The weekend before Easter

Being last weekend, as I have only just got around to sitting down and blogging about it! My folks had all 3 children for the whole weekend - never happened before! The reason was me and DP had a busy weekend planned at the NEC. Saturday we were at the Memorabillia event, which had stalls selling all things Star wars, old movie, anime, etc, people dressed up and celebreties, most of which i didn't recognise (tut tut) allthough I did glimpse Burt Quock and Anna Poplewell from Narnia.

We were there with the UK Garrison, a costuming group Dave belongs to, and I was roped along to help out, so Saturday there was a lot of this:
Yes, I know. They were scaring the poor ladies coming out of Hobbycrafts, taking place on the same weekend.

Which brings me to Sunday. This time I managed to get to the Sewing for pleasure / hobbycrafts event for a walk round by myself :) I was there early, so managed to plan my day so I got a place on a workshop, learning how to sew an invisible zip, and attended the catwalk show and a couple of talks. There was some amazing work on display... I was particularly taken with the felting, so much so I bought some merino wool tops and a felting needle so I could have a go myselfI also bought a procion dye kit, looking forward to having a play when the children go back to school!And I picked up some lovely sewing magazines and a book, including a subscription to Sew:
And picked up some bits and bobs, some lovely buttons, thread, ribbon, card toppers and freebies:
Some of this has become great Easter makes for the kids while they have been on holiday. I apologise for all the pics, but you know what it's like when you've had a great shopping spree and you just want to show it off, and your family just doesnt see what all the excitment is about?!

This weekend, Easter weekend is time for sewing and planting! But that's a whole other blog post, so will fill you in soon enough.