HELLO!
I've been home for 2 weeks!
It feels substantially longer.... but nope only two weeks.
My Trip to quilt market in Portland was great - overwhelming but great.
Lets go back to a few days before I left ....
Looking at the image below :( Ms 6.
It wasn't fractured - thank goodness - but a very bad sprain :(
I felt a bit bad leaving behind an injured child.
Anyway on the plane I hopped and 24hrs later arrived in Portland Oregon
a few funny incidents along the way
(only funny now)
One was getting a touch of Gastro :( and spending the first day in my hotel room unable to move - think pain agony & fever. I've never had anything like it.
The other involved my toilet being blocked (happened before I got there) and being handed a plunger by the front desk ..... I at that stage have never ever in my life used a plunger. I had to google it and text my husband. Which gave everyone (except me) great entertainment - even the guys on the front desk, especially when I had to go and tell them I had no idea what I was doing!? and it wasn't working......
between jet lag and my bug it took me a few days to get into it all.
Luckily I had a few people guiding me through and inviting me places - otherwise I would have been completely lost!
Thank you
Sarah :)
and heaps more!
It was great to meet so many people I had read about or chatted with or been instagram friends with
Like
Monica (lovely Monica Xx)
seriously this list could go forever!
anyway - usually on my travels I take a million photos.... Not this trip :(
a few snaps and thats it!
It just goes to show how unwell I felt.
Below are some of my favourites from Market
these are the few pictures I took
Carrie Bloomston from Such Designs
I LOVE this range called Collage with Windham - Its awesome! and all the quilts in the booth were amazing. To top it all off Carrie was really nice.
and yes thats Alissa Haight Carlton & Jacquie Gering talking to Carrie
and also in the Windham family was Heather Ross's Briar Rose collection.
An equally fantastic range and Heather was extremely fun and lovely. I told her I was feeling a little BLAH and she gave me a signed copy of Crafty Chloe for the kids and a million other bits including some goggly eyes because as we all know they make everything better!
here I am below pictured with Heather (feeling a little grey and jet lagged)
The other range I loved and will be hanging out for is By Violet Craft Water Front Park with Michael Miller Fabrics - Great colours and designs
as I said I've been home for 2 weeks and that two weeks has included
two family birthdays,a 9 yr old party, teaching 3 patchwork classes, starting and finishing a quilt for Spotlight, lots of winter kids sports,some secret projects and doing some school art for my children's school.....
as well as the millions of everyday things!
I'm not complaining - I actually like being this busy :)
It means everything is going well :)
of course we need cake pictures
The top one is a two layer chocolate cake with fresh cream,strawberries and chocolate icing for my husbands birthday.
The cake below is Mr 9's birthday cake which was a triple layer red velvet cake with Vanilla cream frosting!
and in that time I also emailed the winner of the Craftsy giveaway that I had on a previous blog post
Thank you to all that entered and congratulations to Stephanie in Northern Ireland :)
I'm off I need to do some work!
Take care
Xx Siobhan
3 comments:
Hi Siobhan,I wish I could have gone to Portland. It sounds like everyone who went had a fantastic time. I got a good giggle from your story about the plunger...haha
Are you going to the Sydney Show next week ? If yes, what days. I would love to meet you in person.
Cheers
Leanne
Hi Leanne - glad you got a laugh out of the plunger debacle !!
& ! Yes I will be going to the show - not sure which day? I was hoping Wednesday but I need to take someone to the airport & then I'm teaching Thursday & Friday - weekend is out because of kids sport etc... That doesn't answer your question does it!
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