December saw the return of Stuart Hillard, who came to us with the talk “Bags”. This was an amusing talk-and-show presentation, where he explained how he had compiled his books, beginning with the design and making of one bag. He brought a great number of samples, pointed out the details of his work, and gave technical details of how to make bags from that design. His samples included many different types of bags and showed how one design can be made using different techniques including patchwork, improv piecing and boro.