Gothic Start

Jeanette is collecting textiles and items together

to start a new piece based on Gothic Inspiration

and Whitby.

She is using the textile arch she used in her previous

work as a starting point. and combining transfer images too!

See Gosford Park HERE

and see here Garden Page HERE

Purple Houses

Jeanette is continuing to work on this textile piece.

It is a continuation of the work based on her

green box and Window pieces.

It is built up of layers of fabric and sheers on felt.

Every small square and triangle is

decorated with stitch lace and beads.

To see how she begins,

see Jeanette's green textile box and how it started

HERE

Pats Finished Transfer Cushions

(Click on photos to enlarge).

Pat's Cushions are finished and they are beautiful!

They are made using different ways of

transferring images on fabric and textile techniques.

See how they started

HERE

and

HERE

Marie's Patchwork Quilt Blocks

Marie has been working away on her blocks for this

quilt for several weeks @The Gallery.

This week was the first time she had laid them out

on a table to see what they look like.

More rows are to be added but it looks

fantastic so far.

The small squares are all different browns and subtle plum.

See more of my quilts by visiting

my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Sketchbook Pages

Sara has been coming to the Textile Tuesdays since

September and she is preparing herself for

a Fashion an Textiles Course which she hopes to start next year.

You have to show that you can prepare work,

designs and sketchbooks,

before going on the course.

Here Sara is adding more layers of print, papers, textiles

and layers to her sketchbook pages.

See more of her finished pieces

HERE

Good Luck Sara!

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