Some hand quilting, an exhibition and a mini make

Well a week has flown by and I have been so busy making almost every night, that apart from reading blogs, I have hardly had a chance to blog myself!

 

 

 

 

But lots to share with you, starting off with a sneak peak of some hand quilting of my quilt using the Trade Winds collection...

 

 

 

I also wanted to share with you a handful of pictures of some quilts that I saw at an exhibition...yes, a quilt exhibition came to Jersey -hooray, we aren't a quilting wilderness after all!!

 

 

The small but perfectly formed exhibition was a collection of Welsh Quilts.  For more details you can see this link http://artscentre.je/event/antique-welsh-quilts-exhibition/ and here are some pictures...
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is my favourite, an English Paper pieced quilt, made up of 17,600 hexagons!  It must have been a lifetime's work.

 

Some close up's so you can see better...

Amazing!

Thank you to my lovely friend Emma for the photos, and for a peaceful afternoon of quilts, coffee, cake and most importantly, no children!

Now for a mini make to share with you.  I had one teeny tiny scrap of the Little Red Riding Hood character left, so I just had to make myself a little pincushion. 

 

 

 

 

And last but not least, this weekend I purchased this darling little basket.  I can now move my little projects around the house and go to craft club with all my essentials in style. 

 

 

This basket was the bargain of the weekend :-)

 

In other news, we have had a lovely day today enjoying the sunshine out and about in Jersey.  Here are a couple of my favourite shots of the afternoon.

 

The harbour at Gorey

 

 

Mont Orguile Castle at Gorey

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, look who lives up the road from us...

Aren't they just soooo cute!!  (But a little too thin perhaps??)

I hope you all had a great weekend too  :-)