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Wreath Wraith
I have been very busy recently and have let my blog slip. I can only apologise. There are plenty of posts coming up which I hope will go some way to make up for this. I am starting with the pieces...
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Just to let you know I am still here
I haven’t posted anything for far too long and that’s because I am at that point which a lot of you will recognise of frantically trying finish a quilt for an exhibition. I wouldn’t exactly use the...
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Brunel Broderers’ Exhibition at Newark Park
On my recent visit to Newark Park I was lucky enough to see the Brunel Broderer’s exhibition, which was of work made in response to the house and gardens. I really hate singling people out in...
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New for Now: The Origin of Fashion Magazines – my sketches
The Medieval Historian and I decided to go to Amsterdam for our wedding anniversary this year. I wanted to see the new entrance to the Rijksmuseum, and the exhibition, New for Now: The Origin of...
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Finger painting 2
The first exercise in the finger painting course that I have been following was just to make finger prints. I was really inspired to do this by the exhibition of Richard Long’s work at the Arnolfini...
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What I did at the weekend
This weekend was spent filling up the reservoir, as it were, as I spent a lot of time with my Grate Frend Beatriz at exhibitions and in art shops. On Friday we went to the blockbuster exhibition...
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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life?
This is quite a small panel, one of the last ones I made, but the one which will be in the top-left-hand corner. Some of the panels have fents or offcuts instead of costume prints, including this...
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Bloggy the Blog Dog
I bought this fantastic little dog at the Bristol Embroiderers’ lovely show at the weekend. I just loved his exuberance. He’s like a 3D sampler with his beautifully couched back and his french knots...
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Gillian Travis at Malvern Quilt Show
There was a lot of lovely work on show at Malvern, but the ones I liked the absolute best were Gillian Travis’ Indian quilts. I think this is probably because my own work is going through such a...
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What I did on Saturday – Bristol Quilters’ Exhibition
This weekend we held Bristol Quilters’ Exhibition. It comes round once every two years which is a really good spacing because it gives us time to produce some very nice pieces. I can’t single out...
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Stroud International Textile Select 2014
The Medieval Historian and I went to the Stroud International Textiles Select 2014 today. We went to the main exhibition in the Museum in the Park, which was fine, and had some nice work by Caroline...
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Learning Medieval Embroidery at the Ashmolean
I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that there were several things I wanted to blog about: drawing armour at the Wallace Collection, and drawing zentangles, then there was the Kevin Coates exhibition...
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Drawing armour at the Wallace Collection
The first subject on this week’s list of things to blog about was drawing armour at the Wallace Collection. This all started because I am interested in men’s workwear, and in particular the...
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Tacita Dean at the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
The last time we were in Copenhagen to see our lovely friends, we went to the National Art Museum (also seen in the most recent series of Borgen). One of the special exhibitions that was on was a...
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In which it is revealed just how shallow I am
Last week I had a fantastic time in Oxford and London. I was in Oxford to give a talk to the lovely Oxford Embroiderers, and London for a meeting of a research team. While I was in Oxford I...
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Mandy Pattullo at the Festival of Quilts
I posted earlier in the week about the Festival of Quilts at the NEC. I had walked all the way round several times, I thought, but almost at the end of my visit I came to a white cube gallery that I...
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Festival of Quilts, NEC
Retro, one of the magnificent quilts on display at this year’s Festival of Quilts This year I managed to get to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. I went with my Grate Frends, Alison,...
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Kaffe Fassett at the London Fashion and Textiles Museum
Yesterday I went to the London Fashion and Textile Museum with my Grate Frend, Beatriz. We went to see the Kaffe Fassett exhibition. She had never heard of him, which I found a bit strange as all...
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Out of fashion at glHoltegaard
I am still in Copenhagen enjoying an extended work visit. My hosts are quite wonderful and suggested that I might like to see an exhibition just outside the city in a little place on the way to...
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Yinka Shonibare MBE – Great exhibition
The Medieval Historian and I are up in Nottingham to see my mother. While we were in the vicinity we thought we would go and see the exhibition of Yinka Shonibare MBE’s work at the Yorkshire...
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