So excited...the tickets arrived today for the Festival of Quilts at Birmingham. This has become an annual event for Judith and I, staying in a very nice hotel so we can have two full days of indulgence.

Miniature Patchwork

Miniature hand-stitched, paper pieced yacht.

Flower Basket and Suffolk Puffs

I loved doing this. Wax drawing covered with ink and then the surface scratched to reaveal the colours underneath-very therapeutic! 

Representational Patchwork

Using  Clarice Cliffe pottery as a source, various techniques were used such as rubbings and graffito - wax crayons rubbed over string blocks and then scraping away the surface.

This was my first attempt at paper piecing which I did not enjoy. However, I am now a convert!

Blogging!

Wish I knew how to make my blog more interesting with links and a personalised pictures and things. I look at other blogs and the layout on many are SO MUCH prettier than mine! I'll get back to some free motion quilting - that'll cheer me up!