The Opening of our Exhibition 'Falling into Place' at Canolfan Ucheldre, Holyhead. 2012.

I am so very proud of all of my students whose work appears in the exhibition and thank you to everyone who came to the opening and made such lovely comments.

'Falling into Place' runs from 7th January to 5th February 2012 at:-

• Canolfan Ucheldre, Millbank, Holyhead, Anglesey LL65 1TE
• 01407 763361
• Open Monday to Saturday 10am - 5pm. Sunday 2pm - 5pm

Seeing one's work hanging in a gallery, where it is well lit and easy to study both close up and from a distance, is rather special and a very different experience from working closely on a quilt. It allows one to see the piece in a new way. It is even possible to fail to immediately recognise one's own work in this situation as it seems to take on an independent identity. It is also good to be able to share all the hours of work and the skills developed through study and application, with an appreciative audience.

All the quilts made on the Beginners Courses are in the Main Hall, while work from Intermediate Courses and Individual Workshops is in the Gallery.

Even though many of the quilts, especially the beginners' quilts, are based on similar layouts, one comment, frequently repeated, was how different they all are and how they reflect the individual maker in the choice of colours, fabrics and the application of specific techniques.

We all had a lovely afternoon together, enjoying the work, chatting, meeting people and generally 'hanging out'.

I would like to say a big thank to everyone at Canolfan Ucheldre who was involved in hanging the exhibition and permitting us to use this lovely venue. I understand how much work is involved in such an undertaking. You really did us proud. Thank you all.

I now hope that lots of visitors will see the exhibition - if you visit please write your comments in our book.

The tea/coffee scones etc went down very well too!

Dorothy

7th january 2012