OIDFA Congress at Adelaide, South Australia

July 11 I left for Australia. It took about 35 hours to go from my door to the school at Marion, South Australia where the OIDFA classes were held. We stayed at a residential school. I shared a cottage with a lacemaker from Sweden named Hedwig. The trees were full of colorful birds.

I took a class in Larrikin lace from Vicky Taylor. We worked with wire and assortment of threads and yarns. This is the first piece that I worked in class. After 4 days in class we packed up and moved into the city of Adelaide where the OIDFA Congress officially opened with a musical welcome.