During the past few weeks I have been watching lots of sport on the television. The Commonwealth Games and then the European Championships! I've also read lots of books on my Kindle and played Solitaire - especially when it was too hot to do anything else.
But there's been a flurry of activity over the past few days, starting with my birthday last Wednesday. Actually when I think about it I spent the day doing much of what I've described above - watching sport, playing Solitaire and reading. However the flurry started with going out to dinner to celebrate. I had the most enormous fish platter at a local Portuguese restaurant.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GUuuhufBcyCE17Z_R_0ww-vWueK7LY4MBA3qLK3Fcp6B4Wl2wQ1TryljH3-8npMrHz0-0qz1inZdQugKNHppSSvvKBH1c4AsPD_22j_PQTC3EHq9UGUEIhP3_21AfW8TcmsXHEDgP1VNBB_wpLWm_gP9D4G6N2jB905QTh4w_OZUqi-Yja3SKlgc/w640-h450/meal.jpg)
After eating all that lot, it was just as well that the next 4 days included a lot of walking. I had volunteered to help at the Festival of Quilts at the NEC.
I stewarded in the Celebrating the Creative Textiles Studio on Thursday morning and Friday morning. On Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons I demonstrated how to make stitched books.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHuj8KtIXWvCsofw6OjEs4gJB9Wad2aCeB-4YVBi4SzrbbGJCMtc1QmgqFnTnoBQXnZfCgrzNiPZrdVKdywEvQYcXBwjeR0ERmEeO4vKOXrfFwKPU7Ur4MIA57SoYb_hVeJaOh05wjEQTrJRozekYCP8yuH17kZ-MxOm-_eLHt4GnMVmLvQxCeccVR/w548-h640/IMG_3271.JPG) |
Photo by Lesley J Darnell
|
On Saturday and Sunday I went to the Show an hour or so before my demo time so I could walk round the show.
I'm not a fan of traditional patchwork quilts but I do like some of the quilts in the modern, contemporary and art categories. I used to take lots of photos of the work that appealed to me but this year only 3 pieces stood out to me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJEq72ls9A5n4n131u2JHeHoOUpsmpnSoTxsYjBkhvaXKroOyX6-liXfKsghP0Za-81yVY-Hy6dSgnVfe3MiWOzCwXcAddecCiWJWZYyRq5MOP1Jy4nYzgq-xrcPu2Jgk2noAT3xucVsJBnv_A_N-zzsn632PaL-US7CFg5CCnLk5oyaL9s6z3IV3u/w640-h640/IMG_3279.JPG) |
Modern: Streets where we lived by Megan Arnold
|
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bnzy_pGBIKpZyFqKGgGvTcq4uGE0VtKMxSG_2cDa5HH8XP76UCQ5FjN3ArVTwDtp1Ie9zyKcu5tG8Agb0UoInblwyg-JtsoJ27X3eVXJSB4zmZcBcg3k7_O2wgpZbKTAUrZsqwMaDFzqGLxOOaiIOGY2Lb7yBacEtfiaRgN6mkz7UgihIm1FwA7h/w386-h640/IMG_3281.JPG) |
Contemporary: Fracture lines by Kathy Collins
|
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGan0eo8Pt0bH1fTNbhTFYin4hIMiqoePJWDeUvvGbkg5g45kXaWrYFluriBHP1XUd2IkONEi4fIu4FVfOPaTTYzwDeHMAMXu1Y2v0rIwtxw0C7DmDxPb7UuaevhvypSNd2twg7RIXoOZcJVRG2e6SVUX3HgjFi31gxr-5upyzxU329ju5kq_6Gu4/w368-h640/IMG_3287.JPG) |
Art: Desolation by Anna Woodhead
|
Now I need to get back to the ideas that are germinating from the four days at
Summer School.
Thanks for joining me today
Bernice
I enjoyed hearing your journal-like blog. The last two pieces of work from FoQ really reminded me of a couple of your own more recent completed pieces (Especially the Anna Woodward one in colour and technique)
ReplyDeleteThank you
Delete