Meeting Julie Arkell

Finally my first post after travelling to Germany, the UK and Denmark. I still need for my pick-me-up coffee to make up for the time change.
 Have you ever had the need for a good time...to just have a girl's long weekend in  London?  Workshop at Loop, exploring the city on foot, visiting museums, and spending time on a Saturday morning at the fleamarkets and perhaps even stopping to cheer on the two German soccer teams in the Champions League final. Co-ordinating the workshop in London took some time because Julie Arkell's classes are always sold out.
 Julie Arkell, a paper maché artist  creates whimsical  creatures you want to embrace as a special friend close to your heart. Sounds odd, but just wait until you take some knitting needles and pieces of fabric and dress them up and stitch the word on that means something to you.

First we picked out our undressed person.

Julie with her everlasting smile working on a dress.

Here I am knitting my first hat. We had several instructions for hats, underwear, ears and skirts.

Our group of 7 flew in from Switzerland, Germany, Canada, United States and the UK.

Some extra long ears are sprouting.

Life is rich when spending time with friends.

I named my little woman Paisley Blue.

The sassy one!

Ready to visit the Buckingham Palace.

My new Sling Bag

For the longest time I wanted to make the sling bag, a pattern by Amy Butler. I finished the last stitch at midnight and it's packed with my tour guide for London UK. I am leaving in a few hours and first I  will visit my mom in Germany . London calling a few days later for a girl's weekend and we are taking a workshop at Loop.

A nice big zipper pocket and a second pocket with a magnetic button.

Hello

Hello, I am still here. I will be on a plane very soon. Did I not turn out so cute?

I am a little bunny pin keeper sitting on a velvet tuffet.

My cotton tail made out of a rose coloured silk ribbon.

Happy Mother's Day!

A day at Mosport Motorsport Park

Forget about quilting, this was a day out with my son at the race track. Perfect sunny and dry condition to experience the R8 Audi for a lap at the Mosport car race track.

I never met so many happy men making it "their day" to rave up some fast exotic sports cars.

Some enjoyed to speed in a police car with sirens on.

There were no speed traps or pedestrians - just the driver , the instructor and the roaring sound of the engine.

Here is my son getting ready -  helmet mandatory !