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In the UK,
London has the Knitting and Stitching Show 7 - 10 October and it has plenty of museums including the V&A (costume and textiles). It has lots of fabric shops. It is _not_ cheap. Birmingham has the Festival of Quilts 19 - 22 August. I don't know about its musuems and shops. If that's too early the show will be on next year at about the same time. Dublin has the Knitting and Stitching Show 4 - 7 November. I've been there twice and only found one fabric shop. It's a lovely city with friendly people. I think you're on the right track, Sally! And I have additional suggestions: American Stitches, Novi, MI (Eastern Standard time zone, contrary to what most in the East believe) Oct. 1-3 Creative Inspiration Show, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 7-9 Original Sewing & Quilting Expos: MARCH 4, 5 & 6, 2004 Harborview Center Clearwater, FL MARCH 11, 12 & 13, 2004 Gwinnett Civic Center Atlanta, GA (Duluth) MARCH 18, 19 & 20, 2004 I-X Center Cleveland, OH (Brookpark) APRIL 15, 16 & 17, 2004 Worcester's Centrum Center Worcester, MA SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2004 Dulles Expo Center Chantilly, VA (Washington DC) Plus, there's a wonderful Puyallup-level show in Quebec, but I can't find the info online. (Thought I had it bookmarked, but it doesn't appear to be). Loads of opportunities! Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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Sally Holmes wrote:
Pogonip wrote: Sally is quite right in all the details, for a sizable group, anyway. She's so good at it......she really should organize it, shouldn't she? Ha! Let me just add that the US dollar is VERY low against the Pound Sterling at the moment (down over 40 cents last time I looked) so the UK would be VERY expensive for our transatlantic members. Sally Ha! My DH is in London as we type, and you tell me that? Thanks bunches. ;-) He's been there nearly 3 weeks, too. I guess that means another mortgage? He said that he saw some Faberge eggs, and thought about getting me one, but decided it was too tacky. Perhaps he looked at the value tag. However, I told him it would not go with our decor, so his decision was a good one. -- Joanne @ stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/ Life is about the journey, not about the destination. |
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OT Was: Invisible Zipper (Sally=A0Holmes) Pogonip wrote: Sally is quite right in all the details, for a sizable group, anyway. She's so good at it......she really should organize it, shouldn't she? --- Ha! Let me just add that the US dollar is VERY low against the Pound Sterling at the moment (down over 40 cents last time I looked) so the UK would be VERY expensive for our transatlantic members. Sally --- Oh my, I hadn't realized we'd be so poor if we were to come to England! Joanne, Karen and I'd have to sand off our fingerprints and case some banks. Not for the first time, I wish I lived in a big ole' barn, and could accommodate everyone, but there are loads of hotels/motels in this resort city on the US east coast--Virginia Beach, Va.; Oct. is off-season rates, autumn weather is usually good here, (if not, wait 10 minutes, and it changes). We are within a 3 &1/2 hour drive of Washington, D.C. (I grew up in a suburb on the outskirts, and it was a beautiful city then--still grand, if dirtier than it used to be.) GStreet fabrics lies roughly half-to 3/4 way between here and D.C., and we do have assorted fabric shops around town, so everyone could arrive with their suitcases empty, load up on fabric, use my machines to seam saris out of the lengths, wear them, and not have to pay duty on their travel wardrobe when they go back overseas. Quite seriously, we have good thrift shops with cheap garments, easily discarded in favor of packing room for fabric. It's what I'd do. H loves to drive, so we could swear him into bondage, rent a huge van, and have him do the ferrying. He loves D.C., and, having delivered bulk phone books in the city, is conversant with nooks and crannies which most folks aren't aware of. Baltimore, Md., is a bit further north: a good overnight trip, with a nice inner harbor, and wonderful ethnic restaurants and shops within walking distance of the harbor. More good stuff: my Dad and brothers helped erect one of the buildings at the Dulles Expo at Chantilly. (Heavy equipment business.) Which means only that they received an invite to the grand opening, and went. No other bennies. We might find a quilt or bead show, though, or a tour of an antebellum mansion in Richmond. So, the bad news is that I, unlike Sally, am not a good organizer, just a good saleswoman. Sally would have to arrive early and plan the attack. So? Cea --- Karen posted: snip I think you're on the right track, Sally! And I have additional suggestions: American Stitches, Novi, MI (Eastern Standard time zone, contrary to what most in the East believe) Oct. 1-3 Creative Inspiration Show, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 7-9 snip SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2004 Dulles Expo Center Chantilly, VA (Washington DC) |
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RCTS Meet Was: Invisible Zipper (Sally=A0Holmes) wrote: =A0=A0Not for the first time, I wish I lived in a big ole' barn, and could accommodate everyone, but there are loads of hotels/motels in this resort city on the US east coast --- =A0=A0=A0=A0Karen posted: snip I think you're on the right track, Sally! And I have additional suggestions: American Stitches, Novi, MI (Eastern Standard time zone, contrary to what most in the East believe) Oct. 1-3 Creative Inspiration Show, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 7-9 snip SEPTEMBER 30, OCTOBER 1 & 2, 2004 Dulles Expo Center Chantilly, VA (Washington DC) Sadly, I wouldn't be able to get to any of those as I'm tied to UK school holidays. I'll just sit here and envy whoever gets to go. Please send fabric, oops, postcards. Sally --- Unfortunately, rates here don't drop until after labor day, after the summer resort crowd goes home, but a meet can be scheduled anytime during the summer--it's just that the cost will be higher. Well, this is still in the mulling stage, so let's talk dates. UK School holidays? I suppose they won't give leave of absence for 'educational trips', Sally? This isn't a closed group meet: _anyone_ who is interested should have some input. Stateside or anyone from Amsterdam, Holland, France, Chile, etc.? The tentative dates are a year away--loads of time to start a nest egg for such a trip, and there's no reason H's shouldn't come along if they wish. There's always a day on the beach for them, bikini watching, while we fabric shop. Cea Who holds a Certified Messy Housekeeping Seal of Disapproval, and gave up the axe wielding 2 years ago. |
