Dalmeny Quilter's each year take a bus load of wonderful ladies up the mountain to Braidwood to catch the Airing of the Quilts. This year saw 30 ladies and myself take in the chatty bus trip. Braidwood hold their local markets on the same day. Double bonus!!
We arrived just after 10am and set off to wander around the markets and take in the sights. Sorry no photos, even though I had the camera I was too busy looking! The patchwork shops from surrounding areas such as Goulburn and Canberra had some stalls, so of course they got a thrashing.
Next we headed down the street to see the quilts on display from the balconies but as it was so windy quite a few were caught in windows and being blown around. A kind lady held still This one for me .
Such cute kids quilts.
Then on to the batik fabrics for a squiz. They only had fat quarters on the day but we were invited to their home studio for a look. Will have to book in a road trip with the girls I'm thinking.
We fought (waited) with about 200 other ladies in the bakery for morning tea and then headed off to the exhibition. I have to admit the lighting was atrocious. I have had to lighten the following photos quite a bit from the original as even with the flash, it was hard to get an accurate depiction. Thankyou to the lady who gave us a free admission ticket, she thought it wasn't worth the five dollar entry fee!
We all had to be back on the bus by 3pm. On the way home lollies were consumed, lucky bus prizes were won and some q's and a's rewarded! Overall a great day with some fabric finding it's way into my newly acquired thai silk shoulderbag. Now how did that happen??? hehehe.
