Wow!!! What a day. So many people came by to visit & donate some of their precious & much loved fabric items. I was touched by their generousity & desire to openly share their stories. Thank you.
 
I've loaded some images and stories on the Fabric Items and Stories page. Check it out and come by the shop before Friday 29th June to drop in your own fabric item to become part of Passing By.
 
DAY 5 & we had an article in one of the local papers. There's been a good response already. Lots of people have popped in to see what we're up to. View the Express Advocate article, It's a shop full of creativity in Gosford.
 
This amazing sky covered Gosford on Day 4, Thursday 21 June. It was incredible. The clouds stretched out as far as I could see. I wanted to float up into them.
Images taken from the roof of the Imperial Shopping Centre, Gosford.
 
Day 4 - June 21st and I'm feeling more settled in the space. People are coming into the shop and chatting. We've had lots of positive comments and interest in what we're up to. Overall, the community is very happy to see something creative like this happening in the Gosford CBD. They're often disappointed when they realise we're only in the space for 2 weeks.
 
Now that I've finally worked out how to download images from my new smart phone - here are a few pics of our residency shop 153/154 Imperial Shopping Centre, Gosford & how it's progressing - DAY 2.
 
Today was fantastic! Wendy, Kath, Janet and I spent time in the shop sorting out the space and chatting about aspects of our work and just getting to know a bit about each other.

We had some interesting people visit the shop which was a wonderful start to the first day. I'm encouraged by the curiousity and general interest people have expressed about what we're doing.

Keep coming in - as the days progress we'll have more and more to show. Don't forget to bring a fabric item/s for my project (Passing By) - anything made of fabric is fine. If there's a story connected to the item, I'd love to record that too. SHOP 153/154 IMPERIAL SHOPPING CENTRE, GOSFORD.
 
I picked up my first smart phone today - a Galaxy Note. I'm actually really excited about what I can do with it and how it will allow me to publish info on Passing By quickly and easily. I can draw images, make notes and send them directly to the website + receive and send emails, check out any activity on the Facebook page and update this blog.

However, the more exciting thing is that I had my first fabric item donation + story - so the project is now truly underway. I'll load an image later on the Fabric Items & Stories page.
 
Finally! I can post to the Passing By Facebook page. I'd love to hear from you, so have a look and make a comment. The residency starts Monday so I'll load some images. Watch this space.
 
For anyone who tried sending an email using the [email protected] address and had their email returned - everything is ok now. It's fixed!
I look forward to receiving emails and comments.