Embellished Flowers

(click on the image to enlarge)

This is the start of a new series of work preparing for an Exhibition

next year based on my 'Art To Embellishment'.

I am experimenting with combining my painting and embellishing.

Some of the images I have taken from photos and sketches

I took or drew in our garden and the gardens we visited this year.

I have still got to add the machine embroidery and the bead embroidery.

I love textures,

so I am enjoying using the different textile techniques.

See more embellishments on this and my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Newmarket Art and Craft Show

On the way home from the Quilt Show we travel through

Newmarket and decided to go to the Art and Craft Show.

It's like the opposite to Chilford Quilt Show.

Contemporary and glossy artworks and gifts.

Lots to see and buy especially in the food halls!

The tasters were great.

Jenn had the biggest donut ever!

We went up to the top floor and visited

Artist in Residence Roz Lowe.

A ceramics artist, who makes original ceramic

garden worlds. They are like miniature fairy gardens.

I brought an empty pot with a miniature house and garden on it

to put some baby house leeks in.

Her creativity and energy is so wonderful.

Thank you Roz for sharing.

Roz doesn't have a website yet,

maybe one day.

Chilford Exhibition

Jenn and I took ourselves off to Chilford Vineyards

near Cambridge on Friday to visit the

Quilt Exhibition.

There were so many things to see and take in.

I especially liked these wallhangings.

A miss of me but I forgot to take down the makers name

so are putting it out there as a remembrance to

to take details of your favourites and

I like to celebrate the maker along with their websites etc.

If anyone knows the maker and details I would love the feedback.

Thursday Gallery Day

On Thursday, I went into The Gallery to start the

big move round!

This is what it looked like before I started,

great but same, same. I will show you next week the

difference and see what you think.

Yes! as you have gathered I am now

2 days a week @ The Gallery.

I feel so lucky surrounded by all

the creativity.

Jim has his drawing class on a Thursday morning.

While I was working I listened to all the wonderful tips

and encouragement he gave his students.

Wonderful!

See more of what goes on at The Gallery and

Workshops.

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Free Machine Embroidery

Jeanette is making fabric books in the shape of an archway.

After making the backgrounds and window shapes she is

making free machine embroidery additions to add details

and interest.

I normally use the water soluble plastic to embroider on

but Jeanette is using the water soluble paper!

It worked well but takes a little longer to dissolve and leaves

a bit of a pulpy residue around the intense detail.

I showed Jenette how to tease the pulpy bits out with a firm brush,

be careful not to pull or distort the stitches.

After its all dissolved the stitched interest can be cut out and I

use a soldering iron to reveal the layers of coloured

sheers underneath.

She more of my work on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

the fine details

Carol's Finished Sun Bonnet Wallhanging

Carol's finished her Sun Bonnet Sue Wallhanging

for her daughter. With this wallhanging she learnt

many new techniques including applique with

Bonda Webb/Wonder Webb. Bias Binding making.

and 'Hatch Quilting' with her machine foot and gauge.

I love the colours and I am sure her daughter will love it too!

Well done Carol!

See more wallhangings on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Gallery Day 3rd November 2010

Jeannie is making a designer bag, a mixture of a

downloaded pattern and her own adaptions.

Here she is sewing on the tassel and button.

As you can see the colour fabric and sample boxes get everywhere on

Gallery Taster Sessions.

See more bags on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Gallery Day 3rd November 2010

As usual lots going on @The Gallery.

Pat has just finished a Mixed Media Collage,

She started it last week combining all the

techniques she has learnt over the years.

Lovely Medieval colours and building shapes.

Well done Pat!

See more of what happens @The Gallery

www.@thegallerydereham.co.uk

My new iPhone

Well, as you know I have just recently bought a laptop, well today

I got an iPhone 4, as mine gave up the ghost on Halloween!

It was Jenn's old one and I had hoped I would have got used

to using it a bit more, before being thrust into

the twenty first century kicking and screaming!

So much technology to grasp,

I think I might have a melt down instead.

Back to creative art tomorrow

@The Gallery Dereham

New Apple MacBook Pro!

Sunday, Stewart took me shopping for a new laptop,

it feels like Christmas!!

I am currently enjoying playing :)

Japanese Book Folding

I had a wonderful day Saturday folding paper and making a Japanese folding book,

at our Embroidery Guild workshop.

Anne and Jenny were our very competent teachers.

We had to cut out all of our paper before hand

which truthfully was a nightmare!

Anne started us off with some gentle cutting and folding

and by lunchtime we were twist folding and ready

for assemblage. After lunch we glued for England!

As you can see by the results on the table,

they are all very beautiful and different creations.

They are now awaiting their covers.

Thank you, Anne and Jenny for a wonderful day!

See more of our local Embroidery Guild at

www.kingslynnembguild.wordpress.com

Tombola Quilt

Peter, Alveva Quilter's Newsletter Editor has just sent me this

photo of Jenn manning the Tombola at the Exhibition.

Stewart and I came up with the idea to use an old panel quilt

for the Tombola.

We put the quilt in a Hand quilting circular frame and made

holes all over it. The raffle tickets were then rolled up

and pushed into the holes.

The corresponding ones were put on the donated prizes.

Visitors then pulled out the tickets from the quilt!

This caused quite a stir when visitors especially

quilters realised the quilt was full of HOLES!

Thank you to Pete,Sue, and several other members who

manned the stall over the two days.

It raised lots of money for our charities and

I have been informed the idea will be used at other events.

Now the world, it would be nice if you credit

where you saw it first....HERE!!!!

It raised lots of money for charity.

Liz has a Birthday

We are so lucky at Coven Quilters to celebrate our Birthdays

with friends. I love meeting up.

We laugh and share from the time we walk through the door

to the time we go home.

We are so lucky!

Coven Quilters

This hexagon Quilt that we finished ready for raffling

at The Alveva Exhibition. It is being raffled by CLODS,

one of Kings Lynn a amateur dramatics society's.

The raffle will be drawn next Spring.

Barbara borrowed it back so Coven Quilter members could see the finished result.

CLODS had it quilted and bound by a local firm.

English Country Garden Stage Design

The Exhibition stage took some working out.

I posted the prep in an older post, it looked fantastic with all

the quilts and props in place.

It started with me doing my backdrop with car aerosol paints

and layering the different pieces to paint! a picture of

"An English Country Garden".

Visitors said they found different things to look at each time they

turned round.

Thank you to everyone that helped!