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Gillian Travis at Malvern Quilt Show
There was a lot of lovely work on show at Malvern, but the ones I liked the absolute best were Gillian Travis’ Indian quilts. I think this is probably because my own work is going through such a...
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What I did at the weekend
If you read my previous post you will know that I have had a very busy time recently. So this weekend, although I have a head buzzing with Laura Ashley ideas which need making, I found myself making...
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Mr Finch
Finally, finally, finally my copy of Mr Finch’s book has arrived. I made a cup of good coffee and sat down to read it. That isn’t my hand, by the way, the picture is from his Facebook gallery. Mr...
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Latest Laura Ashley panel
I have started doing some work with Laura Ashley fabric again. This time there is no rush. It’s not for an exhibition or a conference paper, so I can take as long as I like. It started with one of...
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New Year’s Doll 2015
Every year on New Year’s Day I make a doll. I either make something which reflects how I am feeling about the past year or something that I want to work on in the coming one. Here are the links to...
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Relaunching the Laura Ashley quilt
I have had a new lease of life with my Laura Ashley project. My huge Body Shop/Anita Roddick quilt has finally gone to its new home and this seems like a good time to make a start on the large Laura...
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What I did at the weekend
These are really not very good photographs of the work I did on the new Laura Ashley piece. I have had a big burst of interest in this quilt, and I am wondering if it is because the other large piece...
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Quilt chic
For my birthday I asked for a copy of the The Decemberists’ new album. I am not a big fan, but I really wanted the CD for the cover, which looked to me like one of the wonderful nineteenth-century...
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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life?
This is quite a small panel, one of the last ones I made, but the one which will be in the top-left-hand corner. Some of the panels have fents or offcuts instead of costume prints, including this...
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Inspired by Janet Edmonds and Vincent van Gogh
On Wednesday I went to a great workshop with Janet Edmonds which was based on working with van Gogh as inspiration. I knew it was going to be a good day when I sat down next to lovely Nathalie who...
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van Gogh in purple and yellow
This is the second sample from the Vincent van Gogh workshop, this time working with purple and yellow, which co-incidentally were the colours of my school uniform. I love this combination, although...
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van Gogh inspiration – neutrals
The prompt for this exercise was to use cretan stitch in neutral shades. I felt a bit of a cheat as I used some of my lovely variegated thread from Winifred Cottage (sadly no longer available), and...
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What I did at the weekend
This weekend was spent filling up the reservoir, as it were, as I spent a lot of time with my Grate Frend Beatriz at exhibitions and in art shops. On Friday we went to the blockbuster exhibition...
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What I finished off at the weekend
I am still working on this large Laura Ashley wall piece, although there are other things I should be getting on with. As I mentioned in a previous post, I lost all interest in this piece and so I am...
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Alison Moger at Bristol Quilters
This post is about lovely Alison Moger’s visit to Bristol Quilters last night, but it is also about synchronicity and that feeling that the whole world is coming together to help you in your work,...
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Making cushions for people with dementia
On 23 June I was lucky enough to be involved in the end of project conference or, more accurately, celebration for the Tangible Memories project at the University of Bristol. Most big projects which...
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House and home
This is a quick post today, to some extent to show I am still alive. I am planning a series of events with a visiting quilter from the US, Marybeth Stalp, and one of them involves a workshop in which...
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Quilting Cradle to Grave – Academic quilting at Bristol University
On Wednesday afternoon we had the third of our four events with Marybeth Stalp, our visiting Benjamin Meaker fellow, from the US. The theme was Cradle to Grave looking at quilting as what Marybeth...
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Strange what you find on your phone
I was clearing out some photos on my phone and found this picture of a page from my sketchbook when I was doing my neckpieces project. Thought it was worth another airing.
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Dragon hide no 1
The theme of my favourite conference, SCOS, this year is The Animal, and my grate frend, Beatriz and I have decided to do some work together. We are going to make a piece each week for twenty-five...
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