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

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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

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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/

Gallery Day 24th August 2010

The Gallery Workshops are really taking off now with

mixed media, textiles,drawing and printing.

Kate and Pat wanted to make decorative cords today.

Painted string and then stitched with coloured and metallic threads.

See more of the workshops and updates at

http://www.thegallerydereham.com/

Horncastle

While staying at Woodhall Spa we went to Horncastle which was about 15 minutes away.

It is a wonderful Georgian Town and has many Antique shops.

This one was amazing, room after room of trinkets and treasures

depending on how you look at it.

This was the courtyard full of china!

Woodhall Spa Camping

Stewart and I took ourselves off for a camping trip to Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.

The Bainland Campsite is a really well organised and spacious.

This postcard was taken from one of the Liner posters,

from 1923-1930. The posters were

produced by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel.

The artwork was originally created by Howard E Elcock.

Woodhall Spa was originally an Edwardian town, founded on 'spa water', discovered on the Lincolnshire heathland in the 19th Century. It became a fashionable holiday destination with many grand lodges and hotels.

We had a good time pitching the tent, walking, swimming and enjoying the peace and quiet.