Prepping for Snape

The Tin Hut Textiles exhibition at Snape Maltings (4th - 9th September 2015) has the theme of 'Seasons' and all 8 members of the group are making 4 pieces with this theme for the show.

Here is a glimpse of my first one called 'Under the Greenwood Tree'.

Under the Greenwood Tree (part) 

To see the whole thing plus lots more of my work and the other (very talented) textile artists in THT come along to:

The Pond Gallery
Snape Malting
Aldeburgh
Suffolk

Friday 4th September until Wed 9th September 2015
10am - 4.30 

FREE entry

Yvonne's gorgeous piece

Yvonne Sauvier - a really talented stitcher - came on my Life's a Bleach! workshop at the Cosy Cabin recently. We had a great (but a little smelly) day discharging and bleaching colour out of black fabric.

Yvonne then went away and added further applique, stitch and beading to her piece. Is it not fabulous?

Yvonne Sauvier

Drunken Daisy

More playing with large Drunkard's Path blocks and combining with a simple Nine-Patch to create large interlocking flower designs. I need to think how to quilt it - lots of plain white jut asking for some free motion quilting I think - am I becoming a Modern Quilter?

Drunken Daisy - not yet quilted

Going Round the Bend

I have been enjoying playing with curved piecing recently and seeing just how large you can go with the Drunkard's Path block. This is a table runner which we will be making at the Ickleton Group this week and then at a Cottenham Village College workshop in November. If you look very carefully you will see that it is made from (subtle) Christmas fabrics.

Going round the bend table runner

City & Guilds Graduate Show this weekend

It is the Creative Stitch Suffolk City & Guilds Graduate Show on Sat 27th and Sun 28th June

10am - 5pm

Entry £2

Village Hall

Wickham Market

Suffolk

IP13 0HE

Traders will be Art Van Go, Eye Fabric Shop and Creative Stitch Suffolk and Quilters Haven is nearby in Wickham Market Village

Work will be on show from 14 Diploma students and 10 certificate students for the Patchwork and Quilting and Machine Embroiderycourses

Hope to see you there.

Mary

Scrappy Sails Quilt

Just finished a scrap quilt made as a teaching sample for the Ickleton session on 3rd June. My challenge was just to use fabrics from my stash, and nothing else. Turned out I had a lot of blues! Lots of different whites too if you look close up.

Scrappy Sails 45" x 45" 

If you would like to make this quilt there are still places left at the workshop on 3rd June 2015 9.30 - 3.30. Ickleton Village Hall. £30 for the day. To book please contact me on maryelmcintosh@googlemail.com or 01787 371992

Cottenham Lap Samplers

We had out final Lap Sampler session yesterday and here are six of the (almost) completed quilts. This has been the first experience of quilting for most and everyone has done extremely well and have produced some stunning quilts. Rosemary has definitely caught the quilting bug and is already making another beautiful quilt with Japanese fabrics. Cathy has bought a new sewing machine and Lisa has plans to make a charming Material Obsession design. Their quilting journeys have begun and I have been pleased to be their guide. Good luck and happy quilting.

Cottenham Lap Samplers