Wednesday 25 April 2012

Enjoy the Show

I can't believe it's Wednesday already - I have spent more hours than is healthy, with my laptop, editing and sorting photos from Sunday's Open Day.
It was a great day - despite dreaming that someone had built a brick wall across the hall, all went well, there was no wall, and with the help of my wonderful band of quilt fairies (and elves), we were ready ahead of time to open the doors.
I could not have pulled off this event without  help, and, without the quilts, of course!! So a huge thank you to all concerned, you know who you are.
This year saw a change of venue - in 2004, the first "Open Evening" was held in my house.......8yrs on and we have taken a hall and we made a day of it.
We started a bring and buy stall a couple of years back, selling anything related to crafts, and this year we added in teas and cake - a sure winner. My Tea Team were kept busy all day and took in about £140.
The Bring and Buy ladies brought the total up to a staggering £460, and that superb sum has been transferred to the Vanessa Riddle Appeal - we wish her well.
My "Photography Team" provided me with 100s of photos and I have whittled down the selection for this post.
I reduced their size, selected my favourites and put them into order. However, I had huge problems keeping the order in flickr. I had numbered the photos  but in flickr could only re-order alphabetically. I ended up, uploading 123 photos, one at a time - phew!
EDIT - Cracked it! They should all be the right way up now!!
So make a cuppa and enjoy the slideshow - I am sorry but you might have to twist your head a few times - flickr also changed the orientation of some of the shots and I just couldn't find how to change them.
You can view full screen - once you press the "play" arrow, you will see a little icon in the bottom right corner with 4 tiny arrows pointing in 4 directions - hit it!!



15 comments:

  1. Oh wow, Sheila. What a fabulous looking day. Love all the talent shown but have to say that Lorna's quilt really caught my eye. And love that you got a photo of Katy smack dab in the middle of the hall. Congratulations on such a successful day.

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  2. Fabulous slide show S! Looks like a brilliant day, and what a lot of stunning quilts to look at. V. well done! Jxo

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  3. Excellent Sheila, thank you for sharing - I saw some old favourites in there!
    Love the shirt quilt too x

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  4. Looks like you had a great day! So much work gone in to it, well done :-)

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  5. Brilliant slideshow. It looks like a fabulous day, your classes have turned out some amazing quilts. You must have been exhausted at the end of the day! Di x

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  6. Great slide show showing off some stunning work! A good was had by all :)

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  7. Thank you for such an excellent slide show! All of those quilts are lovely and it looks like everyone had a great time!

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  8. Your ladies make such gorgeous quilts! I love the one with the (forgive me if this is a bad description!) roses with the contrasting edge on the petal. And the car cushion is fabulous. Oh, and your hexy quilt is a triumph - I hope it's a popular class! I also hope you got some cake, a cup of tea and a sit down - you must be exhausted!!

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  9. what a great slide show, thank you for taking the time to download them all. there is so much talent there! And well done on organising it all

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  10. Wow - I can`t imagine the amount of work that went in to the show. You must be exhausted! Thanks for the slide show - can`t believe some of the `1st quilts`!

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  11. It was such an enjoyable day and so many beautiful quilts....thought the beginners work was brilliant. Well done Sheila and team for letting us all have a peep at the wonderful work that goes on in our little corner of the universal world of quilting..

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  12. Wow. Looks like you had a fab day :) Glad to see you enjoying a cake at the end of the day!

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  13. Ack, how did I miss the buttons?! And thank you *so* much for including that photo of 'little girl lost'...

    BTW, who won?

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  14. Can't you give yourself a better photo than that blurry shot you use Sheila!?

    Great quilts, great show - are you the main organiser ? Will the next retreat be up in Ayrshire then??

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  15. Lovely display Shiela. I am gobsmacked by some of those marked as "First quilt"

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