 Winner of several prizes as Best in Show - Octopussy
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
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
 
