please, not MORE corsets!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, but I did warn you! 
We had a great time in sunny Dorset.  The weather was gorgeous, the people friendly, and the quilts stunning.

The village was gorgeous.  The exhibition started in the church hall and our corsets were displayed on the stage.

One of the quilters had made a patchwork skirt so that joined our corsets on stage.

I'm really pleased with how the wings came together on my 'peacock lady' corset.  Neet's 'viva la diva' corset was very eye catching.  Quilts were hung in the church hall and also in the church.

It was all so 'English' :)

Quilts were also hung around the village and if you followed them you reached Becca's shop!

We made new friends, added new hobbies to our existing lists, and enjoyed the home-made cakes baked by the quilting ladies.  I didn't quite get a real 'cream tea' ( scones with jam and clotted cream with a cup of tea) but did get a yummy scone with cream.

a celebration of corsets

I've 'borrowed' these pics from Becca's website (I'm sure she won't mind).  This is what the Quilt exhibition will be like this weekend; except this year it includes our altered corsets :) :) :)  Carol and I are travelling down together tomorrow but I promise to take loads and loads of pics and bore, er, entertain you with them when I get back after the weekend. 

Apparently all the quillts are hung around the village as if 'put out to air', a common practice in the US I am told, and we go 'walkabout' in true Australian style (except living off the land in Dorset must surely include eating cream teas, oooh, this weekend gets better and better; even the weather is going to be good).  There are 11 corsets in all:  Gwendoline Grace, the Peacock Lady, Monet's Garden, Viva la Diva, Construction-Deconstruction-Construction, Mermaid Dreams, Gathering Lilacs, Field of Dreams, Metallica Magic, Shimmering Christmas, All things British.  Have a great weekend everyone, and for those in the UK, enjoy these few days of sunshine :)