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For those who don't want every bodily orifice explored because we don't
have a US passport, how about Paris, ladies? Oooh, I'd love to go back. It's almost criminal to live a life loving fashion without visiting that wonderful city at least once! Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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Trishty wrote:
For those who don't want every bodily orifice explored because we don't have a US passport, how about Paris, ladies? Fess up now - you're all too scared to parler Français, aren't you? Mais non, cherie! Mais Paris, c'est tres cher, n'est-ce pas? Actually, I understand that the restrictions on people with existing passports aren't too bad (the BBC says, he http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3371447.stm) but passports issued from October 04 must include encoded biometric information which very few countries are able to put on passports at the moment - the UK say they will be able to issue such passports in mid-2005, which probably means "Err, October 06, perhaps". Anyone unfortunate enough to have a new passport without the fancy encoding will have to buy a US visa which means a fee of £67 (over $120), plus a personal visit to the US embassy, for each and every person wishing to travel. Now, I am very much liking the idea of France. Also of renting several self-catering establishments in a complex. I've done it before with a large gathering of people and it works well as it allows noisy meeting areas as well as quiet spaces for people who get overwhelmed and want a little hush. If anyone would like to tack on a tour of Lovely Yorkshire I can organise something. If we really want to go ahead we need to consider payment. I have been left with too many unpaid-for theatre tickets ("Sorry, can't go after all! I'm sure you'll find someone who wants my tickets!") to plunk money down for other people. [That looks like I'm always being stood up by dates: really, I've organised a lot of group outings.] So we would need firm commitment, backed up by hard cash. Two solutions suggest themselves: 1. The organiser could open a PayPal account and interested parties could pay into it by credit card. This means trusting someone you've only ever met on-line. 2. The organiser could negotiate with the landlord to accept many credit card payments rather than one big one, and everybody could make an international call to pay. Except Trish, who has to make a local call, because she's organising it. Isn't she? Cea said: Well, this is still in the mulling stage, so let's talk dates. UK School holidays? I suppose they won't give leave of absence for 'educational trips', Sally? there's no reason H's shouldn't come along if they wish No leave of absence, I'm afraid. I'm only a humble school librarian and I'll be looking for a new job at the end of this academic year anyway so I'll be new in-post. I don't know next year's holidays yet but we usually have one week at the end of February, two weeks around Easter, one week at the end of May, six weeks from late July to early September, then the last week of October, then two weeks from just before Christmas to just after New Year. As for H's, DD will be coming with me. Sally |
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Trishty wrote:
Half of us would have to do this to get INTO the US come October For those who don't want every bodily orifice explored because we don't have a US passport, how about Paris, ladies? I've heard it has a vague connection with fashion, the occasional museum and pretensions to a cultural life. The Euro has peaked against the Dollar and is on its way down, gently pushed by the Bank of France. It's close for the Brits, and here, just 90 minutes away on the TGV, you can rent a gite for the cost of a pickled egg off season. Also, even here in the boonies we have a lace museum nearby, not to mention calvados tastings, fabuloso cookery and beautiful countryside. Fess up now - you're all too scared to parler Français, aren't you? ) Trish That's all well and good, but a bit more difficult for those of us in the Antipodes! I hadn't been following this thread until I realised all you lot were going on and *on* about invisible zippers and thought perhaps there was something arcane about them I'd been missing! *I* reckon you ought all to come down to sunny Australia! We have a thing called 'Spotlight', which is a fabric shoppe sort of like a Joanne's (from what I've gleaned). It's adequate for stash acquisition. The *other* thing we have, though, is beaches, beaches and more beaches! Our sand is sharp and yellow and clean. Our seas are balmy and have great surf, from little (for body surfing) to *big* (for the big boards). Our skies are huge and (from what I've been told) more intensely blue than those in most other places. Our lifestyle is laid-back. Our landscapes are many and varied: from the Red Centre, which is desert, to the rainforests of Cape York Peninsula to the Mediterranean climates in the south - where the wines are made - to the coastal heathlands, to the extensive wetlands in the north... Get my drift? We have some spectacularly good wildlife for you to gawp at (*please* do not give credence to that goon, the crocodile 'hunter' - he's an embarrassment!) and most of it won't kill you at all! Some will, though, and so you'll leave with the sensation of having been an intrepid adventurer who survived Australia! That's my bid! I have fond memories of Sr Samaranch announcing that 'Sidony!' had won the right to host the 2000 Olymic Games: how excellent it would be if we also hosted the 2004 rcts sew-fest! ;-D -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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OT Was: Invisible Zipper (SewStorm) Trish tantilized: For those who don't want every bodily orifice explored because we don't have a US passport, how about Paris, ladies? Oooh, I'd love to go back. It's almost criminal to live a life loving fashion without visiting that wonderful city at least once! Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati --- I agree. I love France, and Paris is wonderful. If I had it all to do over again, I'd have run away to Pairee upon graduation fromn high school. Ahhh, what did I know? Gloomily Can't afford it right now, though, unless I get extremely busy doing draperies, and I haven't seen hide nor hair of the interior designer. Once I get my sewing room reconfigured, I'll have to get out and sell my services. (That doesn't sound too good, does it?) Cea |
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