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[Mandella E.]

Welcome Teresa, I've also enjoyed reading through your blog. What are you planning to do with the green fabrics? I love green 8)

[Mandella E.]

Hi UKy peeps!! How are we all?

I had a good day on Saturday in Winchester. It was the Wessex Quilters 30 year show and good it was too! Also a wander around Winchester is always worth it. I love old towns (even our original capital town!) and just absorb their atmosphere!

I hope you all go to the FoQ! I have a few hitches keeping me away this year but perhaps next will be the one so don't buy all the fabric!!

[Mandella E.]

Oh dear, it's such a shame you won't be going to FoQ, but I agree with you about Winchester. Last time I was there we had a lovely lunch overlooking the cathedral.

We went car-hunting at the weekend and in the end decided to stay with what we've got.

[Mandella E.]

Hey Amanda
Shame you can't come to FoQ, was looking forward to meeting up with you! :cry: Still, I will do your retail therapy for you! :lol: Hows the bernina going and the grace, I did read it right didn't I??? you did buy a frame? So perhaps its wise you not going, poor dh will be bankrupt if you did!!! :wink: I see you have posted a new pic on your profile, I was thinking of doing the same, now where are those 20yr old photos!! :wink: :wink: :wink:
Best wishes
Lynn

[Mandella E.]

Hi Lynn, I an NOT going to miss your one in September so we have a date then, right!!??!! I'll txt you later about your days there.

As well as a couple of meetings that have come up, daughter was rushed to hospital late Monday with terrible sickness. She's home again now but they are still testing her and she is still 200 miles away and I want to be able to go to her if I have to.

Yes I did buy a frame and it's still in the box. :roll: One day it will grace (haha) the spare room and I can have a play. I'd better get making some bigger stuff! :shock:

I hope you all enjoy FoQ. ( :cry: )

[Mandella E.]

Welcome Teresa, I've also enjoyed reading through your blog. What are you planning to do with the green fabrics? I love green 8)

Thanks Ali - the green fabrics are for a zig zag quilt for my daughter...I offered her the choice of pinwheels or zig zags and she went for zig zags (I was hoping for pinwheels, lol!). It's all sewn up into 1/2 square triangles at the moment, just need to get going and sew it into rows. We're off on holiday on Saturday so it'll have to wait a little longer unfortunately.

I received my fabric for the BOM quilt this morning - it's really lovely and I'm itching to play with it but will wait until the children are back at school.

I hope all those going to the FofQ have a lovely time, I have wanted to go for ages now but we always seem to book our holiday at the same time that it's on.

[Mandella E.]

Well daughter was taken back to A&E this afternoon and they've admitted her. She's under the knife later tonight or tomorrow am for an explore. Hopefully it's just appendicitis and it will be over and done with. We're leaving for Ipswich first thing in the morning.

[Mandella E.]

Well daughter was taken back to A&E this afternoon and they've admitted her. She's under the knife later tonight or tomorrow am for an explore. Hopefully it's just appendicitis and it will be over and done with. We're leaving for Ipswich first thing in the morning.

I wish her - and you - well.

[Mandella E.]

Best wishes for you Amanda and your daughter. I am sure she will be fine! Let us know how things go!!!
Lynn
xx

[karen f.]

I hope your daughter is feeling better real soon. Karen

[karen f.]

Thank you ladies. She came out of theater at 01.30 and she had a perforated abdomen and they did take her appendix out. Hopefully all will be well now, she's reacting well post op. We are going up this morning so will hopefully find out more.

Seeing as they were testing her for Crohns disease and colitis, I know it sounds daft, but I'm really relieved it was operable.

[Pam D.]

Amanda, Have a safe journey. I hope that your daughter will have a speedy recovery. Pam

[karen f.]

I'm glad your daughter's surgery went well. One operation would be preferrable to me rather than a disease. Not a daft idea. I hope she contnues to recover well. Karen

[karen f.]

Dear Amanda
Glad daughter doing well, will keep our fingers crossed. Met Lorchen and Della today at FoQ, didn't get to meet anyone else though, still, it was heaving so you had a hard job seeing someone right next to you!!! :lol: Hope to catch up with you soon when things get better.
Best wishes
Lynn
xxx

[karen f.]

I hope your daughter's recovering well Amo, and you too, what a shock, but as you say if it is fixed, she can now concentrate on getting back to full strength. Crohn's is an awful ongoing disease, my SIL suffers badly, so you should be very relieved it wasn't that.

Festival is 19-22 August 2010 - get those dates in your diaries now ladies :lol: