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I didn't think to add a specific space for my iron, but it does fit nicely on one of the shelves underneath.

It is! I've been wanting to walk the trail ever since they built it (technically I did walk part of it in 1970-something before they filled the lake, but that old trail is deep underwater now!)

It must be strange to look at where you walked last time and have it be so out of reach

@jayshulamith3032 Very! I can remember looking up at the marker posts they had on the hill to show what the water level would be, and it seeming impossibly high. It's weird to look at the lake and know that the old road is down there somewhere, about 40m under the water.

That must have been a wonderful place to walk the dogs!

It is! I grew up near here, so it always feels like coming home to be in this landscape.

It's such a lovely part of the country!

Thanks! We're in our rainy Spring season :-)

It is! I love this part of the country.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! This is an old house, so there's lots of ways for spiders to get in. Whitetails don't make webs, so they can be hard to find, but yes, I did a good vacuuming in all the corners just in case!

Very cool! I'm sure LW (a bit of an assumption i guess) will love it

It's bad enough that we got whitetails invading from Australia, I don't want huntsmen as well! (I know they're harmless, but they still look terrifying!)

Pretty safe assumption! It was supposed to be a get well present, but she got well faster than I could make the quilt 😁 I dropped it round to her tonight, because she's off to Adelaide tomorrow, and she loved it!

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks!

Thanks! Those colours seemed better suited to a New Zealand Halloween - it's spring here 😀

I wasn't a fan of the real spider either!

Thanks!

Thanks! Don't give up on free-motion quilting - like anything, the only way to get good at it is to keep practicing (You should see the first quilts I made - the quilting is terrible!!)

Thanks! And yes, I can't really blame the spider for finding a warm dark place to hide.

Thanks!

How exciting! I hope you have a great time at the show!

Exactly!

Aren't they great?

Hope they're proud of your quilts!

There were so many amazing quilts!

I'm a member of two groups, Canterbury Patchwork and Quilting Guild, and Christchurch Quilters. If you Google them you'll find details of when and where they meet. Both are really friendly, so I suggest your friend come along and try them both and see which she likes best. She'd be welcome to come to a few meetings as a visitor before she decides which to join.

There were so many great quilts in the show!

Thanks! I had fun making that one

Thanks! I was proud of my colour scheme - a bit outside my usual colour choices :-)

And there were so many more great quilts I didn't manage to include - it was a great show.

I was feeling so inspired by all the quilts!

I loved the birds too

Aren't they? I'm always so impressed by everyone's work

The quilts are so good, aren't they?

There were so many more wonderful quilts I didn't get a chance to film - it was a great show!

You're welcome! I love sharing the talented quilters we have here in Christchurch.

It is such an amazing place!

Thanks! It's a bit outside my usual palette, so I was really pleased it worked.

Thanks!

Wow, that's such an amazing connection to Aotearoa's history!

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Thanks! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The teacup fabric was a wonderful find :-)

Thanks! I was so pleased when I found that teacup fabric - it's just perfect for the theme!

Thanks! I had a few moments when I was making the blocks when I wasn't sure how the colours would work, but I'm really pleased how it came together

Thanks!

Thanks for keeping my secret 😉 I've enjoyed this collaboration so much, and getting to know you - I really hope we can do it again (but not straight away - I'm exhausted!)

Thanks! At first I was disappointed I couldn't find any more of the blue, but I think the purple ended up looking so much better.

Thanks!