To all of you Aussie Feltmakers out there. 

I am also green with envy about some of you going to the Convergence next week.  I really wanted to go, but could not afford it.  I thoroughly enjoyed it when it was in Queensland in 2001.  By the way…..we had to take our own bed linen, so I expect you will have to do so again this time.  Birgitte is a marvelous feltmaker and artist, and I wish I could go to her classes too.  I am also envious of the fact that Alexander Pilin will be coming to Australia a couple of months after I leave for my overseas trip.  But I will be going to visit people like Pat Spark, Chad Alice Hagen and Marie Spaulding along with Loyce Ericson.

Rae, have a good time at Fibres West, and don’t forget to do a sort of a report……it would be good for our newsletter also.

Girls, I do hope that other Aussie girls and boys are going to join our little group…but I tend to agree that it would become too huge if we have an open invitation to other countries to come in.  Although I do agree with Wendy that New Zealanders would be an asset, and would not make it too huge.

Wendy, I have just received my copy of Echoes…..and I wonder….did you go to the Exhibition at the Ewart Gallery in Willoughby in April?  Do you know Fiona Wright, Jan Clark and Marie-Therese Wisniowski?  Perhaps you could influence them to join our conversation group.

Speaking of the Echoes…..I am now an “Internationally published Feltmaker”  My quilt was published in the latest edition of the Echoes.  It is a pity it is only in black and white, and loses all the effect when it is not in colour.

Sandie, I am sorry to hear that you have still not sold your house.  I guess people still want to be in the cities and not the country.   Well, have a great time at the Convergence, and if you see anyone from WA, say hello to them from me…..   :o)

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