Buy a quilt for Christmas and support Alzheimer Scotland
Ann Hill arranged that the Hampden Park stadium would be covered in quilts to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer Scotlandand what an even that was; now the quilts are looking for new homes; if you originally made a quilt for the project you can buy it back or you can just select another quilt and give it a new loving home.
Thankyou
Lianne says: Can I take this opportunity to let you know what a wonderful and informative website this is. It always inspires me to try different sewing projects. The teaching is wonderfully clear and detailed. Well done everyone. thankyou - always nice to know that we are coming across well and being inspirational.
The Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexander Palace, London
Fab day out with my friend Valerie; it is what it say with LOADS of knitting - and if you thought knitting was just for jumpers think again! A real showcase for new young stitching talent and great exhibitions, including one by E.A.S.T. whose exhibition 'Between The Lines; will be going on the road and we are hoping to catch up with then in 2015 in Suffolk: www.easttextile.co.uk Prism had more of their work on display - another talented group as you have seen from our films.
What was the pattern?
Sometimes the quilts hanging in the background of the workshops cause as many questions as the workshop itself. That was certainly the case with my Straight Stitched fused applique tutorial - the quilt in the background was made from a pattern called Flower Power designed by Geralyn Powers and available from www.thankfullysew.com
Another great filming day .
Paula Doyle has kindly offered her studio again for a filming session of great new workshops; we will be joined by Anglea Daymond who will be working with dyeing from the kitchen and some great new stitching ideas with Aurifil thread - so keep watching! Well the day went well; Angela was filmed working on a piece of kantha work using Aurifil threads and then we had another great piece using spices from the kitchen and finally a little piece using recycled papers!
Thames Valley Contemporary Textiles
This group, that meets 4 times a year, were kind enough to ask me to give a talk based on my business experience in opening and running Creative Quilting, the quilt shop just outside London, which I founded back in 1989 (25 years ago now!) and more recently with Justhands-on.tv
I went armed with lots of quilts, which in fact proved to be a social history lesson in patchwork over the last 50 years or so!!!
Found at Kew Gardens Yesterday
This is what can be done with all those squares everyone seems to want to knit or crochet!
World Quilt Show USA Winner from the UK
Christine Porter is the British Coordinator for the World Quilt Show, which takes place in the USA every year, This year she had 28 entries and she is thrilled to say that a British quilter (from Bristol) called Stephanie Crawford won the Best of the World award for her fabulous quilt, ‘A Chinese Journey in Three Parts’ - see below: She won $2,000.
A wander round Festival of Quilts 2014
Over 800 quilts to see but helping on the Creative Quilting stand meant that time to enjoy this was limited: two of the winning entries that caught my eye was the Traditional Quilt category won by Philippa Naylor – stunning appliqué and free motion quilting. and the Quilt creations category won by an amazing grandfather clock - so much detail that you would need a whole day to look at this properly; this category was sponsored by Vivebooks who are the publishers of a new E-book by Chris Porter entitled Sensational Circle Quilts.
Ipad Upgrade meets with approval
If you want to know what the upgrade was all about: click here Some of the comments we have received since the upgrade came into effect: Your new website is brilliant. I have been frustrated for many months because I just could not access the site properly and since my husband pays the subscription fee was considering cancelling it. No longer - I love the fact that I can access everything on the ipad and it's given me much pleasure. I've just watched among other things,this evening, the video on making the reindeer appliqué together with my five year old grand daughter whilst on holiday and when I go back home I've been asked to make it for her.
Well done and thank you - the new website works brilliantly for me.
Regards Irene
I have just watched Jennie on Safari much much better, thank you.
Best Regards
Ann Very very pleased that I am now able to see vido on my iPad. Just great will be able to use it all Many thanks for getting that up and working - Marian Thank goodness I don't have to use Puffin anymore on my iPad, quite often the script was all broken up and impossible to read.
Love this site and I return to it often to watch your tutorials..
Regards,
Maureen Hurrah!
The Mystery Quilt seems to have been a great success
Here are some of the comments it generated: So excited for tomorrow! Hope I can sleep tonight:) Deborah I have my materials for the summer solstice quilt, and have booked the day off work too. Regards Dee I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed making the Mystery Quilt and very pleased with the results, although not layered up and quilted yet! Thanks!
Pleating Tulle with Benjamin Shine
British artist Benjamin Shine takes that tulle and proceeds to pleat, iron, and manipulate it into hauntingly realistic portraits that looks like photographs. For more pics and info go to: https://www.benjaminshine.com/
Some comments on the Water Water Exhibition videos
We often cycle along the Thames to Henley..shame I missed it!
But thinking on,it wouldn't have been the same without Kate's input,very interesting..can't wait for part 2!
And yes I remember The Oneidin Line too!!!!!!!
Lyn Thank you for this. I enjoyed seeing my quilt on the film – and thought you did a brilliant job of talking through all the quilts
Best wishes Rachel
Thank you so much for arranging for us to see the film of the exhibition. It was a lovely reminder of a very special and successful occasion. And you were a brilliant presenter; you knew each piece so well..... Gill
Hi Kate
Thanks so much for this ........
Special Update News for all iPad and Tablet users
SPECIAL UPDATE
Tuesday 29th July 2014 We are very excited to be able to tell you, that as promised in our last newsletter, we have now made the website more user friendly for all our users and especially for those on iPads and Tablets. So, what does this mean for you? Changes to the screen size All users will notice that the video screens are bigger and slightly higher up the page.
Quilters Take Poppy Challenge
With 2014 marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, some local artists are remembering in their own special way. Members of the St. Albert Quilters’ Guild took up the challenge this year of creating quilts with poppies incorporated into the designs to commemorate those who died in the war, which lasted from 1914 to 1918.
Hampden Park – do you remember when it was covered in quilts?
We had an appeal for quilts from Ann Hill for the Alzheimers Scotland appeal and Hampden Park was completely covered in quilts: to see it: click here:
We also made some quick quilts ourselves and you can enjoy that video too by clicking here: