West Country Quilt & Textile Show - Bristol

Having a lovely time here...

...lots to see and do.

If you haven't already visited...

...here's a taster...

...come along tomorrow.

It's the final day...

My "Medieval Mysteries" gallery...

Over the way behind me...

The lovely Stitch Witches from RSN.... :-)

Lots of local quilt groups...

....and my mate Jules and her stand mate Sallieann on "Christmas Goose Stitches"!!!

You'll be very sorry if you miss it

x C

(More to come showing all the goodies that I've found...)

Beakheads!! ....lining up for Bristol

While I was away "up North"...

...I did manage to get a bit more work done in my "Medieval Inspirations" sketchbook.

I'd taken photos of the doorway at St. Ebbes in Oxford last year...

...and had been trying ever-so-hard to get the drawings done.

Well...

....after a couple of days around the caravan...

(the caravan that is now the Rosa-Van NOT the Gladdyvan as our lovely little Gwladys, aged 32, was just a bitty too leaky and we had to say "Goodbye" to her :-(   )

...all twelve Beakheads were done!! YEY!

I've enlarged the sketchbook pages...

...and enlarged again....and again...

...so that I can put the designs onto fabric for some Trapunto quilting.

the stitching WILL NOT be done...

...but the designs will be up on my stand at the West Country Quilt & Textile Show in Bristol from Friday to Sunday this weekend....

...where I will be doing some workshops.

The full guide to all classes etc is here.

I'm on Stand G83 - do come along and say "Hello" if you're visiting!!

x C

Hobbling around and doing a bit....

It's sore!

...and I'm hobbling around like I-don't-know-what...

...but, after a couple of days of feeling really groggy...

...I've managed to get my head into some sort of gear and get some bits done.

I've been offered gallery space at this year's West Country Quilt & Textile Show...

...so I'll be doing workshops too.

Here are a couple of my samples.....

...this can be either a needlecase or a notebook.

A medieval tile design printed onto hand-dyed cotton...

...stitched and beaded.

Postie brought me an Ebay win this morning...

...a delightful old book on butterflies that has the most beautiful colour plates!

These will be just the thing for some collage pieces...

...after they've been scanned, printed and cut out. :-)

And...

....in addition to all of this...

...my reading material for the next few days before our picnic visit to St. Mary's Church, Kempley, Glos.

(Have a look at these links - English Heritage; BritainExpress; 360 virtual tour.

Apart from a gammy knee...

...life is quite good!

x C

All done!!

I am very pleased with my little Indian Panel Trio!!

Here's a close up of #3

I'm now packing up the kits for the West Country Quilt Show workshops...

...and there will be some available to buy as project packs afterwards.

I'll let you know when they are in my shop...

x C

#2

...also finished...

This time with a Banjara dangle attached!! :-)

For those who wanted to know...

...the trim was bought at Dilliway & Dilliway - Glastonbury...

...an absolute MUST VISIT place if your anywhere near!!

x C

#1 finished

One down...

...two to go...

Just couldn't resist including a cowrie shell!! :-)

x C

Beginning to stitch...

...my Indian Panel samples...

Ga-zillions of tiny seed stitches...

...on top of a piece of glistening organza...

Mmmmmmmmmm

x C

Print....print....print...

The fruits of my labour this morning!!

Loads and loads of little printed panels for my workshops at the West Country Quilt Show.

These are for my mornings workshop - Indian Panel Trio.

Now to get on with the rest of the kits!!

x C

Background fabric dyeing

I fished out some cotton fabric...

...along with my trusty pots of Procion Dyes...

...and set about dyeing pieces for my workshops at The West Country Quilt Show next month.

I did the background colour in the laundry machine...

...then poured over a mix of colours after the damp fabric had been scrunched in a bowl.

Results....

I'm now dyeing the felt background pieces in Yellow, Orange and  Cerise.

Next is the printing.....

Have a good weekend lovely people

x C

Secret Mission...

Sorry about this folks...

...but I can't tell you what this is....

....what it's for....

...or when you'll be able to see it in it's full glory!!

All I can give is a sneak peek of part of it...

...that I finished stitching yesterday :-o

Once this one is off in the post I can then get on with preparing the packs for my workshops at the West Country Quilt Show next month...

...and those are things that I can show in full!! :-)

x C

West Country Quilt Show Workshops now up fro grabs!!

I'm doing 3 days of workshops at the West Country Quilt Show - 11th -13th November in Bristol.

"Indian Panel Trio" - 2 hours - each morning...

...and "Lavender & Lace Panel" - 1 hour- each afternoon.

Booking info etc is here - http://westcountryquiltshow.co.uk/workshop/

...and my page is here.

Looks like all is set to make a great show...

...come and join us!!

x C