I made a concerted effort to catch up on a few customer quilts this week in anticipation of going on my first longarm teaching trip since 2019 (apart from FOQ last year). The quilts were not very big so I made good progress and completed 4!
I was slightly nervous that I had not taught pupils in real life for a while but it was just like getting back on a bike;) I had to fly to Birmingham to launch a new longarm studio with Frank Nutt. The studio space is great - light and spacious and situated on a small industrial estate with parking. There was a good turnout - a mix of potential new long-term customers and existing Q-series users who were keen to see if specialist classes would be provided in future. It was great to enthuse with people about quilting in person again and I hope to be invited back sometime.
I was due to fly home the same day via Amsterdam as there was not a direct flight back to Aberdeen but KLM decided to cancel my flight. I am not sure whether it was because of bad weather, a strike or just-because. From there I felt as if I was in the “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” movie. I took an Uber back to New Street station in central Birmingham to discover that I would only be able to travel as far as Edinburgh that day. There was no Megabus available and hire cars were extortionate. I had to book into a hotel overnight, and pay a vast sum of money for a Sunday train journey on an overcrowded train with passengers not wearing face-masks. Indeed, almost everyone I saw in Birmingham and on the train seemed to think the covid pandemic is over… Luckily, Freya was able to stay for an extra day to keep an eye on Nella for me.
My main mission this week will be to find someone at KLM to deal with my compensation claim! After that I have a funky hexagon quilt to do for a customer and I have to chase up new tyres for the caravan. No wonder I don’t have any major projects underway;)
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