Malvern Quilt Show 2024

 I decided I would go to the Quilt Show at Malvern today, and so of course, I had a rotten night's sleep and was awake half the night.  I wasn't exactly rushing out the door this morning and got there just before mid-day.  I have to say, normally there are some really WOW quilts there, but this time those seemed to be a minority sector.  Sashiko Samples - nah, not for me.  Threads That Bind Me - some interesting entries, but again, not my thing, nor was ScrapYard.  My mind just doesn't work like that!  Some nice quilts but I really don't like to see everything long-arm machine quilted.  I sound a right old misery don't I?  Here's the link to the Show anyway and here are some of the photos I took.

Gosh, couldn't have made this - made me feel quite dizzy! As did the one below. Both cleverly done though.

Above and below.  Cleverly done, but not really "me".

A HUGE Sashiko sampler quilt.

Above: this was more of a WOW!

A very pretty Pinwheel quilt.

These were pretty and must have taken a lot of planning as well as sewing. The giant-ness of the hexi's below made me smile.

A hexi quilt - it had to be done.  Love the collisions of colours.

These were fun - entries for what must have been a Beach Hut category.

Below: Entries for the Mills category.  One lady had thought outside the box and done a still life with a big Pepperpot :)  I really liked the one on the left here.

Below: this lovely quilt was on one of the stands selling fabrics.  More my sort of thing.

Did I buy much?  Did I blow the budget?  You'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out . . .  Hope you enjoyed the wander round with me.  I don't think I went last year, and the mixture of stalls had changed.  No-one selling paper piecing shapes, or some of the more unusual stands I remember, esp. one specializing in different textured felts; very few books; instead several stands selling Doc Martins, handbags, and clothing . . . why?  It's a QUILT show.  Plus a chap outside had a marquee and was selling various wicker baskets.

I had to drive through a badly flooded bit of road on the way to Hereford - we viewed a house there, and the Agent asked us if we'd heard of Letton Lakes? Well, saw it today . . . and drove through it too.  The road had been completely closed at one point but was passable with care today.  I came home via St Michael's Hospice Charity Shop and dropped off bags and bags of Keith's clothing and shoes, and two bags from Gabby too.  A job well done.  Then one final stop at Breinton Farm Shop for their home grown heritage apples (I got Russets and Ashmead's Kernal).  Right, time for Youtube now.