Bit of a boring title as it was quite a busy end to the week last week. David and I went to Birmingham and whilst I visited the Festival of Quilts on Thursday and Friday. I met several friends during the two days including those from Barnsley, some people from the BQL e-mail list and from the postcard group and also some bloggers too - including
Janet (she runs the Barnsley Embroidery group),
Benta and
Julie (of Mixed Media) so a lovely social time.
I did get to see quilts and purchase books and fabric (that goes without saying!), so spent a fair bit too. Here are some quilts that I really did enjoy seeing.
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| Winner of the Contemporary Quilts (think I got this sideways) |
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| "Feel the Tingle in Your Fingers"by Ruth Parker |
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| I liked these Arab men - so lifelike |
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| This quilt is "Melinda's Zinnias" by Robyn Fahy |
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| And a close up of one of the flowers |
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Another sideways pic - of Mosaic floor tiles - this was made by Susan Atkinson
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| This quilt was winner in the Art Quilts and Best in Show | |
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Here are my purchases from the two days:
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| Machine feet, buttons, ribbons, bits and bobs |
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| Fabric! |
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| Books |
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| Rulers, spray baste and t |
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I'll post more photos later (when I've managed to get all my photos the right way around!
3 comments:
Lovely photos. The first quilt was made by Valarie, one of the Irish Quilters that came over with Jackie. Isn't it awesome. It's a Dear Jane for the 21st century. Lovely to have won, but her quilt now goes on a road show, and she gets it back next year!
It was lovely to meet you there, especially as I feel I know you from blogland!
There were some lovely looking quilts there it seems.
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