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Bramble Patch & Open Studiio

Hello all,
I had a lovely day yesterday at the Bramble Patch visiting Bren Boardman in her Open Studio and I was also lucky to be able to see the 2012 Showcase where the theme was Bletchley Park.
 So here is Bren talking to one of the visitors. 
 And here is a great piece of work by Sarah Showers who is also exhibiting at Festival of Quilts.  The stitching is very interesting - lots of variety of stitch and thread.
  And here is a selection of Bren's students work - lots of lovely sketchbooks to look at. 
And here - at long last - is my mystery quilt finally finished my hand quilting. Having stitched just inside the stars I needed to tie in another area of the quilt so quilted just inside the squares - I think it works quite well.  So my favourite thing next - binding.
Enjoy the sunshine and the closing ceremony of the Olympics.
Hope to see some of you at the Festival of Quilts - looks like it should be very good.

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Nicole said…
What lovely quiltsThe William Morris home looks inviting..i will be in England late October to attend wedding staying at Barwell and wondered if you would know if there is galleries or quilting shops etc in the area?
26 August 2012 at 09:55
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