Visitors from GB

I've had a very busy past few days. On Saturday I spent over 5 hours on the computer loading an update on my Adobe Acrobat, so that I could open my first issue of Fiber & Stitch. It's is on line now, & is really beautifully done.
Unfortunately I bought the same program from Adobe twice (accidentally), so this issue has cost me something like $206.95. Well, $99.00 will eventually get refunded from Adobe, & i needed the program anyway. I'd been limping along with Adobe 5.0 for way too long.

Once I finally got the new program loaded, I had no problem getting the magazine to load so that I could print it out & actually read it.

I realized there is an advantage to printing this way at home. I really liked the way articles were organized so that they were all together chronologically, so I could staple each section separately. Now they can be filed according to subjects, & saved or tossed according to need, instead of having half an article in the front, & the other half in the back along with other mixed up ends. I LIKE it! It was very full of lots of interesting & unique techniques. Sue B you all did a fabulous job! I am honored to be contributing to the February issue.

Last evening a quilting cruise from the British Patchwork & Quilting Magazine landed in Anchorage, & they asked some of us to come have a Show & Tell with them at their hotel downtown. There were about 28 of them, & around 18 members of our guild showed up. We had a great time visiting with this group, & sharing what we brought. A few of them brought small items, as the were told to only bring 1 piece of luggage each (they all are buying another to fill & take home with them).

Margaret & her husband sat by me, at the table, & she brought the sweetest, smallest Round Robin quilt I've ever seen! 8 quilters worked on this teeny little quilt! It's sooo cute!

Here were a couple more of their show & tells. We from ALCQ brought a whole bunch of show & tells, in fact we managed to show until 9 p.m.

Christy's Dress is finished, ready for the show this weekend. Here's the front view,

& here's the back. I think it was the hardest thing I've ever made. I sure hope it fits well now!

I had to go for Jury Duty this morning, but luckily didn't get picked. Tomorrow is Quilt Guild, & Warren goes back to work. The deck borders are slightly less than 1/2 done, but now it'll have to wait until next week. There never seems to be enough hours in a day, or days in a weekend!