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There was an exhibition of work by textile artist Jane O'Leary - the posts on her blog about preparing for the exhibition are really interesting. I particularly loved this piece, the details in it are just lovely:
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I fell totally in love with the selection of beautiful engravings by Sarah Van Niekerk (you can see lots of images of her current work here).
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The main exhibition was "Quilted Jewels", a display of quilts by the members of three local quilting groups: Montpelier Quilters, Highnam Quilters and Churchdown Patchwork and Quilters.
Seeing the church covered in all those colourful patterns was a wonderful sight - they were hanging everywhere and draped all over the pews in a riot of colour. My little camera struggled a bit with the lighting conditions but I'm sure you can use your imagination a bit!
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A few of my favourites were... "Mediterranean Madness" by Linda Simmons:
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"Stained Glass Window Quilt" by Mary Davies and "Heraldry Hanging" by Pat Wilson (which included fabrics hand-dyed by Pat's daughter Cathy):
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"Farmyard Fun" by Linda Simmons and "Freedom Road" by Valerie Pickard:
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"Dazzling Diamonds" by Mary Davies and "Rice Bowls" by Linda Simmons from a Kaffe Gasset design:
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"Joined Hands" and "Diamonds are Forever" by Polly Sutcliffe:
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And a hand-pieced quilt by Anna Jones called "The First of Many" which was started years ago, abandoned half-finished in an attic and then re-started and finished with the encouragement of the Highnam Quilters group.
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I also couldn't resist taking some snaps of the textiles and patterns in the church while I was there :)
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8 comments:
Guau!!! great work!!
Regards from this warm Madrid
I have a soft spot of quilts, lovely posts and I'm glad your pictures turned out so well! I love how no two quilts are ever the same.
Wow the handmade quilts are amazing! Looks like a fun weekend was had! You found some talented craftspeople too! Jo x
I'd love to see a quilt festival like this in my church!! The patterns in the church are lovely too. There's so much inspiration wherever you look.
Teresa a
Thank you so much for sharing....it was just amazing and beautiful to scroll thru the quilt pics!
everything is wonderful!!!Bravo!
This isn't far from me - I hope it's still on!!
Gill
Unfortunately I think it only ran for 1 week, Gill!
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