Playing at Committed to Cloth

I have just got back from 5 days of play at Committed to Cloth.  Admittedly I didn't play the whole time but that's a whole other blog post.

After we had all introduced ourselves and Leslie had explained some activities, I chose to make collages using brown, white and black paper, with added touches of red.  I started with 14cm squares.  I had decided I would work with squares because when I was at C2C last year I used circles.

I tried them in a long line and then decided to make 3 more to make a square.

I tried out different layouts.

Then I photocopied the squares 141% bigger.  The problem with that was 141% makes rectangles rather than bigger squares!

I had glued the black & white squares to a backing paper and then I cut it up.  You know I love cutting up stuff.  I tried out the strips in different layouts.

I added small amounts of red to make it more interesting.

I joined all the strips together and was  hoping to be able to have a curly book. 

The paper didn't really want to curl so I went back to my preferred zigzag.

I pinned it to the wall

Then (you know me!) I cut up the long strip into 3 strips.

I don't know what I shall do with this - if anything!  But I know from last year's play that what you see above may well inform something I make later this year although it won't be a replication.

That was just day 1.  There's so much more to come.  See you back here.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice

Festival of Quilts

Last weekend was the Festival of Quilts at the NEC.  It is the best craft related show at the NEC each year.  I was very fortunate to win 2 free tickets from Storage4Crafts, one of which I gave to a friend.  Then after the Show opened I was offered another free ticket in return for sitting on The Granary Studio stand for a couple of hours.

As a consequence I went on Friday afternoon and again on Sunday.   Here are the quilts that caught my eye.  You may notice a couple of themes!

Tempus Fugit by Cherilyn Martin

House by Irina Voronina

Where there's a mine by Liz Hewitt

Fracture by Betty Busby

A Post-Truth Quilt by Sara Impey

If Nature Captures the City by Brigitte Kopp

Dialogues by Elly van Steenbeek

Good Intentions by Elly van Steenbeek

Big Brother by Lesley Brankin

Colour Study III by Sandra van Velzen

Fractured Squares by Hilary Jackson

White January by Lisbet Borggreen

Interpolations9 by Helen Howes

Summer Garden by Jean Wells

Ephuses by Jean Wells

After the Rain by Jean Wells

Cross Cut by Jean Wells

It Shouldn't Need To Be Said by Ellie Taylor

Penhelig by Susan Attwood

Volcano by Yvonne Kervinen

This Land is Barren & Broken by Liz Hewitt

Erasing History by Jo Coombes

So what did you notice?

Colour palette?  Lines & Squares?   Maps?  Text?

I found it very interesting to see what caught my eye.

Hope you enjoyed my view of the show.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice