Welington girls day out

Yesterday, Helen Pedersen (right) and Catherine Hatfield came to Wellington to take me for a day out. Helen reads my blog and kindly comments so thats how we connected and Catherine is also a distance learner with Stitchbusiness doing the same course as I am. As our plan was to hit as many textile related things as possible I gave Dennis the camera so he could record more serious things like his visit to the Beehive. Where they took the camera off him. Sigh. So I have Helen to thank for these snaps.

Diana Parkes (centre below) had an exhibition of her work at a local gallery which we missed by a day or two but she kindly invited us to visit her studio and not only let us rummage through her sample books but also gave us a private explanation of each piece from the show. You can see more about her at her website.

For the record we managed four thread/fabric shops, one bead shop, lunch and Minerva the New Zealand Quilter bookshop. Plus an exhibit I saw the day before but didn't get to at the Deaprtment of Conservation where people had made items from discarded objects. If you scroll to the bottom of this link you can see some of the items.

Dennis meanwhile was equally excited about his day having got to sit in on Question Time at the Parliament. Ah well, each to his own.

Oh and we found this wall on a carpark. This is going in a quilt the moment I get back :)