Winner of several prizes as Best in Show - Octopussy
Igår kom vi tilbake etter en flott og innholdsrik tur til Birmingham. I år bodde vi på Hilton Metropole Hotel og kunne gå til National Exhibition Centre - NEC. Med mye å bære på og vonde føtter tok vi likevel Shuttlebussen flere ganger. To hele dager brukte vi inne på området. Her fant vi mye flott å se, fikk ny inspirasjon og traff både nye og gamle venner. Lørdagen tok vi toget til sentrum av Birmingham og koset oss gatelangs. Her fikk vi med oss gatelivet, torghandel, ødelagte butikkvinduer og bryllup. Engelskmenn er hyggelige folk og vi hadde en alle tiders tur. Spenningen var stor ved innveiing av bagasje på hjemreisen, men jeg kunne faktisk handlet 300 gram mer...
Back again after some great days at The Festival of Quilts - Birmingham. A lot to see, a lot to shop, meeting good friends, eating good food, a lot of laughing. On Saturday we took the train to the center of Birmingham and had a wonderful time there. Going home on Sunday I discovered that I actually could bought 300 grams more fabrics...
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Off to NEC we went...
We had to take the Skywalk
Shop till you drop...
Kids Quilts
Nice to have if you are invited to a party...
The Foodcourt
Design sprouts
Quilt
Threads - 20 for 10!
Fish & chips
Queue - in front
Queue - behind us
Quilts
Frank Sinatra - The Kaleidoscope Man by Sølvi Krokeide, Harstad
Cakes...
Clothes
Quilt
Many admired our AnnAKa-bags
We met Eva, Nicola and Hanne
Quilt
Mona and Karin Hellaby, quilter from England and family coming from "Røkenes Gård", Harstad
Antique Angel - nice stall
Jewellery
The designer Hilary Blakely
NEC
My "goodies" after two days at the festival
Ready for Bollywood-night
Indian food
Indian dancers
Kaantha
EQ-girls
Our hotel
Ready for a trip in town
In Birmingham city
Tiramisu
The square
Bras
Did you find anything, Torill?
Zippers
Can you find any books here?
Weddingtransport
Wedding for Dodo and Nicky
Supper at Millers
Leaving Birmingham
We had to say goodbye to Elisabeth at Gardermoen Airport
Home again
