The weekend 24th – 26th September has been very busy one way or another. Three of my Journal Quilts were included in the display of JQs by the Contemporary Group at the Exeter Show – many thanks to Hilary Gooding for putting photos onto our Yahoo site. Exeter is a long way from Anglesey and it’s great to see where our quilts go on their travels. I received a call from Roger of Grosvenor Shows, organisers of The Scottish Quilt Championships, with the news that I had won three awards: 1st in the Large Wall Hanging category, 1st for Wholecloth and 1st for Hand Quilting. Quick flash of excitement…! Since Scotland was outside our travel plans, we went back to plan A and headed to Ruthin to see Dyffryn Clwyd Quilters’ exhibition in St Peter’s Church. The church is architecturally very interesting and of course it was enhanced by the lovely quilts. It was also good to see lots of familiar, friendly faces. I gather Bethan has had to put up with a lot of amused ribbing after her appearance on S4C (TV) – what great publicity! Well done all. To end the day we visited Ruthin Craft Centre, they always show such inspirational work and we got very involved looking at the furniture, ash bending, stunning lustre glazed ceramics and some fascinating finely folded paper jewellery/structures. At least we’re now on the mailing list so we shouldn’t miss their next exhibition. Grosvenor’s ‘Fabrications’ magazine may have a writeup on the Scottish Quilt Show, so look out for the next issue to get a flavour of the work. Now I need to turn my attentions to the Christmas Fair Exhibition at Oriel Ynys Mon (the Anglesey Gallery in Llangefni) – Totally Textiles. My work will be on the walls in the main gallery where there will also be textile craftwork for sale. The Fair opens on 13th November and closes on 24th December. I can recommend the cafe either for a snack or a light lunch. Oriel Ynys Mon (Anglesey Gallery) opens seven days a week from 10:30 to 17:00. Address: Oriel Ynys Mon, Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Anglesey LL77 7TQ tel: 01248 750282 Dorothy Russell