Wednesday 4 November 2015

Open European Quilt Championship - Maastricht 2015


Open European Quilt Championship (OEQC) - Maastricht 2015
Open European Quilt Championship (OEQC) - Maastricht 2015
You may have noticed that I was a bit quiet last week - I was on a quilting adventure. 

Belgian cake shop
Belgian cake shop
We took a trip across the channel to France, Belgium and the Netherlands, indulging in fine food and wine, with a diversion to the 2015 OEQC quilt show at Maastricht.
Quilt display by Blanche Vandebroek, Belgium
Quilt display by Blanche Vandebroek, Belgium
Obviously there were plenty fabric shopping opportunities and plenty of quilts to look at.  There was a lovely display of quilts by Blanche Vandebroek (Belgium). Even with a mixture of French, German, Flemish, Dutch and English languages being spoken, we all seemed to share the common language of quilts.
Lynn Blevens - Longarm quilting tutor
Lynn Blevens - Longarm quilting tutor
I also took part in a longarm quilting workshop with Lynn Blevens from the USA, which was amazing, especially when Maastricht TV unexpectedly came into film us. 
Dear Jane quilt blocks, English Paper Piecing
Dear Jane quilt blocks, English Paper Piecing
And what about Dear Jane? Time spent travelling has allowed me to keep up my hand sewing and I gathered quite a little pile of blocks (10 to be exact - Catherine).

1 comment:

  1. I was wondering what a week away would achieve with the Dear Jane blocks... I can report that I have 6 triangles and one corner piece left.....

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