Jacquie Harvey Talk

What can I say Jacquie Harvey came to Alveva's

and shared her work and quilting times with us,

it was amazing.

She has won so many awards for her hand quilting,

so lovely to see these quilts up close.
She has designed a Block of the Month for The Quilters Guild
which anyone can participate in.

I think we all wanted to go home and start again.

Truly inspirational. 

I could have put up twenty photographs, 

it was hard to choose my favourites.

Visit her website and watch her videos

HERE

Alveva Show and Tell

As usual there were many 'Show and Tells' at the meeting.

From the top, Ruby showed us her wish quilt,

all pictures of things she wants to do throughout her life time and

some she has done. Some made us laugh as they were near impossible!

Meg showed us another of her amazing colourful quilts and she had had it

quilted by Jennifer over at Watton

Jennifer is a wonderful long arm quilter and designs patterns

which merge with your quilt and show off the details.

Visit her website 

HERE

Joy had been on a workshop with Yvonne and brought her friends

from the Sew Much To Do quilting shop from Ely.

They are just so helpful and are putting on workshops in their store.

One of these were held by Yvonne, Medieval Magic.

Visit the shop

HERE

Christine Davey

OOO I was so excited to see Christine Davey who came along

to give us a talk on 'Colour Theory'.

She is the one of the influential  people responsible 

for what I am doing now.

She was my City and Guilds Embroidery Tutor all those

years ago. 

It put me on a path that changed my life forever:)

She was so inspirational and also a hard task master.

We would learn a technique in the morning, experiment.

Learn traditional stitch and then the contemporary version after lunch 

then have to 'Show and Tell' the following week!

I have a similar routine to my City and Guilds class even today.

Christine was professional and always positive about our work but

also made us stretch ourselves!

If there was a new technique she would add it into the 

session and we would expand!!

Thank you so much Christine.

As she gave her talk I realised many things I hadn't

taken on board. 

I often only use three colours in class so that

participants have to mix to get a colour they want.

Christine said this is what she did,

un be knowing to me I had taken this to heart and in my 

practice!!

Again Thank you.

It also made me realise how far I have come since

doing my first City and Guilds and it has made

me very 

proud to be able to share and teach them too!

Alveva Show and Tell

As you can see there was a good selection of quilt styles 

shown at Alveva's this month.

Starting with Ruby and her love of colour and finishing

with Yvonne's meticulously pieced Table Runner.

The speaker for the night was Christine Davey.

March Alveva Quilt Meeting

Alveva Quilters meet the third Wednesday evening of most months.

At The Methodist Hall  Feltwell.

From 7pm until 9

There is always lots to see, share and learn.

We start with the notices and catch up and then "Show and Tell".

This month there were quilts and Liz showed us her

quilted cushion which was beautifully done.

All are welcome so come along and share.

Lucy Summers was our speaker for the evening, 

Sharing her quilts with the fabric she has designed herself for Moda.

See the post

HERE

See her website HERE

Lucy Summers

Lucy Summers gave a talk at Alveva Quilters. 

See previous post HERE

She showed us her fabrics and quilts that she had made with them.

She then went on to demonstrate her layered screen printing technique

using Thermofax Screens. 

She then got several members to have a go and have their own 

piece of fabric. I had a screen print too!

You can see Lucy's quilts are very colourful and she often uses a 

'improve' technique to make them.

 You use what ever fabric you have and make small areas

of patchwork and then join them together.

She was also excited to show and tell us about her new book. 

Which comes out soon!

A great evening and we all brought some of her fabric 

or one of her china mugs.

See Lucy's blog with all her work HERE

Speaker Linda Turner

I am a member of Alevea Quilters who meet once a month on the third Wednesday evening in Feltwell.
This evening we had 'Show and Tell', Meg showed her latest finished Scrap Quilt. Liz showed us a Pink Old Quilt she had just purchased, Barbara showed us her amazing wholecloth quilt that had taken her just over five years to complete. I just love these and one day, one day I have promised myself I will do a wholecloth quilt for myself. My 'Tell' for the evening was the City and Guilds had been completed and as their were two members in the group who had just completed the Patchwork and Quilting Level One I showed their finished quilts and my Stitch book. The 'Show and Tell' was so interesting but the evening didn't stop there, Linda Turner who is one of our members was the Speaker for the evening. She told us how she started only four and half years ago and her fist piece of patchwork which is photograph two above and then some of her work and latest creations. Linda also teaches in America regulary and has a log cabin there.
See her work on her wonderful website www.lindaturner.co.uk
See her blog HERE

