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Changing the language of a song sounds like a tricky job, trying to keep the both flavour and the rhythm of the words! Wow!

Excellent! I did a few squares for a quilt once, and it was great fun to be involved and to see him getting it.

Hi CrazyAboutMika!

Sorry, I did not mean to ignore you - I've been awol from the MFC for a few weeks...

Thanks for the compliment - I had such a blast making it, from idea to handover, and now its years later, and the thought of that time still gives me an ecstatic glow! You must have been reading a fair way back into MFC history to find it! I approve of your dedication!

It's hard to give Mika food, even apart from freshness, and transport, because he's a fairly healthy living fellow! But we all have the urge to give him something, anything, to try to return for the joy he gives us.

I hope you do meet him - it's quite likely if you persevere, because he is more accessible than most popstars.

When you say bedspreads, do you mean sewn ones (whole cloth) or quilted/pieced ones? And draperies? Is that curtains? I watched my mother make some when I was young, and decided never to go there! Or are 'draperies' art quilt panels? In which case you must please let me see a picture!

Hexagons are something that I was taught to make once, and decide they were way too hard and fiddly. Hexagons - wow.

That's the best thing about quilting - there's so much variety that if you like handcrafts, you can find a style to like!

Mika had the hugest reaction when he was given the bag. I've rarely seen him so overwhelmed (on videos of other gift givings), so it was very obvious that he immediately apreciated it.

What was also nice about the bag was John's reaction (who was being Mika's bodyguard/present holder). As soon as Mika moved on, he asked how many hours it had taken, and when I said 30, he seemed blown away. He was soon struggling to hold all the presents, (I'd been first!) and I suggested he use the bag as a bag, and he needed reasssurance that it was ok to treat it so ordinarily. Very funny!

After the show, we'd had our meet and greet (boring stunned silent rabbits - poor Mika!)

and everyone from the MFC was saying goodbye, I was still hanging around to wait for Mika to leave. (Dammit, I was there to see the bloke properly, not to leave any sight unseen! I was way back, just looking, cos I'd more than had my fair share!) He came out quite quickly to a bunch of 20 or so non-MFCers, and accepted a cowboy hat from a gorgeous lass, but tucked firmly under his arm was my bag!

I have such good memories - and I was on a Mika high for at least a month pre-concert (from the time I heard about his Aussie visit ) then a fortnight of deep PMD, then back to a Mika high for another 3 months! And just writing about it now makes my blood tingle and my face smiley! Thanks for reviving the memory, and for giving me an excuse to ramble!

How on earth did you find that out? It seems so long ago, in some ways. But having just read on MFC that Mika and DaWhack are collaborating on an art/music thing or something, my brain is spinning with plans to make something featuring the picture I like best... Or perhaps something from the new album...

Thanks for the compliment on the bag - it was all part of a plot to put him in a good mood - it seemed to work quite nicely! I'd never done any raw-edge appiques like that before, so it was fabulously challenging to do!

What sort of quilting do you do? Have you got any pictures I could see? I'd love to see what you make!

Hi,

I know! Merry Christmas - want to do January?

Life is busy....

my eamil is mapotter@tpg.com.au

Thats a more reliable way or freaching me if you want to.

I'm just popping back for mika news - travel and tours? Any news?