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.

Comments

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

Cut and Come Again - sort of

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At long last ......

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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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