Alveva Quilters and Annette Morgan

Alveva Quilters of Feltwell meet once a month, on the third Wednesday at 7pm and we have some wonderful evenings with 'Show and Tell' and then often a speaker or technique led evening. We were lucky enough to have Annette Morgan come to share her work and her latest inspiration with us.
Annette is also a City and Guilds teacher so her knowledge of quilting and textiles is vast. We all had a wonderful evening and the group brought her DVD for our library box. Thank you Annette for sharing your work and time with us. You will often see Annette at shows and Exhibitions be sure to say, 'hello' or visit her website HERE

March Alveva Meeting

I belong and Chair Alveva Quilters  which meets the third Wednesday of most months in Feltwell, Norfolk. Our speaker had to cancel due to ill health and so, two of our members, Yvonne and Liz stepped into the breach after 'Show and Tell', to give us demonstrations on, 'Screen Printing Basics' and 'Hand Quilting'. Their Talks were really interesting and informative, the group had a lovely evening.

Get Well Wishes to Christine Davey and hopefully she will be able to talk to the group at another time.

See Yvonnes blog at www.yvonnedbrown.blogspot.com
Also see the video she made with Bonnie McCaffrey on my tech site by clicking the link below. It is a fantastic video and Yvonne shows her Medieval Tile Technique.
www.art2inspire.blogspot.com

Alveva Quilters Meeting

On Wednesday the 15th of February Alveva Quilters had their first

evening meeting for 2012. We have held Coffee Mornings

and Work Days during the day since December

because of the Winter Weather.

These meetings have been really lovely for members to get together

and share making and skills.

The evening was based on all the news, 'Show and Tell' from members

and the topic,

"What or What Inspires You?".

Everyone joined in and there was a real variety of ideas

and items.

My favourites were the quilts and an art book,

Carol shared with us written by

John Clare and Carry Akroyd.

It is all based on landscapes and animals.

I was so inspired I ordered it from Amazon.

See more of our meetings by clicking the labels below.

Alveva Quilters Meeting 19th October 2011

Wednesday night was Alveva Quilters monthly meeting.

John from the charity Lifeline 4 Chernobyl came

to the meeting to give us a talk on the charity

and advise us on the different ways we can help.

Our group takes on several charities a year to support.

We tend to do local charities so it helps our local

community. Even though this is a local charity

that supports 'The Forgotten People Of Chernobyl",

there are lots of ways we can help other than money.

We are making quilts, knitted teddy bears,

so that every child that need one has one,

collecting warm clothes and other items for the auctions

that are held once a month at Salters Lode.

We are supporting other charities too,

The Brain Tumour Trust, The Litcham Hospice

and The Quilters Guild of Great Britain by

donating £100 towards conservation of a quilt.

(We did this last year too!).

It's nice to know we are enjoying

our hobby and helping other too!

John spoke to us, showed us a video and

answered our questions and then we had

'Show and Tell'.

There were lots but I have showed two photos.

Louise showed us her first machine made quilt,

well done Louise and Barbara showed us her

quilt that is folded at the bottom of the bed.

It is very luxurious almost like something out of a Harem!

Barbara's words not mine.

It was beautiful

and has bells on! say no more!

See the charities website by clicking

www.lifeline4chernobyl.org.uk

Yvonne Brown's Talk at Alveva Quilters September Meeting

We were lucky at the September Alveva Meeting as we

had Yvonne Brown gives us a talk on her

trip to New Zealand for the Quilt Symposium.

She was one of the Tutors at the event.

Yvonne was the originator of

Alveva Quilters and is also our President.

She has contributed so much to

Patchwork and Quilting.

She showed us slides of her trip and showed

us some of her new work including a commission piece

based on the Sutton Hoo Helmet.

Yvonne had also brought along

several copies of her book,

'Tex-tiles and other Treasure:

Using Medieval Tiles and Stonework'.

I brought a copy and she kindly signed it

for me!

I highly recommend it if you want to

experiment with heat and soldering techniques.

Thank you Yvonne for a lovely talk,

so inspirational.

You can buy her book and see

more of Yvonne's work on her

website

www.yvonnebrown.co.uk