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 binding finished and even a sleeve on. I'm really pleased wit the results.

And finally a lovely quilt by Angela.

So - hope you all had a good weekend. We raised loads of money - over £1,500 which we've donated to the Samaritans, the local Guides and the local Scouts Group.

See you all soon.

Comments

Jacqui Chimes said…

Your quilt is lovely Sarah

27 June 2012 at 16:45

Anonymous said…

I love your quilt! Congrats on getting it finished :-)

27 June 2012 at 18:19

Cut and Come Again - sort of

Hello all. Are you managing to avoid the downpours? Crikey when it rains - it really rains. So here is my attempt at Edwina MacKinnon's 'Cut and Come Again' technique that she taught to our group - but I was unable to attend the class. I was a bit annoyed this week and this is a great technique when you're annoyed. If you look at the link to Edwina's blog you'll see hers is much better (as you would expect). But I think if I have another look at her blog photos perhaps I can adapt it. I'll be putting these blocks together to make a cushion cover for the show in Market Bosworth in June. I promise to show you the results when I have it finished. Have a good weekend - and keep dry.

At long last ......

At long last it's finished. My first large (96 x 78 inches) quilt. I'm really pleased with the pieced binding. It took a while to finish off - but I really like it. I've still got a bit of tidying up and I need to add a label - but the hard slog is finished. So I feel a bit lost now without a huge quilt to sit and stitch when I fancy. You can see from below I've already got the fabric for my next project from Strawberry Fayre. And yet again it was great service - really fast. I've washed the fabric and now it needs a good press. I also need to make sure I think about how the cut the fabric so I don't end up with lots of bits. The larger pieces I'll piece to make the back.

A new experience

Hello, After reading and looking at so many inspiring blogs I thought I'd dip my toe in the water. I hope you'll stick with me whilst I master this new thing..... I've only been quilting for a few years but have always been involved in crafts. My first experience of quilting was with my great aunt - the old fashioned paper hexagons with material from cut up purchases from jumble sales. I have advanced from this but I'm not the world's greatest quilter - although I am enthusiastic. The photo above is my quilt entered to Quilts in the Garden at Trentham last weekend. Although I didn't win a prize one of our group came third in the Bed Quilt category - we had a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I also have a bit of a thing for making bags - this comes in usful when we need things for our sales table at the village Festival (I can assure you they'll be lots more about this as we get nearer to the event). Hope you've enjoyed my first attempt...... I hope this pos...

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