Journal page 2011

So first page of my new made journal all about Goal setting and

how to maintain your ideas and enthusiasm!

I loved putting the pages together and creating out of a pile of old

magazines! I mean old, some were from the 80's and older.

I don't buy many magazines these days.

I grabbed a pile from the studio over Christmas to go through,

a real mis mash of gardening, craft and fashion,

many I had been given.

I flicked through pulling out the odd thing that was of

interest and left it all in a pile.

You know,one of those piles you get round to and it

gets bigger if you don't do something about it!

Now normally they would have gone straight into recycling

but with going away and flu they stayed in their box ready!

I must have known I would be needing them.

So on Tuesday I sat down and creatively went wild!

See more of my sketchbooks on my website

click on this link

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Making a Journal

I normally start a new sketchbook at the start of a New Year

but this year I wanted to try something different and make my own,

using the skills I use with my gift books and years of sketchbooking.

(see my Decembers video post)

I also love the journal pages of Teesha Moore so

followed her instructions and made my own journal

and had some fun cutting out pictures and journaling in a

Goal Journal.

I am putting down ideas and inspiration for 2011.

Thank you to Teesha, this inspiration started my creativity going

due to the flu flooring me!

See Teesha's how to technique videos on her site.

www.teeshamoore.com

Goals

It's the start of a New Year and we all have things on our lists

that we want to do. I don't do resolutions any more,

I make a list of the things I want to do

and the wish things as well.

Last year I promised myself to be creative everyday and I was.

I kept myself accountable to this by blogging my creativity nearly everyday.

I published 491 posts so that is more than one a day!

Towards the end of November and all of the December

I was creating and making peoples presents none stop.

So couldn't blog etc, even I got tired and hated the computer!

Thank you, to all my customers and the lovely

people who commented on this blog and my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

This year started with the flu, I have slept for England thats all we could do!

I am now being creative again

and now feel like sharing.

Good Luck with all your GOALS this Year!

Happy New Year Everyone

Happy New Year Everyone.

Well, what a creative year 2010 was and it went so fast too!

Hope everyone has a good 2011!

Scrapbooking for Christmas Gifts part 1

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGrKUt0E18&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Have a Look at what I have made with my Christmas Cards.

I made this Video last year and I am looking at what our Christmas cards can do

this year.

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas Everyone and a Happy New Year from

here at Quilters Cottage.

Finished Book Page

Here is Jeannett's finished page.

Isn't it amazing?

Book Pages

Jeannett's been learning many different techniques @ The Gallery

workshops on Tuesdays.

There are many different layers to this page.

Jenn, what can I say!

Well, what can I say,

Jenn's been Snow bathing again!!!!!!

It's Snowing!

Its snowing! and how pretty it all looks,

but it is causing caos as usual in the country.

Jenn and I just love the white stuff!

Embroidery Guild Talk

This Wednesday evening I gave a talk to my local Embroidery Guild,

in Kings Lynn.

I was asked to talk about my Quilts of Quilters Cottage.

I took over a hundred quilts and enjoyed telling the stories

behind them.

It was lovely as I am a member and the group had loads of questions and

were really lovely.

Thank you Barbara for taking photos.

I am not one for having photos of me but I hid behind

my wares 'quilts', a lot of the evening!

See some of my quilts on the portfolio pages on

http:/www.art2inspire.co.uk

20 WORDS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLZxJZ70MQ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my iPhone

Christmas Quillow

I have been working away on many different variations

of Christmas Quillos as orders have been coming in.

This one I am selling at The Gallery at the moment.

I just love it. I think it is one of my favourites, using my

usual recipe of cutting the squares and triangles.

I have free motioned quilted all over it.

See more Christmas shortly on

and of course you can place an order there to

by emailing me.

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Gallery Day November 2010

Gallery Tuesdays are working away and here Ann a new

member is working out her square sizes for a quillow.

The fabric is lovely sugar rainbow colours and she

brought them in Woolmart when she visited America.

See more of the workshops on

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Jennifer has Chosen!!!

After the taking down of Alveva Quilters Show

I ended up taking several quilts home for people who

couldn't collect them and Pat"s, Star Quilt was among them.

Jennifer had admired it at the show and all of a

sudden said,

"Mum that's the quilt I would like!"

Well! I had promised her a new quilt but she had to choose

one that has so many points and meeting joins on purpose!

So I asked Pat all about it.

It was a month by month quilt from Quilters Haven,

10! years ago and Pat has taken 10 years to do it.

At the next meeting of Alvevas,

Pat gave me what she had of the patterns and some of

idea of what fabrics to use.

The rest as we say is up to me!!!

We have agreed it should be for her 21st!!

Gilly was showing her minature quilts and

telling us about the Quilters Guild and blow me down

if she didn't have one too!

This quilt had taken her 8 years!!!

I think there is something more to come!

See more of my quilts on

http:/www.art2inspire.co.uk