Sunday, 11 August 2013

NEC Quilts

Sunday again and the three M's out for a day trip to the NEC Quilt Show. Usually I enter but not this year as I decided to send a quilt to Grosvenors Shows www.grosvenorshows.co.uk for a change.
It was a great show with lots of interesting quilts plus my favourite bit- the shopping mall! However I did try to restrict myself from buying beads and buttons Instead I bought:

  • A long awaited white ink pen for my journaling which works great
  • Lots of fab fabric from Doughty's www.doughtysonline.co.uk in a palette of blue and grey for my daughter
  • A second book from the talented Ineke Berlyn Journal Quilts- Dye and Print (but she left her hubby holding the fort) www.inekeberyln.com
I first bought Ineke's Sketchbooks and Journal Quilts (2009) at the 2012 Quilt Show amoungst Victoria Macleoad's DIY Embroidery (2008) and Isobel Hall's Textile Adventures (2011). May time, this year, I bought Rebekah Meier's Collage Fabric Art (2000)

I also really liked Mandy Pattullo's big exhibition! It featured unusual pieces of vintage clothes that she distressed and altered to create a colourful and imaginative collection.  www.mandypattullo.co.uk
Far too many stalls- such a good day out! On all weekend.
 
Palette of blue, grey, lavender from Doughty

Luscious Japanese fabric and 2 interesting and unusual zips!
www.eurojapanlinks.com


A selection of needles from Mary Arden's stand.

Quirky squares of digitally printed fabric on the Kemsal's stand
www.fingerprintfabric.com


Lots of goodies!


More paper! Where to I put it all!

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