On Thursday our Quilting Group went by minibus to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. A long journey, but well worth it.
The ladies (me amongst them) were very disappointed by the Workshop we were given - having signed up for Japanese Folded Technique, a class taken by Mick Stead, we found instead when we sat down and started work, that the woman taking us had been a substitute (no mention of this) and we discovered we were doing Cathedral Window. I am sure most of us had done this before and would far rather have forfeited our £15 and spent an extra hour exploring the three halls of displayed quilts and "fings to buy"!
The quilt above and below was one of my favourites, and I especially liked the wee bluebird corner blocks, and the triangles within triangles in the bottom right circle. Beautifully sewn.
A lovely applique quilt in traditional style.
What a pretty zig-zag border on this one.
This was the quilt entered by Cross Patch - The Sopwell Ladies Basket Society Quilt, designed by Australian quilter Gail Pan. LINK here.
Nice and colourful.
Above and below: I liked the designs on this quilt. Another one with a Flying Geese border.
A Cheshire Cat perchance?!!
More talent, above and below:
One of the top prize-winning quilts at the Tokyo Quilt Festival. Amazing skills and so much hard work and planning in this. A bit too sombre for me colourwise though.
Above and below: two more of the quilts from the Japanese pavilion. The attention to detail was amazing on these quilts. Lord knows how long they took to make.
Above is an interpretation of Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales. Oh my. Little Red Riding Hood is top left, btw, by the trees of course.
Just one of the many many stands exhibiting. I was very good and only bought 4 things (photos tomorrow). Mainly because we only got to see perhaps half of just one of the three halls. Next year we have vowed to stay overnight and not do workshops!!
