astroaztec | Quilt Fair

The entertainment director for the quilt fair is also one of our musicians. The quilt fair patrons have become accustomed to seeing morris dancers around the periphery of all the stitching. This year the theme was The Universe of Quilts, so a lot of the quilts had astrophysical themes. They asked folks from the observatory to act as judges of the theme, and the winner was a quilt about life on new world -- discovering those being one of our specialties. But that's not the most surprising aspect of the people at the fair this year.

Much as computers have become the norm for the operation of mills and lasers in manufacturing, they have also invaded the world of sewing. There have been copyright battles waged over the sharing of sewing software in online forums. Each year several of the booths at the local fair have been selling software and advice on the machines. Sometimes the speakers on the fair stages sing the praises of computer-assisted quilting. That's all normal. This year there was something else, something different about the quilters, something new.

Most of these silver-haired sewers were wearing bluetooth headsets.
Maybe my discomfort stems from Doctor Who.
In any case, for those who haven't seen it, this is an excuse to mention Cybermen call centre confounding Dalek customers.