to approach this in terms of my quilting life and as I had just purchased my new Bernina (my reward for finishing uni), I also had a stack of UFO’s needing some attention.
I
made my decision fairly quickly – take only minimal “supplies” to India, go
with an open mind and explore what’s available there. Then began a mad panic to machine quilt up
pre-prepared tops and baste any others as I went. All this whilst packing our
household into storage for safe keeping.
I gave myself 12 months to plan, prepare and pack.
Even
so, there was time for a few little extras:
Felting Workshop with Tjenka Murray
Feb 2003
Despite
all this activity, I did manage a weekend stay out in the Bathurst area to
attend a felting workshop with Tjenka Murray (Feb 2003). The Randwick girls were keen to try this
increasingly popular craft and had fallen for nuno felting. We had a wonderful day with our hands in soap
& water, kneading and pummelling bits of colourful wool fibre – trying to
make it look respectable!
Well,
I think it was worth a try but found I wasn’t that enthusiastic. Back to quilting then and onwards with my
mission to finish as many UFO's as I could.
Bondi Evening Group
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| Alison's Farewell Quilt - Keeping a Japanese Theme |
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| The Bondi Evening Group says farewell |
Our
friendly Bondi Evening Embroidery Group sent in some items for an exhibition at the Guild
HQ, including the quilt we had made in 2002 (wools & wagga). I sent along my “Exploring Old Kyoto” and the
Hussief.
Sadly
for us though, Alison was also on the move.
So we had a little bash, right on Christmas… Naturally, we gifted her a quilt. It was made using Japanese fabrics and blocks of sashiko stitched medallions. I have no details for this group quilt only a pre-digital photo.
