A Village Quilter

Hello all. I had a really lovely day yesterday at The Bramble Patch on a class with Catherine Nicholls . The class was to make a book wrap inspired by the work of Emily Carr.  As you know from a previous post I went to the exhibition to see her work at Dulwich.  So for me it was an ideal combination - great teacher and great art! Here is what we were aiming towards, but as with every good teacher it was fine if you wanted to make a hanging or a banner. So - to get to this I learned a couple of great techniques that I've never been able to master previously.  So one was curved seams - using a rotary cutter - no ruler or template...  This formed the background And the next technique was needle turn appliqué.  I didn't use it on the piece I made - but I'm really pleased with my practice piece. Here is my work by the end of the day. So - I used some of my own dyed fabric, some batik and some potassium dyed silk with bondaweb. Still...

Hi All, I hope you're making the most of this glorious weather.  I've been very domesticated and got the towels out and have all the windows wide open to blow away the cobwebs. I visited the   Bramble Patch on Good Friday to catch up with friends and also see an exhibition.  They always have interesting e xhibitions and they are always very well displayed. There were two parts to the exhibition.  The first part was Dislocation by the Contemporary Quilt group , which is a sub group of the Quilters Guild. I've always enjoyed seeing work from this group and would love to join if I didn't have to pay to join the gild too. This work was originally exhibited at the Festival of Quilts in 2014, but it was nice to see it in a smaller venue where you weren't overwhelmed by the size of the venue.  I also enjoy seeing how people interpret themes. The Shape of Nature had work by Hilary Beattie and Jenny Rolfe.  I have had classes with both and really...