Me with 2 of my ExTex girls Mary and Trisha     I had 2 days at The Festival of Quilts. The exhibits were fabulous, a real inspiration. And it was so good to catch up with friends.  If you missed my previous post about my favourite stand at FOQ 2025, you can find it here -  My favourite stand FOQ part 1 Isha Sharma, Wendy Dolan and me I made the trip to catch up with Wendy Dolan, Isha from Aahilya Holidays and Janet Kolle from Vlieseline. John J Cole Morgan was the bonus!! Wendy and I have known each other since we first taught at The Connaught Adult Education Centre in Hove. UK. in the late 1990's. We have both developed from adult education tutors to professional freelance tutors, artists and authors. This is Wendy's website.  Isha Sharma is the owner of Aahilya Holidays. You may be aware I am now leading tours for her company, as is Wendy. My first 2 trips to Uzbekistan in March and April of this year were incredible. Everything is so very well organis...

A sample beaded vessel for the Baubles, Bangles and Beads workshop Looking inside I love working with different sizes of beads   It's nearly here - The Festival of Quilts 2023. www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/exhibitors/kim-thittichai/  The last show I did was Festival of Quilts in 2019. Then the world ground to halt! It seems to have taken ages to prepare for this show. Just the admin takes a lot of time, and then there are the decisions on how to dress the stand. What do I want to promote and how do I want to promote it? What will I sell? Various heat distressed effects on painted and layered Tyvek Well the decisions are all made and I am halfway through loading the car ready for the drive over to the UK on Monday. I will be promoting the Experimental Textiles Video Library & Membership with a special show discount and selling various packs of Hot Spots and Tyvek along with 2 special packs of transfer foils. I will be demonstrating on the stand every day. I will be in th...