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| My battered Bernina Day flyer |
In my last post I did mention to you all that yesterday I'd be popping along to the
Bernina Day at The City Quilter and then making my first ever visit to
Purl Soho. Well I headed along to
CQ and had so much fun there that I never left so my visit to Purl Soho has, yet again, been postponed!
Well, if you headed over to
CQ yourself yesterday, you'll know exactly why I didn't move any further than having a bite of lunch with my friend, A, at my favourite Manhattan cafe,
The Blue Dog on 25th, there was just too much going on and it would have been a shame to miss any of it. Every half hour a raffle prize was drawn - I didn't win one myself but A won a pack of 3 quilt patterns and my other friend, M, won a charm pack. Then every hour there was a Bernina foot demonstration by Gayle Schliemann, Bernina's Regional Manager, and a raffle drawn amongst those who attended the session for the Bernina foot that was just demo'd. Again, I didn't win a foot but A also won a cording foot - wasn't it her lucky day?!
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| Photo taken by CQ in the Bernina Demo Room |
I did buy lots of goodies though:
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| My collection of goodies |
Here's CQ's facebook photo album from the day.
But the best bit of the day - and what I've been holding back from telling you about, is that I did win something -
I took 1st prize in the Creative Challenge!!!!!
The brief was:
Anyone can submit any finished product they've created on a Bernina to be judged for a first, second and third prize of City Quilter gift certificates. We'll be looking for the best examples of these machines' exceptional capabilities.
I entered 2 book covers that I've made using a variety of techniques, hand and machine sewing and I won - I'm very, very thrilled. A big thank you has to go to my friend, I, who mentioned the competition to me last week and without whom I would never have thought to enter - thank you! By the way, she has her own fab knitting blog that you might want to check out -
Chiagu and she's also launching an internet version of Ravelry for us quilters called
Quiltfolio which I think will be amazing.
So here's a photo of my prize and also some of my book covers.
For details of other fabric, yarn, trim and notion stores that I've visited around the world along with the NYC stores I love, exhibitions and events I've attended and wonderful people I've been lucky to meet click the links below or in my side bar :D
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