Chequer Mead and East Grindstead I

Monday arrives and we set off early as we have a 40 minute drive and we still need to set up tables and "stuff." Claire and Leslie are pros at schlepping things cross country as we really find out the next week when they cart all the tables, irons, and "stuff" including a commercial sink up to Birmingham to build the "Virtual Studio" at the Festival of Quilts. But back to East Grinstead and the Chequer Mead Community Art Center. Bob had a huge room and the weather was so nice that whenever they wanted to work outside they were able. Chequer Mead had a cafe that served wonderful food. I must admit that the food in the UK seems to have improved since our last visit 10 years ago. The first picture is of Chequer Mead. The huge area on the left is Bob's room.










Attentive students while Bob demonstrates and shows examples.








Then at various times during the week the students are hard at work. What a great bunch of students they turned out to be. The majority of them have been students of Claire and Leslies at Committed to Cloth and were so talented.
















The next post will be of the critiques. There you will be able to see what they accomplished during the week and also I hope to throw in some pictures of East Grinstead. I spent a few days walking around town. And as a good Episcopalian, I found the local Anglican church and went to a morning service on Wednesday. So more to come but I have to figure out how to download the pictures so it isn't such a pain. I did discover that if you click on the pictures they become larger and that will be great for the next bunch. Thanks for reading. Later