Cutting Edge Textiles A very hard working and exciting group based in Ngaruawahia.  I had been looking forward to seeing Margherita Alan again. We first met when she attended one of my classes at the excellent Quilt Symposium in Palmerston North in 2015. Since then we have be organising this workshop and the one following.  Finally we are here - and it has happened - what a fabulous 2 days we had. The workshop was The Journey into Printing Blocks.  Just look at the size of the room we had to work in - and all the materials and tools were so organised, just brilliant.    Margherita is on the far left of this photo - she could hardly contain her excitement over the 2 days - she was a joy to watch.  The group getting stuck into The Journey.  Starting to build up the lines and marks.    Admiring the finished Journeys all lined up together.   The Journeys.  The Journey is my own design exercise that I developed teaching Experimental Textiles. I

  A detail of Susan's magnificent quilt depicting the classic image of the Irish workmen sitting along a beam on top of the Rockerfeller Center in New York. There was me, all excited about sh owing you my stu dents work at the NEC - and I forgot to show you mine!! Susan Chapman and I had a gallery space at the show entitled People and Places. S usan loves observing people and you will no doub t be aware that I love all kinds of N a t ure and Her textures . It is a good thing that Susan makes large quilts, bec ause surprise, surprise, I didn't get all the work I thought I would do, done.     The beginnings of the hanging . . Susan up a step ladder. It was great to get the chance to spend some time with Susan and enjoy her fabulous work. I love how well observed her figures are, deceptively simple, but showing the stance of a person with a glance - a great skill.   Everyone loved this quilt, nearly everyone recognised where the image was f rom.