The Festival of Quilts 2014

I can hardly believe that another year has flown by and I am getting ready to head off to The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham.  I'll be going with my sister Claire, my good friend Anne and the best thing of all is that my daughter Catherine will be coming down from Manchester for the whole time.  I haven't seen her since the new year so it will be fantastic to spend some quality time with her.

As usual we are making patchwork bags to take with us.  Instead of the usual one bag, this year I decided to make two.  A handbag and a tote bag to carry my purchases.

Here is my handbag.

And here it is with the tote.

They are both made with fabric from the Paris Flea Market range by 3 Sisters for Moda and I quilted them with Aurifil 40wt thread 2845.



 

 Sorry about the photo quality.

 

I am taking a class with Kimmy Brunner about Sit-Down Long Arm Quilting so I'm really looking forward to that.

 

Then on Friday we're all going to the Designer Supper which features Nel Whatmore.

Claire and I went to this last year and it featured Tula Pink who put on a fantastic presentation and gave us all an insight into her design process and her work.  She was very entertaining and a lovely girl.  So my recommendation would be to go to this event if you can.

 

So that's all for tonight. 

By the way, I would have posted more photographs which were fine on my computer but then took on that moire effect when I put them on the blog and I couldn't get rid of it.  Anyone have any tips on how to prevent this as I've not had this problem before?

 

Bye for now.

 

Sandra 

 

 



 



 

Quilt Coffee Morning Fundraiser

Last week my friend Anne held a Coffee Morning at her home to raise money for the Special Olympics as her daughter Amy is representing Ulster in Ten Pin Bowling.  As Anne is crazy about patchwork the idea was that she would display lots of her lovely work as we all know that everyone who likes patchwork always loves to see new quilts.  Well, she didn't disappoint and to top it all the sun was shining.

I'll start in the garden where Anne has a beautiful log cabin. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now for Anne's log cabin where she does all her sewing.

 

 

As you can see, it's not just quilts that Anne makes, she also makes these lovely bags.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally her home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here we are inside the log cabin.

 

Mary, Me, Heather and Anne

Everyone went home with a smile on their face from all the beautiful patchwork and the plentiful tea, coffee and home backed goodies.

 

Thanks Anne, it was a lovely way to spend a morning.

 

Bye for now.

 

Sandra

 

 

 

End of Summer

Well, this is nearly the end of September and I haven't written a new post since May.  I didn't intend to have such a long break but now the summer is over and autumn is here.

Almost all my classes have started again so I'll begin with a round up of last term.  These are the quilts displayed at the Quilt Exhibition in St Peter's of all the girls' work.  I hope you enjoy the the lovely pictures.

Magdalen & Majella

 

Claire

Alison

Anna Rita



Claire

Pat

 

Pat

Alison

 

Anna Rita

 

Edna

Edna

Magdalen



Alison

 

Bye for now.

Sandra