Today John and I spent the day with older daughter and her son. Her second child's due date is 23 January and our grandson is very excited. He knows the baby is a boy and he is looking forward to being a big brother. We spent the day chatting with our daughter and playing with our grandson. In between playing I did some sewing on my Heavenly Host decorations. I've made one of the dolls and want to finish the other two in the next few days. I'll show you them when I've finished them
I promised you more quilts so let's get on with the photos. I love the horse's head. It's titled Shades of grey (horse) and is another quilt by Trease Lane. She said the horses head was an experimental piece using layers of organza.
Indian Pot by Gillian Travis. Gillian shared that this quilt was one of a series of interchange Applique quilts that she displayed in many venues around the world. She had developed the clever technique used and still enjoys teaching it almost 10 years later. The images for this quilt were inspired by photos she took whilst in India at the Utensil Museum.
'On Manoeuvres' Hobby by Angela Knapp. She writes, ' Birds of prey are one of my favourite birds to create, there is such power and intent in their every move. This piece remains my favourite, combining a new technique of using text to tell the story of the bird's life in a very limited number of words - it is like a very tricky sudoku puzzle The bird and the words were free machine embroidered. The piece was part of the Thriving and Declining on the Somerset Levels exhibition in 2021.
Birds of Paradise by Lynn Quinn. She writes 'I spent ten very happy years teaching leisure classes at the Linneaus Study Room in the Bristol University's Botanic Gardens. One day the secretary brought these majestic Strelitzias to the room and I just wanted to capture the moment! Dye painted, appliques and quilted.
Three Indian Ladies by Gillian Travis. Gillian writes 'I photographed three ladies on their way back from the market whilst travelling in India in 2012. I then went on to make a much smaller version and produced hundreds of kits. I loved teaching this technique and I'm sure there are many versions on the walls of quilters houses. It is still a popular quilt and is featured in the Quilters Guild 2026 calendar.
Twenty-two Textured Twiddles by Jennie Rayment. This is a compilation of many different blocks from the fiddley fingers of Jennie Rayment. All blocks feature in her latest book of the same title. All created on a domestic sewing machine.
Three Wise Words by Claire Passmore. The aim of this poster is to remind people that there is still a vast amount of unnecessary plastic material which continues to fill space in landfill and in the world's oceans.
Left over leaves by Sheena Norquay. Unfortunately I am struggling to read the information attached to the quilt as this was a late addition and does not appear in the programme.
Once Upon a Time by Peter Hayward. He writes, 'I made this quilt along with my wife, Esther Tronchoni. We fell in love with the magic and mystery of Anne Stoke's picture and set out to recreate it as faithfully as possible in fabric. We combined our two very different fusing techniques, hoping that the delicate, gentle girl and the bewitched dragon would stand out from a rather dark and sinister background.
Estuary in Blue by Alice Merrett. The Salcombe-Kingbridge estuary in South Devon is unusual because there is no large river feeding it, only small streams. Twice a day seawater tides go up a drowned river valley or 'ria'. The low tides reveal mudflats and reed beds that are habitats to rare species.
I've still got some more quilts to show you but I have a few things I need to do before I go to bed. I'll continue in the morning. I find it interesting just how tired you are having spent time playing with a 3 and a half year old!
Take Care
Lyndsey
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