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Winter wonderland
I didn't get to the Nantwich fabric sale as usual this year, as there is quite a lot of snow up here in Perthshire. This waterfall is a few miles from the house. Lots of winter colour and texture...
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Sampler quilt from the Bridlington course
Sylvia has finished her sampler quilt top, started on my sampler quilt course at The Royal, Bridlington, last October/November. It looks gorgeous, and the warm/dark taupes really work well. Thanks...
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Getting things ready for Quiltfest
Getting the final selection of quilts sorted out for Quiltfest - hanging them at the Pavilion on Monday, opening on Tuesday, with the Museum exhibition hanging and opening on Wednesday - see...
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Quiltfest - Pavilion gallery now open!
From this to this - Quiltfest is now open at the Royal International Pavilion and the second gallery at Llangollen Museum will open tomorrow afternoon at 2p.m.Many thanks to our hanging team - Debbie...
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Quiltfest - workshops, trading day etc.
The last few days at Quiltfest have been busy. We opened on Saturday for the first time in many years, and had two workshops at the Pavilion - 'Sashiko for Summer' and 'African Jazz'. These were not...
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Stone patchwork
Two different settings for the same blocks, variations on the Japanese Circles and Squares block set, with eight fabrics instead of seven and seven pieces of each size rather than six. The photo below...
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Quiltfest today
Today was the penultimate day for Quiltfest at the Pavilion gallery. We had far more visitors than yesterday and lots of interest in patchwork and quilting. The photo above is me with some of today's...
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November quilt
This is a quilt I haven't shown on my blog before, because I didn't have a photo of it to hand. I finished it in 2000 and it was my dad's 70th birthday present. Along with mum and dad's golden...
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Stone quilt II
I finished piecing the stone patchwork on Friday. In the end, I moved the alternate rows across by half a block by adding extra 3 1/2in strips at the sides. This got the extra random effect I wanted...
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Quiltfest continues at the Museum
Quiltfest continues until Tuesday at the Museum, with selected quilts by the Cwilt Cymru group, including their part of the 'Spirit of the Celts' set, with Japanese quilts by Reiko Domon and Yuza...
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Two early quilts at Quiltfest
As my exhibition at Quiltfest was intended as a retrospective, perhaps even more appropriate now as life has changed a lot since we first planned it :-), I included some of my earliest quilts. My very...
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Forthcoming events in February and March
I will continue to post focusing on various parts of my Quiltfest exhibition, but here are some updates for the next few weeks.I'll be at the Spring Quilt Festival at Edinburgh next Friday, Saturday...
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Blackpool Quilters and Tebay Services
On my way back to Kettins I stopped at Blackpool on Monday evening, for a talk at Blackpool Quilters (who meet, rather appropriately, at the Molyneux Community Centre). I saw this leafy green Super...
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Quiltfest and Spring Quilt Festival
The Spring Quilt Festival at Edinburgh was fun, as usual, meeting lots of quilting friends and making a few new ones too. The workshop, 'Sashiko in Circles', was a sell out! I think I'll develop this...
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New website
My new website went live a couple of days ahead of schedule. The site addresses www.susanbriscoe.co.uk and www.susanbriscoe.com are still the same, and I have added the .org.uk domain name as well.I...
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Sashiko at Seattle Quilt Company
We had two sashiko workshops at Seattle Quilt Company, on Friday and Saturday. I forgot my camera on Friday, so will post some pics of the Introduction to Shonai Sashiko workshop when the quilters...
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Garden Party quilt in Popular Patchwork
The pattern for 'Garden Party' is in the lates issue of 'Popular Patchwork' and should be in the shops now. you can read more about the fabrics used in the quilt here.I think the challenge may have...
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Region 16 day last Saturday
I was the morning speaker at Region 16's Regional Day in Perth last Saturday, with 'My Japanese Quilt Inspirations'. We had a great day - regional days are always a lot of fun - and the afternoon...
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Maru, with and without quilting
Quilting makes a difference to the overall appearance of patchwork. I machine quilted 'Maru' starting with the inner circle and echo quilted working outwards at 5/8in intervals, using the walking foot,...
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Pi Day
Apparently, it's 'National Pi Day' in the USA - 3.14, March 14th (yes, it makes more sense the way the Americans write the date). I like circles in my quilts, so here's a few quilts and blocks for...
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