Quilting in the south of Holland

After the fun I had trying out their new Q20 quilting machine at the Rijswijk quilt fair (Patchwork en Quilt Dagen) recently (click), the people from Bernina kindly invited me for more quilting fun and a workshop by Elly Prins (click) at their Creative Center in Breda in the south of Holland.

Unfortunately my day started with this…….

 

which made me an hour late for the workshop but not to worry, Elly made sure I caught up with everyone else during their coffee break and soon enough I was able to try my hand at a bit of longarm quiting for the first time ever, on the new Bernina Q24.

 

 

 

 



I loved it! 

I also tried out the pantagraph

I enjoyed it so much, I could have done this all day, I needed to concentrate so much no time to think of anything else, so therapeutic!

 









There was a lot time to play with the Q24 and I enjoyed it tremendously, thank you very much to the people from Bernina en to Elly for this opportunity!

Now I guess I need to win the lottery ……… ;-)

 



 

After the workshop there I had time to make the short drive to the Quilt it & Dotty quiltshop in Tilburg, I had not been there for some time, so this was a good opportunity.

Always lovely to visit Dorry’s shop, great for some quilt inspiration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



When I was there Ingrid (Supergoof, click) also dropped in, so we had a cup of tea and a chat to catch up on everything.
After that it was time to hit the road again for the 100 km drive back home.

And this is what came home with me

 



the Bernina goody-bag and some fabrics from Dorry, also a shocking pink needle puller, could ‘t resist that one , so cute!

Hope you are enjoying a lovely, long Whitsun/Pentecost/bankholiday/Memorial Day weekend!

Phyllis