A lunchtime walk and other things

 I went into work yesterday with the intention of doing a major catch up but I'm still quite snuffly and my chest is tight so I soon ditched my massive to do list in favour of slowly working through some of the more urgent items. Progress was slow but good. By lunchtime I felt the need to head out for a walk to clear the head. Luckily there is a park fairly close to the office so I went out and enjoyed the cold, but fresh air. The sun was shining and had some warmth to it. I walked round the park and lake but as I headed back to work I decided to pop into the house, Boston Manor House, to see if they had a new exhibition on. I was in luck. The exhibition was art work by a female artist, Bonnie Gibbons.

Bonnie Gibbons’s works on paper to explore surface, pattern and colour. She was originally trained as a knitwear designer and she loves textures and layers. She states that her artwork is about hope and chaos. She was born in Stafford in 1993 and lives and works in London. Since 2011 Bonnie has had many exhibitions most with a group of artists.

I really liked the pictures on display but many of them were framed and glazed so it was difficult to get a good photo without any glare or reflection. This one is titled Sam Jones feet and uses soft pastel and coloured pencil.

and this one is 'Kaisa's  Putney' using soft pastel

I didn't make a note of the title for this one but I really like it.

There were other paintings but the glare from the glass was annoying so I didn't take any other photos. As I walked back to work I stopped and watched this squirrel for a while. He was having a great time finding things to eat.

Today is my none working day and so sewing was on the agenda. I want to get the Thomas quilt finished. I'd already started the quilting but hadn't got very far. I've gone round the outline of Thomas and I wanted mainly to work on the background. I did a large meander using a matching thread

In other areas I did more outlining and echo quilting.

On Sunday I will work on Thomas and hopefully have the quilting finished.

After dinner I pulled out a project that I bought a long while back but have never started the stitching. It is stitched on black aida and should look amazing if I manage to complete it. Here is a picture of the pattern.

This is the starting point but it is rather difficult to see the individual squares on the pattern grid. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can do this.

Tomorrow I am in work as we have an open day for potential students. That means very little time for sewing but I'll fit something in during the evening. Sunday I have nothing booked so I may get the quilting finished.

Take care

Lyndsey