Here's a photo taken at our dinner on Sunday, to mark Linda's moving back to the U.K. Aren't we all a jolly bunch? With Linda front and centre, we six are wearing the curly scarves she made for each of us. We are also holding the mini-quilts she gave us. Here is a picture of mine.
At first, we all admired them as little abstract compositions, remarking that she had used fabric painted, stamped, dyed or marbled in our monthly get-togethers, and finished them with an amazing variety and density of machine quilting. We noted the titles, "Heading Home".
Finally, the penny dropped. We saw that Linda had used Google maps to produce six different aerial images of our homes and neighbourhoods complete with roads and railroads, with a little square to represent our actual houses. What a perfect melding of Linda's talent as an art quilter with the Forey background in aeronautics!
Linda, we will miss you more than words can say. Thank you for sharing your warmth and talent with us, and making our little group so lively and so inspirational.
How lucky you all are to be so close that you can meet and explore together, building on your expertise and friendship - that is so precious. We are looking forward to having you back in the UK, Linda, but sadly we will never replace the Montreal friends as we will be hundreds of miles apart.
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thanks to heather who provided us with a great venue and charming hospitality. the wonderful, personalized gifts that linda gave us will be a treasure forever. it has been great having linda with us - apart from her creativity and wonderful work, she has become a friend to us all, as has mick, and we will miss them both. good luck linda! your gain for sure hilary!
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