Submerged

Another wonderful project shown at Warwick Jazz and Jumpers is a yarn installation.... this year the theme was underwater

These lovely large jellyfish decorated the outside of the building

Inside was just so much to see and the lighting made you feel like you were underwater or in an aquarium

all the corals and shells made from yarn ... knitted or crochet

even a box of treasure

Loved the octopus

puffin fish...

Bruce....

The lighting in here was so clever... they just glowed

all the walls were covered....

we found Nemo....

.. and a turtle...

It was so fun.. and that team of yarntopians so clever....

Another exhibit I enjoyed was art quilts

there were a number of quilts around the walls...

and some fabrics that had been collected on her travels...

I only took pictures of a couple of quilts...

I did like how she painted and quilted...

So those were the main exhibits.... the rose bushes were given flowers....

.. and the local RSL had decorations on their tables....

Trees in the town were decorated...

There was also an Artisan's marketplace which had lovely quality hand made goodies...

I had to stop taking pictures.... would fill a year of blog posts!!!

A lovely day out .... I hope you have had fun looking at the pictures and maybe inspired some ideas.... 

xx

The Red Dress

A nearby town, Warwich hosts Jazz and Jumpers annually and I love to spend a day there.

This year they were fortunate enough to be able to have The Red Dress available for viewing (link provided for further information)

Information provided at the exhibit

Really, really beautiful ............

I am just going to share these pictures, I tried to get in as close as possible with some of the detail

It will be in Brisbane for a period too and going to various places around the world..... if you get a chance I'm sure you would love it and appreciate the work of art it is

Righto, Gotto Go... there were lots more to see that day so I am going to sort my pictures...

Enjoy..... xx

3rd week of July

I do hope you have all had a good week......

I don't have any progress on the Hardanger, I did spend a few hours on it at Guild but had to undo it all as that part was all completely wrong..... I hope to spend a bit of time this weekend playing catch up!

Lots of quilting and binding was done though.... to be honest a loose overall design on a smallish piece does not take long and the binding is all being done by machine so that is quick too...

I added to the sides of the next two to increase the width

these would all be a comfortable cot size....

This one makes me smile... they all look so goofy....

This is the selection of backings I used.  some are left over from larger quilts and the green was a length of fabric I had in the box....

Tuesleydale got 5 blocks done..... I have only 2 more to do and then need to put the blocks together....

The friend I am sewing with is doing a lot more blocks to make a bigger quilt but I have braid foundation paper and a jelly roll to play with.....

Some progress has been made on the pieces for my owls, and also the stitching on the table runner.

Daughter has been back in hospital to get stents between kidneys and bladder and the rest of the week has been uncomfortable for her.   One step forward, two steps back it feels like.

New down lights put throughout the house - it needed doing and in my sewing room I got them set to the brightest.... just lovely having good light in there.  Next we need to get new smoke alarms to meet regulations.  

Righto, Gotto Go..... the weekend is here... xx