US wrap up

After all the planning and research that Alison and Sharon did to prepare for our trip, going to Portland and Puyallup for Sew Expo was so worth the effort. I discovered so much about the states and I loved to visit again. Everyone we met in that week were so welcoming. Thank you Janis for taking us fabric shopping in Portland. Ann and Barbara from Washington State Uni, the organisers went out of their way to deliver our tickets to us. Laura from the Yahoo group hosted a lovely dinner as did the local ASG.

Below is my fabric haul during the one week I had with Sharon and Alison. DH arrived at the end of day 3 of Sew Expo, so I skipped classes on the last day. As you can see I focused on strong cool colours.

The notions, patterns, threads and buckles (oh the buckles) now have separate set of draws in my sewing room, thanks to Officeworks. I did get the big red book – yippee.

I’ve been back home for just over a week, because DH and I travelled on for another 3 weeks, visiting Seattle a bit more, flew to San Fran, drove to LA and Las Vegas. I visited Disney for the first time ever and loved the whole experience. We missed a few days because I was waylaid in hospital for three days in San Fran and I’ve been doing follow up work since we made it home – no sewing yet. Travel insurance is worth it no matter where you travel.

From a sewing point of view, my shape has changed but I’m not sure if it’s permanent, so my sewing is going to be ‘for the moment’. My wrap knit dresses that I made in February look big on me at the moment but on Sunday my godmother did comment – ‘your shape looks better now’. She’s very honest. Anyway, I’ll be doing a bit more research and practice on pattern alterations. I’m so glad I went to plenty of workshops at Sew Expo:)

Did I mention that I bought 8 pairs of boots? Four knee-high boots and four ankle boots.

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Nice haul. I swear I'm going to make it back to this expo next year!

Yay for godmothers and honest comments, right? I feel like I've been sewing “for the moment” for the past two years LOL

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Wow, that sounds like a great trip! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving a kind comment.

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Great haul, didn't quite see what you purchased while we were together 🙂 I've still got to find homes for most of my stash.

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Glad you had a great time on vacation and looking forward to what becomes of your fabric haul.

8 pairs of boots…. oh my… looking forward to seeing them.

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I'm glad you had a great time. Sounds like you tried to make it a well rounded experience by visiting a US hospital, too. I hope you're feeling better.

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It sounds like a great trip. I wondered whether you could tell me/us which travel insurer you used and how they were to deal with when you had to claim?

Kathleen

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We used Covermore and they looked after us every step of the way.

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I have been wondering about you Miss Velosewer. So glad I popped over tonight to have a visit. I hope you are feeling better! Your trip, except for the hospital stay, sounds wonderful. I think it's neat you went to Disneyland. My husband and I went to southern CA for our honeymoon and hit as many theme parks as we could in a week. We had a blast. Take care!

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