Well I had a very fast trip to Perth for training in a new system we are going to be using at work and of course while I had access to a range of shops I had to drop in on a couple of bookshops before heading back to the airport this afternoon! My plane back tonight was a bit delayed too so I was extra glad of having something interesting to read.
I gave in and bought Linda and Laura Kemshalls' "The Painted Quilt" - I have been resisting it for a couple of months but I am already very glad I gave in!
I also dropped in at Borders and as that is the only place I have ever seen Belle Amoire, I had to buy the latest issue as it has fabric rusting on the cover!! It is only the second time I have ever bought this Stampington publication (one does have to set limits) and it is a lovely occasional indulgence. (Edit - Lisa Crofts has reminded me that of course the wonderful shop Artistic Journey stocks all of the Stampington magazines - my problem is that when I am in Perth for work I don't have a vehicle so I am only thinking of shops in the city centre that I can reach on foot! Thanks for the reminder though Lisa as I would far rather support Jo and Jackie's shop than a big chain!)
I also bought the Australian quarterly Textile Fibre Forum which I find to be an odd sort of magazine - I guess it is covering such a wide range of styles that it doesn't come across as having a distinctive style itself. I have been buying it for a while now and it is a great resource on Australian suppliers and events, even if the actual magazine content does not always appeal to me personally. I think this issue has been out for a while but I must have missed seeing it until now.
And waiting for me when I got home from the airport were my three return ATCs and a lovely thank you from Linda, Godelieve and Ilse from their Belgium Wall of ATCs exchange. Now to go work on some inchies!
I gave in and bought Linda and Laura Kemshalls' "The Painted Quilt" - I have been resisting it for a couple of months but I am already very glad I gave in!
I also dropped in at Borders and as that is the only place I have ever seen Belle Amoire, I had to buy the latest issue as it has fabric rusting on the cover!! It is only the second time I have ever bought this Stampington publication (one does have to set limits) and it is a lovely occasional indulgence. (Edit - Lisa Crofts has reminded me that of course the wonderful shop Artistic Journey stocks all of the Stampington magazines - my problem is that when I am in Perth for work I don't have a vehicle so I am only thinking of shops in the city centre that I can reach on foot! Thanks for the reminder though Lisa as I would far rather support Jo and Jackie's shop than a big chain!)
I also bought the Australian quarterly Textile Fibre Forum which I find to be an odd sort of magazine - I guess it is covering such a wide range of styles that it doesn't come across as having a distinctive style itself. I have been buying it for a while now and it is a great resource on Australian suppliers and events, even if the actual magazine content does not always appeal to me personally. I think this issue has been out for a while but I must have missed seeing it until now.
And waiting for me when I got home from the airport were my three return ATCs and a lovely thank you from Linda, Godelieve and Ilse from their Belgium Wall of ATCs exchange. Now to go work on some inchies!
