Burtle Harvest Home

Hello all.

Sorry I haven't posted for a while - those Olympics are rather addictive and I'm watching the most bizarre collection of sports.

Anyway - we had a weekend away to the Burtle Harvest Home - really a good excuse to meet up with lovely family and eat and drink.

So here's the huge tent that 500 of us sat in for a really amazing meal.

And inside was very nidely decorated too.

The next day we all walked up Glastonbury Tor.

As you can see the weather was a little volatile. I amazed we kept dry - well at least we kept dry on the way up - on the way down we got a little damp.

And in the post today my programme arrived for the 2012 Festival of Quilts. The theory of buying this before the show is that I can plan what I'm going to see. I'll let you know how it goes.

Tale care and enjoy the sunshine

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Outstanding Projects

Do you remember when this... became this? Well - It's time to get it finished. This is my next project. I intend to hand quilt kit with big black stitches. I always like to have a hand quilting project.
Last night I went to the Lutterworth Embroiderers Guild talk. It was a great talk from Gizella K Warburton. She shared her work with us - both textile work and photographs. I really enjoyed seeing both. Do have a look at her work. It's abstract and uses some great fabrics which give the feel of the countryside. These images give you a hint at the work Gizella produces. I hope to make progress with a few things this weekend and I'll post about it next week. Have a great weekend.

Jean Littlejohn class

The Lutterworth Embroiderers Guild were very fortunate to have Jean Littlejohn teaching. I think most of the class managed to finish their morning piece - which was a small stitched picture that we then embellished. For me it was a first with an embellisher and Jean generously let us use her machine. The second piece was stitched with a more open weave fabric than many of us were used to sewing with. Jean generously provided this fabric that was dyed and she also provided a size 14 Chenille needle - again much larger than we were used to, but the big eye enabled us to use a thinker thread to fill the space. We then bond webbed and foiled over the stitches, So - a great class. Here are some photos from the day:
I'll post more photos as the work progresses.

Market Bosworth Festival

The Festival was a great success this year. It was lovely to meet some of my blog readers... you know who you are. Above is a photo of Helen Rhodes who was demonstrating in the Bosworth gallery. She's so nice and produces great work - do have a look at her website. Here's a photo of the Town Crier - not sure where he was from, but he looked very smart in his outfit. And here is the lovely Bee Design stand. She also makes great paper products. I wanted to show you the quilt Phyllis made using Edwina's 'cut and come again' method. It was very popular with visitors. I thought you'd like to see some of the work completed by some of the ladies who were beginners and are now producing great work. If you'd like to know more about classes drop me a line and I'll forward you details on. Don't worry I don't teach - the lovely Linda does. Here is my small contribution to the show. At long last I finished hand quilting with a seed stitch and got the …

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