Card Making Wednesday October 5th 2011

On Wednesday Kim brought in Embossing Boards

for us to try and I needed to make a card for

nicole's Christening.

I wanted to make a card with the 'N',

similar to the Cushion and Quilt we had

made as the Christening Gifts.

We learnt lots of techniques as usual

and as you can see I made a 'N' card!

See more of my card making

www.cards2inspire.blogspot.com

Jeanette's Green Box Taking Shape

As you can see, Jeanette's Green Treasure Box has

taken shape and she is now putting the finishing

touches to the base.

To see how it began click

HERE

All Pink

Sara has been working on her themed pieces of textile and

as you can see they are Pink, flowered and with

additional butterflies.

Above, is Sara's first go at strip patchwork and

free machine quilting, as you can see it looks really good.

The embellished piece is going to cover a notebook.

See more embellishment by visiting my website.

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Nikki's Waistcoat

Nikki has been working on her Alpaca Tweed Waistcoat

for several months. Nearing the finishing line

it was the waistcoat hem and buttonholes this week.

Just removing tacks, lining hem and press finishing.

It looks really stylish!

Well done Nikki! for your patience and perseverance.

It was supposed to be a beginners waistcoat but with

a cowl collar and made in alpaca it has had its

challenges.

Transfer onto Fabric

Each week there are many different techniques

being tried at the Gallery Textile Sessions

and this week it was the different ways

you can transfer designs onto fabric.

The top was a transfer of Sara's artwork,

very modern and Pat's is the

1930's Doves.

Watch this site for more transfer work shortly.

Gallery Tuesday 4th October 2011

So many different projects are being made @ The Gallery

'Textile Tuesdays' sesssions.

Above, is a green striped cushion made by Barbara and

a Christmas Runner made out of scraps by Beryl.

Even though some of the patterns are used they

always look different!

See more of what goes on by clicking the

written labels below or visit

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Monday at Knit Wits

I am now doing an extra Monday at

Knit Wits at the beginning of the month.

It was a lovely morning with a quilt being put

together, folded bags and a fancy Union Jack Cushion.

In the afternoon I finished my Japanese Bag from

the Saturday Workshop and had a good

browse of the lovely new fabrics that Fiona

has ordered in.

See more of what is at Knit Wits

www.knitwitsdereham.co.uk

Nicole's Christening Quilt and Cushion

On the Sunday I finished putting Nicole's quilt together

and Jenn made Nicole a cushion to match.

They really look good together if I do

say so myself!

I love making baby quilts in between

projects and larger quilts.

See more baby quilts by clicking on the

written labels below or visit my website portfolio

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Workshop Day at Weeting

On Saturday the 1st of October I went to the Workshop Day

at Weeting. There were four different workshops

going on in the hall.

Beading with Doris.

Sugarcraft with Sue.

Christmas Baubles with another Sue

and Bag Making with Viv.

I was attending the bag making.

A Japanese Bag with ties and twists!

As you can see by the photos it was a

very creative day and even though it was so

hot everyone had a lovely day.

See more of Weeting Quilters at

www.weetingquilters.blogspot.com

Christening Quilt

On Friday the 30th I cut out the pieces for a

Christening Quilt for Jennifer's God Mother's

Daughter, Nicole.

We are going to the Christening with the family in a few weeks time.

see more baby quilts by clicking on the written

labels below and see more of my quilts by visiting

my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Thursday 29th September at Knit Wits Quilt Day

At Knit Wits of Dereham on the 29th it was

Quilt Making Day for beginners and experts alike.

Everyone had their ideas for their quilts and finishing

ones off.

Above top, the pink squares and triangles were made

into blocks out of scraps left over from making banners.

Janice finished putting the borders on her silk quilt.

It's now ready for backing and quilting.

Thank you to Janice too, for re-stringing my pearls!

I immediately put them on, lovely!

Helen started the Bishops Tile Wall Hanging above

and as you can see people are also

bringing in the book covers which they have made.

I have taught for a complete month at

Knit Wits, it has gone so quickly and I have met some amazing

people.

See more of the days at Knit wits by clicking

on the written labels below.

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

Alveva Quilters Show and Tell September 2011

We met for Alveva Quilters a week later than normal

because of our Speaker for the month.

There were lots of show and tell,

the top was Liz's Round Robin that she had completed with

Castle Quilters. I love blues and the square and triangles.

Sue has had to put quilting on the back burner for the

last year due to shoulder, neck and back pain.

She has had to have several ops and constant

physio so it was lovely to see all her

Sow and Tells she had made over the Summer.

From the Wall Hanging she won,

Members Choice at The Garden Party

and a Heart Quilt.

She had lovely stories to share with

her crochet and her knitting for the babies

in the family.

The meeting was a lovely catch up aswell as

meeting new quilters.

To see the Garden Party and other Alveva Meetings

click on the written labels below.

Visitor to the Wednesday Card Making Class

While we were starting to make our cards, Helen

one of my new Students walked in and thought it

was 'Textile Tuesday'. We all had a giggle as we

have all mislaid days at some time or another.

Anyway, she stopped for a cup of tea, chat and showed us

the quilt she is working on, a

Block of the Month called,

'Patchwork Shop'.

The Blocks are a mixture of patchwork, applique and

embroidery. Helen's blocks were beautiful.

She also showed us her finished

Embellished Needlecase she started making the week

before @ The Gallery, 'Textile Tuesday'. It looks great,

Well done! Helen.

See more Embellishing by clicking on the

written labels below.

Card Making Wednesday 28th September 2011

Wednesday was card making with Kim Crop.

She gave us the challenge of making cards for men!

It's harder than you think because there are only

so many themes that are appropriate.

I chose to make a card with a decoupage sailing ship.

I used lots of layering of stamping and papers.

I even decorated the envelope this time!

See more of my cards on my paper craft site

www.cards2inspire.blogspot.com

and see Kim's work on

www.kimcrop.blogspot.com