October Out and About

 Last weekend on Saturday David and I visited Kingston Lacy near Wimborne to see the autumn colours.  There is a Japanese garden which has some lovely acer trees which turn into some gorgeous colours this time of year.

The next two photos are in the tea garden.

Going to the kitchen garden, it was lovely to see late summer flowers 

And harvested pumpkins in the greenhouse 

On display between the tea room and shop

On Sunday, an early start from Wimborne, I went with the Quarterjack Quilters on a coach trip to the Knit + Stitch show at Alexandra Palace in North London.  It’s quite a trek from Dorset (about 3 hours each way).  It has a variety of needlecraft suppliers, with workshops (I didn’t take part), demonstrations and exhibitions. 

I enjoyed the Anne Kelly’s exhibition.  The stitching on objects, like embroidering over and old quilt

Adding stitching details to a work box and cases

The Embroiderers Guild had an exhibition of the works of past embroiderers in their collection 

On the exterior walls of the gallery were artworks by current members of the Embroiderers Guild, on the theme of Land and Sea

I love the texture in the photo below

Near the entrance was the exhibition of winners from the Festival of Quilts, here are a few below.

An enjoyable if a shattering Sunday. I made some purchases including some Christmas presents.

It was lovely and sunny so I had time to enjoy it before heading home on the coach.