All over bar the shouting

This is Esther Holland our wonderful Speaker and former tutor, and again she nailed us each and everyone with a precis of our pieces- and personalities. She is amazing.
The long item is the concertina book that Sue Freckleton made and we all contributed pages to as a thank you for Opening the Exhibition. I did hear Esther comment to her son that she would have to make sure that was provided for in the Will. Sue's book was EXQUISITE. And she was the only one of us not taught by Esther and the one who suggested her as the Speaker because the rest of us had talked about her so much.
And Sue was amazed at how well Esther summed up her work and the thoughts behind it.

The Opening went really well. A good half of the guests were family and friends. T and Mum were outside and said a number of people came in from the street to examine the works so that is good news. Catherine reports a solid dribble over the past week.

The works were as expected very diverse again. Sue Freckleton's Kaleidoscope was fabulous and Lesley's feathers were gorgeous. Marlene's quilts won many hearts including T's he raved about her work last night. Said of course that 'Your work was strong darling"
Mel Rayner's pieces were show stoppers and caught many an eye in the window. Suz' shoes were worthy of Imelda Marcos.
Michelle's silk box got a lot of admiration and Sophie's rust dyed book was fabulous.
Soph has a blog too http://essellesbabble.blogspot.com when I work out how to link pages I will put her link in GRRR lol

Trisha a girl I hadnt seen since about 1978 turned up which was a real kick. We went to primary school together and secondary school for a while but we had lost touch until recently. And a couple of friends from my new course came too which was great fun. Not too bad fizz and pretty good tucker and lots of fun.
Needless to say I got home a bit tiddled and pretty tired last night.
Feeling pretty good over all and it was nice to see my pieces in the gallery context and not just as they clutter up my house LOL.