Thursday dawned bright and sunny and with the station so close by we were
eager to go. A 10 minute train journey saw us arriving at the NEC. Now, the NEC
is ENORMOUS! For those of you who have attended Quilt Festival in Houston – this
venue would fit several of the George Brown convention Centre into it.
There were three similar sized conferences going on at the same time and
concerts and plays every night.
A 15 minute walk - including travelators, was required to get us from the
station to the three halls that housed the festival. Fortunately we only had to
negotiate ‘another’ flight of stairs and hop onto the shuttle that would drop
us at the front door of the venue. Phew!
It’s just too difficult to explain how big, how many, how much, but it’s
big. Everything you didn’t know you needed was available, plus more. The
exhibitions were outstanding and the goods available to purchase numerous.
We were early back to the hotel for a canal boat ride, complete with drinks
and nibbles, then dinner at one of the many canal-side restaurants, Cote.
Fabulous food and service.
Friday & Saturday involved a variety of activities, with some ladies
by-passing the Festival and heading off to look at other things.
| Quilt by Lynne Edwards, featured quilter 2013. |
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