It has been such a long time since we've been able to go to one of these as the past few always seemed to have fallen when I was away. I'd had a leaflet sent to me and seen it advertised on TV but I'd not really given it much thought as I've been needing to spend every weekend walking (trying to get in at the least a 4 1/2 hours walk each day and 6 1/2 hours weather permitting). But at the last minute Carole talked me into it and we decided to go - telling ourselves all the while we wouldn't spend much, we'd just go for a look!!
One of the first things we did when we arrived was to check out the Workshops which were scheduled throughout the day. We both love needlecrafts, particularly embroidery, and one of the workshops was for "Gold Work" and as this is something we've always liked the look of and kept saying we'd give it a try some time, we couldn't wait to get booked on to it. The workshop was run by "Golden Hinde" of Warrington and as it was for just 45 minutes it was run as a quick introduction / taster session. We had three project motifs to choose from; a heart, paisley design and abstract triangular motif (we both ended up choosing the same design - the paisley, which was just as well as the heart was the most popular choice and got snapped up). Of course 45 minutes went by in no time at all - just enough to whet the appetite! We really enjoyed it and would love to do a full day's course one day.
The "Golden Hinde" Stall
Advising a Customer 
Gold Work Workshop - Quietly stitching away
Carole Concentrating on her Couching
Paisley Sample Piece - Gold Threads on Silk
The Seahorse looks gorgeous and of course now having done the starter project I just had to buy one teensy weensy little kit
The Golden Hinde's web site;- http://www.golden-hinde.co.uk/
We spent the rest of the day looking at every stand in GMEX - there is so much to see, lots and lots of beautiful designs on display. We could have bought sack loads of stuff, and it was extremely tempting but we both have "stashes" of every kind of needlecraft kit going and cupboards practically bulging at the seams so we tried to restrain ourselves (and we did fairly well by repeating the mantra must finish this or must finish that ). We did, however, catch the "stitching bug" again and we came away from the show all enthused and ready to dust off our embroidery hoops and make some time (no matter how much we procrastinate how busy we are) and finally get round to "doing a bit" again.
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