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Quilts in four different exhibitions this weekend - all at once!
If I include my sashiko students' work which will be at the Spring Quilt Festval, Exeter, I will have work in four different exhibitions this weekend. The sashiko sampler is in 'New Quilting' at the...
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Sidmouth Revisited - twice!
Kim Higgins posted some photos on Facebook showing my Sidmouth Revisited quilt and Rachel Nichol's version hanging side by side at the Quilters' Guild AGM in Torquay this weekend. Lovely photos and it...
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A weekend at the Prague Patchwork Meeting - around Prague
We arrived on a very early flight on Friday morning and left on Monday morning, but we managed to pack so much into the weekend. The evening view above was from the restaurant terrace where we joined...
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A weekend at the Prague Patchwork Meeting - the quilts - Part 1
There were so many interesting quilts at the Prague Patchwork Meeting last weekend, and I can only show you a few! So I will write a second post about them later. Innovative use of materials seems to...
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City & Guilds Diploma exhibition next Sunday
Our C & G Patchwork and Quilting exhibition is next Sunday! Hence my lack of blog posts in the last week - I am working flat out to get my final project finished. I won't have everything done for...
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City & Guilds exhibition at Balfron
We have had a great weekend at the City & Guilds exhibition at Balfron. Our tutor Gillian Cooper organised it at the McLintock Hall in the centre of the village. The room was very well lit, with...
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Departing Memories boro - making
A few photos showing work in progress on 'Departing Memories'. It was a problem keeping it still for a reference photo! Marking the bleached spiral.
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Knitting and Stitching Show at Edinburgh
I'm at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Edinburgh today, Friday and Sunday, and Glyn and Fiona will be there with my fabrics on Saturday (when I'm teaching). Stand C16. I have lots of 'new' vintage...
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World Textile Day South on Saturday
World Textile Day South is on Saturday, at Wickham in Hampshire. We'll be attending, although it might be the only time we get so far south for WTD! All the info is at www.worldtextileday.co.uk This...
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Our trip to Kent and the South East of England - photos
We started our trip to Kent with an outing to see Hartley Morris Men dancing at The Windmill at Weald last week. Glyn joined in for the public dance at the end, Bonny Green Garters (Bampton) - We...
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Workshop with Chichester Quilters last week
My second workshop last week was with Chichester Quilters, where members got started on sashiko kinchaku bag panels. I don't have any photos of the workshop in progress, as Glyn took the camera into...
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Talk in Perth next Saturday
I'm the main afternoon speaker at Region 16's Regional Day in Perth on Saturday 20th May. My talk is 'Samplers and Settings', which is quite a new one and hasn't been heard very often. All booking...
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Region 16's Regional Day
Thanks to Tarja Burlison for the photo of my talk for the Quilters' Guild's Region 16 Regional Day in Perth last Saturday. We had a very enjoyable day, including presentations from some of the Guild's...
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What I am working on today...
I'm working on another version of my Masu quilt, which was designed for kimono width fabrics (although it also works with fat quarters). This time, half the fabrics are chusen stencil-dyed cotton...
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New Edinburgh sashiko dates! - and sashiko samplers in progress
We had a get together for some of the sashiko students from this year's and last year's Edinburgh courses on Sunday, to see how everyone is getting on. Catriona, Fiona and Jo brought their sampler...
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World Textile Day Central (Kings Sutton) on Saturday
We are off to Kings Sutton near Banbury for World Textile Day Central on Saturday 3rd June. This time we have a much bigger car than last year, when we had to turn the Micra into a tardis! So we have...
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World Textile Day last Saturday and on June 17th WTD Scotland
We had a very good day at World Textile Day in Kings Sutton yesterday and met some great people. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of some of the interesting projects planned using my fabrics!If...
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World Textile Day Central - in photos
Here's a few photos from World Textile Day at Kings Sutton last Saturday. John Gillow started off the 'crazy headgear' theme for our group photo above! Our next World Textile Day is on Saturday 17th...
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Sashiko on Sewing Quarter TV
I heard from a friend of my mum's that my sashiko books were featured on the Sewing Channel TV yesterday - you can watch it again on youtube. The sashiko section starts one hour in.Their studio is in...
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World Textile Day Scotland, at Bridge of Allan next Saturday (June 17th)
WTD Scotland is on Saturday - www.worldtextilday.co.uk. I'm spending the next few days preparing... I have some lovely new fabrics for this show, including quite a lot of the crisp blue and white...
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