Autumn Inspired Banner Quilt

This is the banner quilt is one my Mum and I have been working

on together.

The squares are 2" and made from a variety of textiles.

Mum found the Embroidered centre pieces in a Thrift Shop.

There are two of them and it feels lovely to

give the embroidered chair backs a new lease of life.

They were made in the late 40's by the design and thread used.

See more use of vintage textiles on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Brown Banner

This is the first Banner Quilt from a new collection

I am working on.

It contains, sari, silks, satins, upholstery

and cotton fabrics.

It is now ready for machine quilting and extra

embroidery embellishing.

See more of my banner quilts on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Southern Chinese Textiles

Judith Symmonds came and gave us a talk about

her collection of Southern Chinese Textiles.

I had seen her last year at our Embroidery Guild and knew that

Alveva Quilters would love to see and hear all about the textiles.

Judith is a wonderful speaker telling and showing us

the individual pieces,how they were made and some of the stories

behind them. The members were able

to handle every piece and see close up the

fantastic workmanship.

The Chairmans Challenge this year is

'Folded Patchwork Item', so seeing

some of this intricate folded and embroidered

textiles were really inspiring

but also makes you want to take a breath!

Thank you so much Judith for sharing

your collection and time with us it was really

appreciated.

See more posts by clicking 'chinese textiles'

in the labels below.

Chris Show and Tell

I invited Chris along from Weeting Quilters and some of their

other members to talk about the quilts they are making for

Chernobyl. She brought some of the quilts that have been made

in only one month.

See previous post.

The quilts were wonderful and have inspired some of

Alveva members to collect fabrics and make quilts.

This was a great way of sharing.

We all had n our mind the people of

Japan too!

Sometimes are time needs and wants to be divided into

so many ways.

Best wishes to anyone who is struggling at this

time and for the people who give their time and care to help.

Alveva Quilters Show and Tell

There is always a variety of show and tell as you can see.

This is even before the main speaker or workshop.

Alveva Quilters Meeting

Once a month on the third Wednesday Alveva Quilters

meets at The Methodist Chapel Hall in Feltwell at 7pm.

We have a really packed couple of hours.

This week we had amazing show and tell from all round the world.

Above Yvonne Brown told us how she grew as a teenager

in Nigeria and showed us some of the items of clothing

her father had been given.

It had been a real honour by the village. The embroidery was

amazing.

The trouser suit above was made by Yvonne, her sister and

Mother with material they used to buy from the

market there. They must have been really trendy!

More show and tell in other posts.

Scapbooking

On Wednesday morning I went to The Gallery and

did Scrapbooking .

I have done scrapbooking a few times before but

thought I had better put it on project status.

If you don't set a time and a place to do somethings

then it never gets done!

I had been meaning to archive Jennifer's summer

trips and stays with Grandma and Grand Dad

and had never got round to it, so this is my chance.

Kim a tutor at The Gallery has been doing

card making classes and was starting

once a month scrapbooking.

We we started last month.

Kim is a Memory Craft representative too,

so she has all the papers,cutters, trimmings and wonderful

gadgets to use and play with and you can buy.

This is so good because you can see whether you really like

a piece of equipment and will enjoy using it.

Above are a few of the pages I have done.

The "2000" photos (see what I mean, need to get things done!)

I learnt to use a frame cutters and circle punches in different ways.

Thank you Kim and the other ladies for a great morning.

See more of what goes on @The Gallery

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

Indian Textile History

We were told at our Alveva Quilters meeting by

Linda Turner of a wonderful programme about

Indian Textiles and their history.

I have just watched it and it is amazing.

This link is only available until the end of the 18th of March 2011

So everyone enjoy it while you can.

It as it is amazing.

You can watch a master fabric block printer on this video.

See my quilts and wallhangings inspired by India

by clicking HERE

Embellished Felt

Brenda started last week @The Gallery by

embellishing a background fabric in all blues

with a hint of green.

She had in mind to make her friend a gift which was

so unique and different to anything she had given before.

Brenda had admired the embellished needlecases and

started. Well first session went so quick

for her she embellished her felt and then

mastered embroidery stitches on my sewing machine.

This week was the flowers, leaves and beading.

Inside is lined and has felt pages.

I think it is really beautiful and feels

wonderful to hold.

Her friend is very lucky.

Well done Brenda!

See more embellished artwork at

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Stained Glass Patchwork

I really admire Carol she chooses some

wonderful projects to do.

Carol chose a picture of a 1930's stained glass

window and wanted to make it in patchwork.

She had seen some pictures of the Stained Glass patchwork in

some magazines and wanted to make her own.

So, we made a pattern and and then she traced it.

Cut all the little pieces out, labelling the paper which you

put on top as you go.

(It's like a fabric jigsaw puzzle!).

I have previously posted this photo.

It is then a matter of taking section by section,

laying the black bias binding on the top of the joins

remembering to figure out how to hide all the

edges of the bias binding underneath the other ones.

You can see this in the top picture.

Carol brought the iron on and very fine bias

which looks wonderful so far as you can see.

By clicking on the 'Stained glass patchwork', label

below you can see the finished piece of work.

Bolliwood Changes

This is Jeanette's 'Bolliwood Turrets' textile she is working on

at the moment.

The door decoration has changed again this week because

if you compare with the previous 'Bolliwood' posts,

the door, still was'nt right.

Jeanette has also added the leaf vine and embroidery

and of course the Elephants and their

background. It really is

a beautiful piece.

(To see more detail click on the image).

If you want to see more posts on

Bolliwood Turrets or India inspiration,

underneath this post there is a line of labels,

next to the comments.

If you click the label word you are interested in,

all the posts that are relevant, will come up so

you can see the progress as well.

You can see even more India Inspiration

by clicking the India Inspiration photo

on the right too.

Enjoy.

Jeanette's Textile Picture

Jeanette creates some wonderful textiles.

So richly layered, embroidered and beaded.

She allowed me to take a picture of her and

her textile art, that she had borrowed back from a

friend to show us.

Thank you Jeanette.

Sorry, about the shiny photo of her work above.

Jeanette is also the lady behind 'Bolliwood Turrets'.

Curtain Remake

Syliva finished her first patchwork quilt and

can now announce she has a new Great Grand Daughter!

Lovely!

Syliva wanted to make cushions for her dinning room

chairs and wanted to use the extra curtains she had

and any fabric we had in the Gallery tub.

She made a paper pattern and the made patchwork.

Also adding some ties to keep the cushions on the

chairs. She has made four of them and they

brighten up the room and feel nice to sit on!

Tailor made!

Syliva this week made an Art tidy,

from some more of the curtaining and lining

fabric. A real make over!

and really useful.

I think we are all looking again at what we can create

out of what we have!

See lots of this on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

1950's Remake

Pat was given a pair of appliqued and embroidered

1950's chair back covers and she decided

she would like to remake them into something so they

could be used and enjoyed.

So, Pat came up with the idea of cushions.

They were cut down to size and the linen used

to make the backs along with some pink

gingham trim for the cushion pad pocket.

Also piping added.

Here you can see one the right way round and

one inside out, ready to finish.

Well done Pat your

'Make Do and Mend",

turned out beautiful.

Cushions to be proud of.

Gallery Day 15th March 2011

Gallery Days start off nice and slow and by tea time at 11am!

sometimes later!

as it was this week it was really mixed media creating.

Thank you ladies, for being so patient,

for me to get round,

as nearly everyone was beginning new projects.

Thank you also to Pat for making the tea.

This is just the morning session.

There's an afternoon creating one too!

See more at what goes on @The Gallery.

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk