Ok, so there was a small section of Japanese quilts made by the Yuza Sashimi Guild (from the Yamagata Prefecture, in Japan). The members were set the challenge (by Susan Briscoe) to illustrate this famous Japanese water pool using batiks and of course sashiko.
Lovely.
and a couple of more ...
How lovely are they?
I always try to make it to the Malvern Quilt Show. It was the first I'd ever visited when I learnt to quilt all those years ago and I'm very fond of it...
The quilt are very beautifully made - great skillz! - and even if they are in general very traditional... it's always good to go. There's always something to admire and bring back, something inspiring.
So without further ado let's have a quick run through a few of them. My only bug bear about this show is the total lack of space. Quilts and stands share a very small space which makes it very difficult to a) take good pictures of the quilt and b) sometimes to even look at them is hard. This year I went on the first day and it was extremely busy.
I'm not very patient with crown anymore.
Call me hermit.
I don't care.
Anyway, the quilts:
Stars, always stars
And some classics:
There was also a really cute one made with old vintage embroidered fabric, I liked it.
There was an interesting doubled sided/quilt as you go quilt:
Ok, I think it's enough for today... more tomorrow!
Another one. Because he likes them and likes to use them.
So there.
This time I was given a brief. Black and white. Graphic. Manly. Simple.
I sneaked in some grey and a smidgen of green.
Just to give it some pizazz.
He likes it.
(I find it a little boring... shhh)
It looks good in his room and he's very happy. He's been making the bed every morning... RESULT!
It was a quick job using all fabrics from the stash, including an old handwoven white sheet from my grandma's stash. Gorgeous stuff, let's hope it lasts.
Next up is No 3's quilt. No 1 says he's not bothered (teenage talk for 'I don't really want one', so he's going to get a wall hanging instead. Even though No 2 says that 'a piece of fabric on the wall is girlie'. Sigh. Hashtag I can't win)
Whatever.
I've been working on this piece for years. On and off of course. Not all the time... that would be ridiculous.
I love it. I really do, but I simply can't decide on a layout.... I seem to like them all.
Once again I took it out of its box and played about with the squares.
I kind of like this one, but I think it might be too rad for a soon to be 15yr old boy who still doesn't know it'll go on his wall. (His room by the way it's devoid of any personalised items... if you don't count the mounds of laundry... it is as if he's just moved in yesterday... zero interest. He probably won't even noticed it on the wall)
so I'll probably stick with this more traditional one and call it a day. I'll need to figure out a way to change it... and that will probably take me another couple of months. And quilt it. It'll be most likely a subtle 'in the ditch' affair.... Don't hold your breath.
Still, it feels good to have reached a solution. Another WIP down and all that...
Have a good weekend, folks. (Mine is stupid busy... so wish me luck).
It's my sister in law's birthday tomorrow and I really hope she's not snooping around here because I made her a present and I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise...
A simple nine patch of bright fabrics.
Sometimes simple is just the biscuit.
And wrapped in vintage wallpaper, just because.
Have a good Tuesday, y'all!
Even though I'm not much of a 'red' person I find red and white quilts utterly charming.
(... I actually dislike the expression 'I'm not a such and such person'... what does that even mean?? No 2 once said to a friend of mine who'd invited him to dinner: no thank you I'm not a salad person... he was three at the time and I vowed to cut down using it)
('utterly charming' sounds deliciously old-fashioned. I might use that more, just to annoy my children for whom everything is 'bae'. Whatever. Sorry... whatevs!)
Anyway, red and white quilts are gorgeous. And I've always stalked on the net any pictures of that fabulous exhibition of 2011 at the Armoury in New York.
Sigh.
The closest thing I could get to it was the book/catalogue
And that is when I discovered the amazing fact that all of the 653 quilts in the exhibition belonged to one collector Joanna S. Rose, and the exhibition was her 80th birthday present from her husband.
Wow.
Now I've worked out that for me to do a similar thing when I'm 80, I'd have to collect/make/steal/borrow 18.6 quilts every year till then.
Bonkers.
I'm never going to have an exhibit of red and white quilts for my 80th birthday; that is it.
What's the point in carrying on?
Sigh.
We have a tree!
A big tree!!
But I haven't managed to take a good photo, so you'll have to wait.
The elf in me has been busy on all front, we have decoration outside the house, pretty ornaments dangling from the chandelier (ditto re photos), a nativity set with sheep that keep falling over and shepherds of weirdly different sizes... but hey... that's not all.
I made a table runner for the really long table (over 3m) we'll be eating on at Christmas... still missing the binding but I'm glad it's done.
(gosh... the colours are a bit lurid... I hope it's my demising computer screen...)
Anyway, this baby is long but it has to be as I need it to protect the table from hot dishes and the like. My next job is to learn how to fold red paper napkins into Christmas trees. Pinterest don't let me down!
(Actually my next job is to go and watch No 3 playing rugby, so I better hurry!!)
My little cousin got married in September. We were invited but we just couldn't make it... school had started by only a couple of days and we simply couldn't take the boys off to Italy... I was sad because leaving away you don't get to attend many family reunions and weddings are always such a happy occasion!
So we didn't go...
And three months on I realised that the wedding present still hadn't been sent... well actually still hadn't been made! Shame on me.
Fast forward to a few charm packs later and have lift off!
I used fabrics from Janet Clare's collection for Moda called 'Nocturne'. Gorgeous patterns and dreamy colours.
A random arrangement and diagonal quilting form a classic laptop quilt to snuggle under in these cold winter nights.
For the reverse and the border I used my favourite fabric in the collection, it reminds me of a starry night.
I hope she likes it. I hope she forgives me for not attending and being so late...
Here's to many many years of happiness M!!
Abstract/art/contemporary quilts.
It's all here.
... phew... now go and pour yourself a glass of something...
First and foremost an apology. I lost the Show guide so I have no idea who made any of the following quilts.
It's my bad.
I'm sorry.
If you know any names please let me know in the comment and I'll add them to the post.
Today I'm going to show you the more 'traditional' quilts. The 'skillz' are incredible... even if they're not my sort of quilts, I have to take my hat off and curtsey.... (bow? do men bow and ladies curtsey? sigh... just when I thought I got the hang of this English language thing... I get stumped again...)
Phew.
Still awake? And this is only a tiny sample of what was there.
There'll be more tomorrow. Contemporary and abstract...
Grab yourself a coffee.
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