Silk Painting Video

I have taken photographs of my silk painting yesterday and today

as I produced the piece of work. It is quite hard

to keep remembering to take photographs at each step.

I have then edited it and made it into a video for You tube,

my third now!!!

I used the Mandalas card as a starting point.

Enlarging the pattern and using silk painting techniques.

I will then make a quilted and embellished wall hanging with it.

Hope you like the results so far?

Printed Sketchbook Video

I have made a sketchbook cover with the printed and embossed papers

I made a week ago.

I combined them with textiles, lace,stitch and some embellishments.

This sketchbook is for sale and can be purchased

by clicking HERE

What do you think of my first Photograph video?

Jeanette's Notebook

Jeanette had been on a workshop recently to make backgrounds

and the flowers.

She wanted to incorporate them in the

embellishment of notebook covers.

She had brought several little notebooks and wants to cover them for gifts.

By adding some gold threads

( which she had to go and buy from The bead Shop in Dereham)

and some extra quilting it gave this cover a real lift.

The cover was then finished off by making a lining which

slips off if necessary.

I have used many different methods of finishing sketchbooks

but this one called for some jewel coloured lining

to give it the added luxury.

Click on the photograph to enlarge and appreciate the Embroidery.

Sylvia making Paper and Stitch Flowers

Sylvia wanted a break from quilting and so for the last few weeks

has been getting to grips with machine embroidery and

mixed media combinations.

Here she is stitching her Paper and Stitch Flower together.

Mine is in front of her as a guide.

When I got the bead box out everyone had a rummage

through and found beads that were yummy!

See my post on Embellished Flowers by

clicking the label below or by the post.

See more of my mixed media art

on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Annes Quillow

Anne has been away on holiday for what seems months and she has

had a wonderful time.

She came back to The Gallery to finish off her

Quillow.

I just love these colours!

Anne is now going to put another border around the edge and

finish off with quilting and a cushion on the back.

See more of my quillows by clicking the

blue and green one on the right of this post.

Gallery Day 12th April 2011

Jeanette has finished 'Bolliwood Turrets', it now needs the

considered background and the box frame!

Click the label Bolliwood at the bottom of this post to see it's

development and changes.

See more Indian Inspiration on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Enjoy watching the Henna Mehndi Designs on this video.

The designs could be used for many medias.

Kate's Baking

Kate is a real star, she not only lets us meet up in her home

she bakes amazing cakes which we all look forward to.

This month there were no birthdays but you would have

thought so by this amazing swiss roll,

filled with lashings of fresh cream and raspberries.

It was a no flour sponge and so, so light!!

There was flapjacks and Cherry loaf cake too!

Her Victorian style conservatory is so lovely to retreat to for tea

over looking the garden, although by the time we leave it,

we can't see the garden through the night.

We all commented this month on Kate's Pansy's and

Spring flowers looked so beautiful.

Joan's Quillo

Joan had been on Quilting Retreat at Belstead House, near Ipswich,

this weekend and made this quillow for a friend who is going back to Australia

while she was there.

Joan went on a weekend where you enjoy the surroundings and company

of quilters but do your own thing.

What a lovely gift and because there are some of the Cathedrals and Churches

her friend had visited on the quillow, a memory quilt too!

Well done Joan, I love making Quillows.

If you want to see more quillows click

my blue and green picture of a quillow on the right of this post.

Kate's Candy Square Quilt

Monday night it was Coven Quilters.

Now Coven is a 7.30pm start and I just make it home

before Cinderella!!!!

I only have to drive 20 minute drive so you can see we get a lot

in our once a month evening!

( I feel so lucky to be doing Quilt related work and play all day!).

Kate makes stunning quilts and this is one that she has been working on

for a few years. It uses 1930's inspired fabrics and I just love the candy

colour hue of it. The back is wonderful too!

with it's "Strippy Quilt", feel.

Well done Kate!

See more Strippy Quilts and Quilting history

click

The York Museum

Quilts for Chernobyl

Joan showed us another two quilts she had made with Anne's

material to make up these lap quilts.

They are "Tied Quilted".

(knotted with threads to hold the layers together).

Above are 28 finished quilts so far from several different groups

and there are more promised.

I had the delight of photographing everyone and then as

a group so they will be able to go on a website and in a booklet.

The lorry is taking the quilts and clothing out in September.

Visit by clicking

Life Line 4 Chernobyl

for more information.

Show and Tell Applique

Folded Cathedral Window

Folded Catedral Window Patchwork and Quilting is always nice to

see as you respect the amount of folding and precision involved.

Jenny and Marion gave us a Demo of how to do it.

They made it look easy!

Here is a video that shows you how to do

Cathedral window on the sewing machine.

Clever once you have worked it out.

Show and Tell Bags

Weeting Quilt Group

On the first Monday of most months Weeting Quilt Group meet at Weeting Village Hall from 11.30am until 3.30pm. It's a really friendly group and lots of quilting, chatting and sharing of skills goes on.
Here is one half of the group listening to Chris give out the notices and start the 'Show and Tell'.

Quilters Cottage Garden

The last two weekends Stewart and I have been in the garden

working hard. We tend to start at the top of our, three quarters of

an acre garden away from the house! and work towards it.

The walk gets shorter but we still have to water some plants/seeds

at the end of the day.

We have started replacing some of the raised beds which

have made dividing the garden into manageable areas

and maintaining vegetable growing easier.

The raised beds need replacing every now and then.

As you can see, these ones we have just put

in The Secret Garden

are quite solid ones this time.

At 2" thick and 8" high.

All painted with plant friendly paint.

We have replanted strawberries, lettuces, herbs and leeks.

Planted seeds and sets of,

Peas,

Runner Beans,

two different types of....

Beetroot,

Lettuce,

Raddish,

Spring Onions,

Potatoes

and

three different types of Onion Sets.

Why the different varities?

We like them not only for flavour but they crop

at different times.

We will plant seeds again in a couple of weeks time in pots,

so we get a continual supply.

We are surrounded by fields and live opposite a Fen land so

everthing in the garden has to be protected from wild animals!

such as Roe and Munc Jack Deer, rabbits, hares, several

different types of birds and of course the usual bugs!

We try natural persuasion with netting,

complimentary bedding plants and perseverance,

so we all get to share nature!

We just love going into the garden and picking

our own food.

The main flower garden which we renovated last year got a

weeding and a mulching of two tons of wood chip,

yes! all man handled by Stewart and myself around all the

flowers and bushes. It saves time in the long run, I don't have

to weed so much!!!

We also delivered a ton of wood chip to Mum's Garden and

did her flower beds too!

We now ache!!!!

See more of of our garden on

www.art2inspire.co.uk