Friday was my research day and also I made another
folded bag ready for the class at Knit Wits.
See my purple folded bag
See more of my folded bags by clicking on
the written labels below.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Knit Wits Quilt Day 8th September
Thursday the 8th of September I held my first
Patchwork and Quilting Classes at Knit Wits
of Dereham.
I had eight students in the morning and
eight in the afternoon.
These first classes were for beginners.
After explaining a basic sewing kit and showing lots
of inspiration on strips.
The first project was a Striped Needlecase.
As you can see above everyone did fantastic
for their first lesson and in only two and a quarter hours.
Well Done everyone!
Bill and Fiona have made a lovely classroom next
to the Fabric Department.
I have taught Mixed Media Textiles @ The Gallery Dereham
for two years so I hope I can teach as long and
enjoy it as much at Knit Wits.
On the 14th, Knit Wits holds it's
first Patchwork and Quilting Evening Class.
I doing a mixed patchwork project class.
On the 15th Folded Bag Day Classes.
See more of Knit Wits at
Ely Textile Exhibition
On Wednesday evening Stewart and I went over to Ely,
to St Peter's Church, Broad Street.
For the opening of a Textile Exhibition of local
artist and the year 13th of Kings College.
The preview night was well supported and opened by
The Mayor of Ely.
We had been invited by Linda of
Art Inspirations
visit her blog HERE and her new
website
I also met up again with Munni another textile artist.
We met several years ago at Open Studios and she visited
Quilters Cottage with The Ely Group.
Visit her exquisite site at
Purple Folded Bag
On the 15th of September I am teaching the
'Japanese Folded Bag' at Knit Wits.
So I made a purple on using strips as that is the theme
for this months classes and in purple so it
could go in the window.
See more of the purple items I have made
and see more folded bags by clicking on the
written labels below this post.
Sunday, 11 September 2011
Purple Sketchbook Cover
This sketchbook cover started as a piece of
strip patchwork which I had quilted all over with stitches.
I then stamped leaves on the green contrasting squares
with 'Staz On' Ink and ironed to fix the ink.
These were then over sewed these to the front and back.
I added a lot more darker purple stitches to add more detail
and definition.
Follow the 'How to Cover a Sketchbook', video if
you want to know how to out the project together
by visiting my tech site
See more of the purple items I have made by clicking
Striped Needlecase Sample
(Click on the picture to see the detail)
This needlecase base is made out of tiny strips of
fabrics which were left over from the 'Purple Items'.
Visit the HERE
See more of my work on my website
Purple Striped Needlecase
I am teaching Patchwork and Quilting Class
at Knit Wits in Dereham,
starting on the 8th of September with
a beginners class.
I will be running through the basics of P and Q
each week and this week we started with "Strips".
This case is one of the starter projects so students
will have something to put their needles, pins and
small scissors in it.
It is now in the window advertising the classes.
See more of the purple striped items
See more of Knit Wits at
Purple Textile Items
On Wednesday 7th of September I had a
studio day and made several pieces to add to
the items I needed to show at the new classes.
I made a needlecase, sketchbook cover, folded bag
and a sample of striped textile for another case.
I have really enjoyed having a 'Makey Day', with
these colour combination.
See the purple striped needlecase
See the Diary Cover
See the Sketchbook Cover
See the Folded Bag
Visit my website to see more of my work
Textile Tuesday
It was so busy @The Gallery I only managed to
take a couple of photos of the work done.
Pat has finished the mixed media textile at
the top. It really is a stunning piece.
Barbara has made a charity quilt in the
last couple of weeks, for
LIfeline 4 Chernobyl.
It is lovely and contains lots of hidden treasures
such as a square which has a pocket and
another with embroidery.
See more of the Charity at
Busy Gallery Tuesday
On the 6th of September it was the first day back
for the Autumn Season @The Gallery.
It was a very busy day and lots of the students
wanted to start new projects and had lots of ideas.
Sara who you can just see above is going to study
textiles so is learning all the different types of
techniques and how to develop an art
sketchbook.
She likes purple too!
See more of what goes on @The Gallery by
visiting
Car Tagged
On Monday 5th of September I took the
car into Downham Market to
'HE Signs Ltd', to have my website put on the
back tyre cover.
The cover has had a car sales logo on it for years
and I thought,
it was about time I advertised my work.
Ollie, did a great job and it looks cool!
A bit of free advertising as I travel around.
The amount of time you are stuck behind traffic
and start reading whats on the van in front.
So I thought it was about time I did the same.
Subtle though, just the wording,
Visit www.art2inspire.co.uk
A tip: I haven't put my name or
telephone number on it as it is the family car!!!!
The website is enough!
To visit my website go to
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Diary Cover Finished
I finished putting the diary cover together today.
It looks really good and will be great to put all
my teaching dates in.
As Judy commented before,
"A cover makes them more personal".
See the blog post of how it started
by clicking HERE
and the video of how to make a fabric journal cover
Purple Journal Pages
This weekend i made another journal page for my large
sketchbook. I will be teaching 'Sketchbook Inspiration',
techniques and types in the New Year.
I have a collection of different types, so I am
always working in one or another.
Here is a short video of my pages and how they start.
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Diary Cover
This week classes start again and they begin with,
'All Things Stripped'.
I needed a new academic calendar and of course it needed a better cover!
Keeping to theme the 'Purple' and the 'Strips'.
See more of my purple items made by clicking
The cover is ready to be fitted to the diary.
See a video on how to cover a diary with your own textile slip cover
by visiting my video tech site
Tree Pruning
This week, Stewart and I have put in over 5-6 hours of gardening
everyday to prepare the garden for the Winter!
There's been some nice harvesting, making wine and bottling
but most of it has been hard landscaping!
The picture above, shows only some of the Pom Pom Buddleia
tree we pruned. As you can see it covers the side lawn!
Some of the branches had grown over 8 feet tall this year!
All the garden waste has to be taken the 150m to the bottom
of the garden where we have a burning and compost area.
All the garden waste gets composted and the put back on the garden.
Even the ash from the fire goes on the empty beds, we have just
harvested from along with compost bins, covered with
black recycled plastic and left for the worms to enjoy and
no weeds when we come to plant next Spring.
Gardens are lovely but boy! do they take work!
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