Barney The Owl

Stewart and I just love visiting all the different marques

with the different exhibits, crafts, birds and ferrets.

The birds go into the show ring and fly free.

Some were delightful because they really did fly and ignored their

handlers, coming back when they wanted to!

This owl loved his handler and cooed and flaped his wings

when she whispered to him.

visit

www.hawkeyefalconry.co.uk

Sandringham Country Show

A day at Sandringham Country Fair.

Wonderful so much to see and enjoy.

visit

www.sandringhamestate.co.uk

My Birthday

September the 11th is my birthday.

I got up early and went to the studio to play,

my time.

Jenn came in at 8am with a handful of cards, presents and

chocolate croisants and a mug of tea.

ooo I did feel loved!

This was a small selection and I now have a Meercat!

With the sun trying to shine we were off out for the day.

Than you to all who sent me lovely messages.

Special thoughts around the world this day too!

Norfolk Lavender

With finishing the top of the Seaside Single Quilt

I realised I hadn't got any backing fabric,

large enough or even vaguely nautical.

So how nice a trip to Hunstanton and

Sian's fabric shop. Twice in the same month

very unlike me. I normally go about once every three!

Well i found the backing and brought enough

wadding to make enough quilts for a whole exhibition.

On the way home we stopped into 'Norfolk Lavender'

for a cup of tea and a wander round,

it always smells wonderful.

The farm shop is such an inspiration for cooking.

have a look at their website

you can almost smell the lavender where ever you are in the world.

http://www.norfolk-lavender.co.uk/

Wednesday Quilting

On Wednesday, I decided I needed a colour change from the bright

coloured Animal Quilt colection I have been making.

The inspiration came from my love of the sea.

Lots of sand and stripes!

This is a Single Quilt size.

The large squares are 11"

See more quilts I have made on my page portfolio on

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Angie's Button Necklace

Angie dropped in on her lunch hour.

She normally comes along for some creative time,

but this lunch hour she was on a flying visit and

gave me a button necklace.

I had admired a button necklace she was wearing

and asked if she could make me a blue one.

Well, here it is.

Thank you Angie and I really love it.

Carol's Finished Quilt

Carol has really enjoyed learning Patchwork and Quilting

on a Tuesday @The Gallery.

This is a quilt made entirely of the scraps left over from her first quilt.

It's fantastic, the free machine quilting is so good!

Well done Carol!

See more of what happens at The Gallery

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Gallery Day 7th September 2010

Lots of comings and goings @The Gallery as usual.
Pat and Margaret are both working on different mixed media.
Here Margaret is adding details to her page in an Altered Book inspired her her life.
Lots of painting, ripping papers and sticking and glueing.
See more of what goes on @ The Gallery at
www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

More Art Tidies

There, six Art Tidies made, all hung round dinning table
ready to take to The Gallery.
I finished quilting the single animal quilt and the
red and black animal quillo too!
Put on the bias binding, just that to finish sewing on.
I'll show some pictures later of the finished quilts.
I hung them over a chair in the Gallery on Tuesday
and they got a lot of positive response.
See more of my quilts in my portfolio at
www.art2inspire.co.uk

Art Tidies

These days I seem to be playing 'catch up' on alot of things

including updating my posts.

Well, on Monday I made another lot of 'Art Tidies'

for The Gallery as they had sold out.

Animal Quillo

I have really enjoyed playing with animal fabrics

and using them in traditional style quilts.

This is ready for the backing and a cushion as

it will be a quillo.

This will go into the Quilt Exhibition too!

See more of my quilts and quillos on

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Animal Single Quilt with Red Squares

I started cutting this out last week and piecing it together.

I used all the animal fabrics that I had collected

and have been given over the years.

They were really fun because of all of the colours and faces!

It is has now been sandwiched together and quilted.

I used a random quilting stitch all over.

Just the borders to do, bias binding and a label.

It will go in the Alveva Quilting Exhibition,

as one of the quilts for sale quilts.

See more of my quilts on my portfolio pages

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Visit to Sian's

Went to Sian's fabric store at The Scout Hut in Hunstanton on Saturday 28th

to buy some backing fabric for the colourful animal and red

single quilt I had started to make.

I needed to make something colourful and fun with the

repetiveness of squares.

We love looking at all the different coloured fabrics but I was good and

brought the animal fabric for the backing and some green for the

bias binding.

After we went for some lunch and a walk by the sea, lovely!

Banham Workshop

I went to Banham on the 27th of August

for the last of the holiday workshops.

At Banham Primary School we made Holiday boxes.

This is the workshop in full swing in one of the classrooms.

Making the boxes and decorating them with holiday art and

keepsakes from holiday destinations.

Pentney Holiday Boxes

At Pentney Village again in my role as a Community Artist, making Holiday Boxes.

Everyone made their boxes and then decorates with artwork

based on holidays and travel.

Lots of art and games.

Flying aeroplanes at break time too!

Thank you Sue and Alison for organising it and joining in.

See other holiday workshops on this blog and

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