Morning Hare

Got dressed pretty quick this morning beacause I wanted to catch the hare's on the field behind Quilters Cottage.

We live on a hill so the hares collect at the top and slowly make their way down with the sun.

Stewart's been telling me he has counted at least 18 but there were 12 up this morning

when I crept down the garden with my cup of tea and camera.

This one is clearly washing her face!

Click on the photograph to really see her face!

See my work on rabbits on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Start of a Wallhanging

Angie wanted to use most of the fabrics she had collected together.

She had a few guidelines in mind.

No measuring!

No rules!

and

bigger than an A4!!!

This preparation of the wallhanging appeared very quickly

and is definitely larger than A4!

Angie pinned it all in place and had started to turn some of the hems on

the circles,leaving some with their frayed edges too!

(Double click on the wallhanging to see the detail).

Angie now can do the creative stitch and embellishment bit!

Nice to see Angie creating at The Gallery.

See some of my wallhangings at

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Angie Planning Her Wallhanging

Angie came to The Gallery today straight from work!

Angie needed some inspiration and others to create with.

It didn't take her long before she emptied all her fabric out on the

table, set a few things she wanted to achieve and not long after

she had a wallhanging in the making.

See some of my wallhangings

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Carol Machine Quilting

Carol is very percise and she wants her quilting a certain way,

so she has quilted a bit,then unpicked,

quilted a bit and then unpicked.

Today she got into the 'zone' and started to quilt how

see really wanted to!

Well done, Carol for your practice and patience.

It is definitely paying off.

Carol took home lots of homework, as The Gallery is closed next week.

See more of what happens at The Gallery

http://www.thegallerydereham.co.uk/

Pat's Thank you Angel

Pat finished her mixed media angel today.
Isn't she wonderful?
What a beautiful facial expression.
(double click on angel picture to get the details)
Pat is giving it as a gift to say, 'Thank You'
and it will now be in the post.
It has been a real pleasure to see this angel materialise.
Well done Pat!
See more of what happens at The Gallery
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Front Cover of Vintage Lace Folder

Here is the finished Vintage lace Blue Folder.

Embellished with hand and machine stitching.

Additional embellishments with the sequins and metallic threads.

It open and closes with a large pop stud.

It is slightly bigger than an A3 piece of paper when open.

I am really pleased with it because it is nice and compact

and will old all my special keepsake treasures.

See more of my keepsakes on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Inside the Keepsake Folder

As promised,more of the Vintage Lace Blue Folder.

Here are the pockets sewn inside to hold keepsakes.

I have been given lots of 'Blue' treasures over the years

and this folder gives them a home where I can admire them altogether.

I added some of my favourite buttons.

See other vintage keepsakes including gift envelopes on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Cream and Gold ATC's

With the garden being so wet I went and played in my studio.

The lace box is out and I am behind making a' Vintage Cream' ATC for a swap.

So here are three,one to send,one to keep and one to swap!

Stewart refurbished the BBQ as there was no sign of us using it today!

He cleaned and wired brushed it and then gave it a respray with Stove and BBQ paint.

It looks like new.

Roll on the hot weather.

See other ATC's I have made and recieved on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Vintage Lace Keepsake File, Blue

So here is the prepared Vintage lace File painted Blue!

Now it is ready to be embellished with stitch,beading and

attaching the linning with it's pockets.

Check back to see it's completion.

See more of my coloured creations on my website.

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Vintage Lace Keepsake File

Here is the Keepsake Lace File folded and is ready for painting!!!

It will be painted and dyed various shades of my favourite colour,

BLUE!

see more of my blue work on my website

http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Prep for Vintage Lace File

Today I finally got to my 'Cream on Cream' Vintage pile

and sewed all the lace onto the canvas backing.

See more of my lace work on my website

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Sketchbook Garden Page

Yesterday, I wasn't able to do 'The Gallery Tuesday', due to a hospital appointment.

Scans and tests later, feel a relief and was looked after really well.

So today I needed to re-group mentally,emotionally.

Stewart treated me to an ipod yesterday and Jenn helped me sort out some music today.

Rang friends and caught up with my sketchbook.

I had piled up alot of goodies to stick in,

so this morning I had fun painting, sticking and glueing,

really fun and releasing!

Feebie, 'The Flower Lady' called this morning too! with her plants in her van.

We live rurally so have many little vans that call with plants,

fish,meat and the fish and chip van beeps!when there here.

Feebie always seems to know when the time is right.

I brought some plants for the flower garden and strawberries for the greenhouse,enjoyed being ouside.

Here is the sketchbook page after my planting.

Feel lucky to be creative and enjoy what ever you are doing because you can!

Kate's Quilt

This is Kate's quilt in the making inspired by Persian Rugs.

The center panel is all Celtic Work with such small stitches.

Beautiful Kate! and to think that was all in bits last month!

We are so lucky to have such a good friends and the laughter could be heard all the way to the allotments!

I got home just before Cinderella again!

Kate Shows Us Her Quilt

Barbara's been making beautiful bags and shows us some more she would like to make on the computer along with penants for London 2012 Olympics.

We are each planning to make one.

This is Kate's quilt she is in the process of making for her son.

Now this is the lady who had only just arrived back in Norfolk after a celebration in a Night Club the previous evening and you can see her pink hat! that she turned up in!!

We Arrived at Coven

Once a month on Monday night it's Coven Quilters.

We met at Barbara's and boxes and bag fulls later we are sorting out Alsorts.

What you can do with this box of fabric?

Part of Joan's stash, she has been sorting out while moving into her new logcabin studio in her garden, oooh!

Joan reckons this is a couple of hours worth of time which she doesn't have,

just another three life times worth to sort!

As you can see the other Barbara is hard at thought,

arms crossed and deep stares.