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P&Q Cruise to Norway

Were you one of the lucky people to go on our first cruise last year to Norway?

 

A great time was had by all by the sound of it! Angela Price, who organised the cruise with Jim West of Sew Many Places, put together a lovely video showing what went on. We also had a report on the cruise in our October issue last year.

 

If you would like to treat yourself, Angela has just emailed me to advise there are still a few places left for this year's cruise which runs from 17 to 25 May!

What could be better? Patchwork and quilting classes as you sail across the North Sea to Norway? Cruising up and down the fjords with inspiration around every corner?

 

This year we are lucky enough to have Judi teaching with us again. She will be teaching her 'Along the Waterfront' workshop which is a pieced and foundation pieced class inspired by the scenic waterfront of Alesund, which is one of the ports of call on the cruise.

Pam Holland from Australia has her Illustrative Quilting class where she will show you how to draw and quilt with a sewing machine!

Linzi Upton's class, 'Northern Lights' is a Nordic-inspired workshop which includes curved piecing and finally we have Stuart Hillard (of Great British Sewing Bee fame) teaching you how to make the Clamshell Accessories Case from Clover.

 

If you would like to find out more you can email Angela at angela.price@traplet.com or telephone Sew Many Places on 02393 880068.

 

So if you want to have a holiday with a difference with like-minded quilting ladies.........what are you waiting for?!

 

Joanna

 

All Change please!

Well not ALL change, at least not yet!

If you have picked up a copy of the December issue, you will have read that Judi is leaving the magazine so she can spend more time teaching and travelling.

The last couple of years have been quite difficult what with Di's illness and then her sad passing and Judi and I were thrown together at that point. And whilst we had both worked together on the magazine for a year or so, we had both tended to work via Di who had overseen the running of the magazine, so our paths didn't cross over much.

But the great thing was and has continued to be, that we made a great team. We have agreed on everything and have been in sync in every way, even when its a moan about something! And that has made running the magazine so much easier.

 

I will be sad not to be working with Judi on a regular basis but am pleased to tell you she will continue to be contributor to P&Q, hopefully a regular one......!

 

Emma Horrocks is our new assistant editor and will be taking over Judi's share of the magazine. I have to say, despite not working in the magazine industry before, she is an absolute natural and is going to be a fantastic asset to P&Q. We already have the makings of being a great team and I am going to enjoy working with her.

 

And so starts the next chapter in the life of P&Q!