Barbara Bag Making

Barbara has been making several bags over the

last few months and we all liked this one.

See showed it off with style!

It is getting very dark in The Gallery as Winter

creeps in. We are all looking forward to the move

and the new Workshop area with all its natural light

and art purpose lighting!

See more of Barbara's wonderful Bags

HERE

See her India Inspired Wall Hanging

HERE

See my India Inspired Wall Hangings and Sketch Book

on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Gallery Tuesday 8th November 2011

As you know I teach ' Textile Tuesday',

most weeks @ The Gallery Dereham.

Every week there is so many lovely things being created and

finished.

Above are two drawstring bags made by

Sylvia and Beryl, Well done!

They too! need to put their mugs in to go to meetings.

See my Mug Drawstring Bag which inspired these

HERE

See more by clicking on the written labels below

or going to the Gallery website

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Coven Quilters

Once a month I meet up with a group of

dear friends at Kate and Paddy's house to Quilt and Share.

We are lucky each month we meet we have a

Birthday to or special occasion to celebrate.

This month it was Liz's Birthday and she blew out the

candles in true tradition.

We 'Show and Telled' all evening, laughed as usual

until our sides hurt,

but also did some serious quilting and knitting!

Joan above is hand quilting using a quilting hoop.

Its always lovely to see people enjoying sharing

and creating!

See more of our evenings by clicking the

written labels below

Make It Monday at Knit Wits

Once a month on the first Monday of the month

I have been teaching a session at knit Wits,

where students can come along and finish

work or start new projects.

This week there was a mixture of both

with a baby quilt, (middle photo) being completed

with quilting and bias binding.

A Christmas runner continued and a Quillo

put together ready for its borders.

See more of what is being made by students

by clicking on the written labels below.

Batiks and Beads

I also loved the stall of Maryke Philips at Chilford.

She has a wonderful range of dyed silks, batiks and

patterns to make unusual wall hangings and bags.

Above, is a picture of her stitch book which

I just loved and she allowed us to turn and devour the pages

with our eyes!

I have a sample stitch book/ file that I made

when I did my City and Guilds. I would like

to make one like this though with all the lovely

threads and fabrics which are around now.

This week I took it along on 'Textile Tuesday',

to show the groups and it reminded me of

what I had learnt and still use.

See Maryke site and see her work

www.batiksnbeads.co.uk

Monkey Buttons Bags

Amanda from Monkey Buttons always has a fantastic stall.

Sorry about the shake I was laughing as usual!

Amanda told me she had now designed and

published 100 patterns for bags, quilts and runners.

Well done! Amanda.

We were lucky at Alveva Quilters to have

Amanda come along and do a talk and workshop

a couple of years ago.

She does mail order too!

in her busy schedule.

See her bags and website at

www.monkeybuttons.com

Chilford Quilt Show Nov 2011

On the Sunday I took Fiona one of the owners from

Knit Wits to Chilford Vineyards for the

November Quilt Show.

I love going to Chilford because it is small enough to enjoy

but with so much to see and buy!

We arrived early and immediately went to the

Quilt Display area and as you can see we had the view

to ourselves. I have never seen it like this before

and the twinkle lights in the ceiling made it

look very magical!

I had so much inspiration and it triggered off

so many ideas!

Visit Julie's Blog over at mixed media for a

great review and more photos of the show.

www.mixedmedia-jem-.blogspot.com

November 5th

Stewart and I decided to stay in for the evening of

November the 5th.

We watched some near by firework displays

from our conservatory and then watched, a DVD,

'V for Vendetta', based on,

'The Gun Powder Plot',

and 500 years of history,

which depicted a future that may well come!

See clips and the trailer on my tech site

which shows videos, how to

and interesting films

which I have found on the internet.

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Strip Cushion Making at Knit Wits

Several students have been making the striped cushions.

They have been using different types of materials

and techniques within the project. It is so lovely that

everyone is so different even though they start with

my strip cushions as a pattern guide.

See my cushions HERE

Sewing Desk Tidy

I am a great believer in serendipidy.

I also encourage 'Show and Tell'

of finished projects etc.

Gloria has finished

her strip cushion and came to class not sure what she wanted

to make and wanted to be inspired with the projects

I show each week. Gloria had been in one of

Dereham's local thrift shops just before coming to class too

and brought

metres of blue and red silk that had

just been put out as she walked into the shop.

She immediately brought it, thinking that

she might be able to make something with it

at class. It is raw silk and beautiful!

When she took it out of the bag we all

went oooo!!! and yum

because of the colours and the look!

Gloria saw my sewing desk tidy and wanted

to make one, she had brought upholstery fabric

with her but it was a united vote that she made

hers out of these silks.

Well after the 2 hour session,you can see it finished

above We all wanted one as it is lovely!

Gloria kindly gave me some of the silks

with a wink in her eye,

" We'll see what you can make out of it!".

Cheeky but how lovely!

Thank you Gloria!

See more of what goes on by

clicking the written labels below.

Thursday Quilting Class at Knit Wits 3rd Nov 2011

The patchwork and Quilting Classes at Knit Wits

are going really well and so many projects are

being made. This week it was 'Squares and Triangles'.

As you can by some of the photos they are really

getting on well. From Sewing machine Mats,

Cushions and Baby Quilts.

See more of what goes on by

clicking the written labels below.

Card Making Wednesday 1st November 2011

On Wednesday it was Card Making Class with Kim.

Kim is showing us different ways of using

card making equipment to make

Christmas Cards.

Kim also showed us how to make a box for our

3D cards.

I love the time to create and learn

with different media.

See another great box pattern video

HERE

The paper dollies are colour blended with

distress inks.

I decided to make vintage version and

use a multi- fold blank.

I didn't realise you have to cover so many surfaces!

They are turning out o.k though.

I will continue these next week.

See more of Kim's card making on her Blog

www.kimcrop.blogspot.com

or visit my card making site

www.cards2inspire.co.uk

Barbara's Indian Fabric Inspired Wall Hanging

Barbara had brought some wonderful Indian

sari fabrics and she has been working on

her India Inspired Wall Hanging for a couple of weeks.

It is really colourful and makes you feel good

with all it's colour and glitz.

well done Barbara.

See my India Inspired Wall Hangings etc

on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Christmas Projects

Christmas is definitely coming with all the Christmas Projects

being made. These are Sylvia's bag, using the one I showed

last week and a block from a

runner which she is making from a

Mc Calls Pattern Book.

See more Christmas projects by clicking

on the written labels below.

Gallery Tuesday 1st November 2011

For a November day it was a beautiful sunny one and

The Gallery was very busy.

Everyone was doing different projects.

Christine had come along for a taster session, so I

soon set her to work on the Embellisher.

You can see her card above.

See more of what goes on by clicking on the

written labels below or visit my

'Embellish' pages on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk