tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59816762809217546092024-03-14T03:36:41.510+00:00Studio 107A creative journal Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-61314754122437722782022-12-24T10:41:00.000+00:002022-12-24T10:41:03.420+00:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing everyone reading this a very happy Christmas and New Year</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAk1kr4UlU4OHl_npI4zgY7bMgH5xWOxZdU8u--TCiHBtQw84KJq5AItUHr1Mhw18iguSqhSjbKwq6Sqw-abwEroad9qFyKBMoRUuWUDgvVoJjSFXCU9bFGIkzXNBadTnfFIoSjZW9Mf1FmaLDg5-_MXrEq1nGAa7ahhVwwLeiOBqVd2BkQghSRbw/s3024/Robin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAk1kr4UlU4OHl_npI4zgY7bMgH5xWOxZdU8u--TCiHBtQw84KJq5AItUHr1Mhw18iguSqhSjbKwq6Sqw-abwEroad9qFyKBMoRUuWUDgvVoJjSFXCU9bFGIkzXNBadTnfFIoSjZW9Mf1FmaLDg5-_MXrEq1nGAa7ahhVwwLeiOBqVd2BkQghSRbw/s320/Robin.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A patchwork and applique picture based on work by Kate Findlay. </div><p></p>Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-33075082574017238452022-07-15T09:15:00.002+00:002022-07-15T09:15:28.951+00:00Cambridge Open Studios 2022 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cambridge Open Studios July 2022 </span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a three year break, I am very pleased to be exhibting again this year. For a change, not at my home studio in Cambridge but at Grantchester Village Hall. My exhibtion is open this weekend 16-17th July and also 23-24th July. We are open from 10am to 5pm. You are welcome to come and just browse or 'self-gift'! My work can be mailed anywhere in the world. Most days I post on Instagram @marioncurtis53. With some many items in my 'catalogue' it's impossible to upload all my images. However, you can find an extensive range of photographs on my artist profile on <a href="http://www.cambridgeopenstudios.co.uk">www.cambridgeopenstudios.co.uk</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Just search for my name and view 'portfolios'. Please email me: marion.curtis@ntlworld.com or send a message to 0750 500 2789 I'm on What's App too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm showcasing my jewellery including my usual pearl necklaces, others made with semi precious stones and lots of earings. I also have many hand made bags, cushions, framed textiles and cards on display. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'm joining forces with four friends, all talented artists. 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As membership secretary to Cambridge Open Studios much of the winter months are spent interacting with members both new and old, creating lists and planning, planning, planning. </div>
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The 2020 yellow guide was almost ready to go to the designer when we had to cancel everything. </div>
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Chatting to member Kate Green to pick her brain on how she uses social media, we talked about how it was a great pity not to do anything this summer. Kate thought about this and asked if the COS management team would support her plan to organise a local ‘Open Windows’ emulating what was already happening in Brighton and York where artists started to display art in their windows. </div>
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Of course, Kate has the green light and I agreed to do the emails. Up to date we have 140+ artists on board, the website features a ‘virtual’ window and splendid animation created by Bob & Carol Banks in Ely. Other members have volunteered to do the maps and plan out a social media campaign. </div>
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Recently, my dear friend Lynda showed me the patchwork piece she designed and made. It was, I think, her first ever piece of patchwork. She designed it as as new altar cloth for the chapel at the Leys School in Cambridge where her husband, the Reverend Clifford Meharry is retiring at the end of June as chaplain and teacher after 20 years of service. With the end of term looming I offered my services to quilt and bind the piece. </div>
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With much time on my hands, it was both an honour and a pleasure to do this for my friend. </div>
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So, how should I quilt this piece? The fabrics used were a mixture of old and new fabrics, mostly interfaced to give them some support. The prints were busy and after a bit of trial and error, I came the conclusion that free motion quilting would detract from the design. I wanted the crosses to really sing. </div>
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Here I had a go at stitching 'in the ditch'. Didn't like this. Free Motion Quilting didn't work either as the quilt was rather heavy and the thread simply disappeared. </div>
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Here is a close up of me using my walking foot and a built in stitch called 'serpentine' where I adjust the width of the wave as a well as the stitch length. </div>
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Here are the settings on my new Janome machine which has a nice wide arm. Still getting used to used to it. I use stitch #20 adjusted from the default with a longer stitch length and a wider 'wave'. </div>
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Here is the finished altar cloth. Doesn't it look great with the stained glass? </div>
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With July Cambridge Open Studios cancelled, we decided to hold an alternative event instead. More on this another time. Publicity got underway for what we called ‘Open Windows’ 2020 and Velvet Magazine were very keen to offer Cambridge Open Studios at least one article in their publication. You can imagine how pleased I was to be one of the artists they chose to feature in June. Mine is the kaleidoscope piece. I made two versions of this design and both are for sale. I also have printed cards available. </div>
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<br />Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-7339192254868189702020-06-14T17:03:00.004+00:002020-06-14T19:29:46.270+00:00Friend Agnes Asselin relaunches her website & is raising money for Ugandan children <div style="text-align: center;">
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I once had the good fortune to spend two glorious weeks in Brazzaville, Congo. My friends will already know how much I love African fabric. My husband was born and brought up in Khartoum in Sudan, so the affinity with the African continent is long indeed.<br />
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A few years ago I met a lovely lady on Cambridge market who created amazing pictures using colourful African fabrics. The pictures are very unusual, individual pieces of carefully chosen fabrics are inserted into a special foam base giving the images a 3D effect. Often there are pieces of jewellery included.</div>
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<b>Agnes Asselin</b> joined Cambridge Open Studios, and became more widely known; we even once exhibited together one Christmas. For my husband’s 70th birthday in 2018, I commissioned Agnes to create a map of Africa. We still love everything about it.<br />
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For various reasons, Agnes decided to leave Cambridge to move to London. She gave up the ‘day job’ hoping to make a living from her art. In normal times you can find her on Greenwich market.</div>
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I just had to take the opportunity to promote Agnes’ new website <a href="http://www.agnescreations.co.uk/">www.agnescreations.co.uk</a> Like me, Agnes feels close to Africa so to mark her new website she is raising money to support a charity for children in Uganda. Please go to <a href="http://www.uphilltrust.org/">www.uphilltrust.org</a> to find out more about their work.</div>
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Visit <a href="https://agnescreations.co.uk/charity-event/">https://agnescreations.co.uk/charity-event/</a> where Agnes has listed pieces of her artwork and fabulous jewellery with a 50% donation to the Uphill Trust. You can also find Agnes' work on Etsy (AfricAgnes)<br />
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Images of African ladies, butterflies, cats and more.<br />
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Last February or so I was approached to make a special gift by a local music teacher. Could I use the fabric to make a single bedspread? I soon realised that there was not enough fabric to do this. ideas were exchanged by email, and we finally agreed on a cushion using as many fabrics as possible.</div>
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The little girl’s baby dresses were in very good condition but working with knitted jersey is not ideal for a patchworker. I stabilised the fabrics and cut out 5” squares to assemble together. I arranged the blocks with light grey fabric in between which is known as ‘sashing’. Luckily I bought the fabric and wadding about one hour before the shop closed for lockdown.</div>
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Here is the cushion laid flat and below is a slight better view, side on. I decided to quilt with a pebble design in the grey sashing which made to dress fabric more prominent. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A pineapple block is simply a variation of the well known log cabin technique where you add strips around a centre. Here I began with a central square of colour bordered in white on first two sides, then the opposite. With 100 blocks to go, I made a start....using my new Janome sewing machine. </span></div>
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Last week I was invited to run a workshop for a group of learning disabled young people in Sawston, outside Cambridge. With some preparation done in advance we all made a selection of Christmas decorations which they hope to sell to raise funds in early December. It was a great honour to work with these lovely boys and girls who come together once a week as the ‘Owl’ group, part of the Papworth Trust charity. Well done Charlie, Stacey, Victor and the rest of the class who all worked very hard using needle and thread to manipulate this fabric into a new shape. A big thank you to all for making me feel so welcome and looking forward to making something else in a few weeks. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many thanks to Naomi Davies (fellow Cambridge Open Studios Member) of @naomidaviesart who asked me to rescue a much treasured family heirloom. All in secret mind you as she didn't want her daughter to know about it until her daughter’s 18th birthday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The quilt is very vintage and rather falling apart from use. The top was added to during the 1940s with large pieces of dress and shirt fabric hand stitched on. My first task was to carefully unpick the wartime make-do and mend work. Some fabrics were disintegrating and many had lost their original colour. I did save some of the better pieces especially those with numbers marked on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> My challenge was to retain the base vintage patchwork quilt yet add another top layer using family fabrics. So I used dad's old shirts, a favourite summer tablecloth and the recipients's childhood sundress. Lots of well washed fabrics incorporated into a new quilt top. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Naomi wanted a 100% cotton wadding to keep it eco friendly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was then faced with the dilemma of how to bring it all together. I considered stitching in the ditch or an all over design but in the end I thought it best to use an old technique of simply 'tying' the layers together with a thick cotton thread. In future, if it needs rescuing again, another person will be able to lift off the layer I made to do it all over again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As usual...I will be opening my studio to the public for three weekends in July as part of the Cambridge Open Studios 2019 event. I'm studio 60 in the guide, 107 Perne Road, Cambridge, CB1 3SB 13-14 July, 20-21 July, 27-28 July. All welcome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always enjoy the challenge of designing and making something special for a friend or client. My friend had become a grandmother for the second time around so could I make something special for this one? Of course I could, but not another baby quilt.....a named cushion/pillow was required. I soon realised that such a long name would take ages using the turned-under </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a<span lang="EN-US">ppliqué method. After a bit of a trial and error, decided on the raw edge fused method. All the letters cut out in reverse using bond-a-web The background fabric was a great find at the October 18 Knitting & Stitching Show. A textured fabric in grey with a sliver sparkle running through it. Simple quilting and binding and the job was done. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reverse of the pillow showing the loops and toggle buttons. Another satisfied customer. </span>Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-851062527481656112019-06-07T15:41:00.000+00:002019-06-07T15:41:38.052+00:00Minecraft and a birthday boyTravelling to Bath to be at my grandson’s 7th birthday party. Some while ago he decided that this year’s theme would be ‘Minecraft’, his favourite computer game. So just had to order some novelty fabric and make a shirt and a set of bunting.<br />
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-61787784902626942282019-06-04T18:35:00.004+00:002020-07-24T10:25:39.157+00:00I love making bags...Somehow the last two years since my last blog post have just vanished. It is certainly true that when you retire from your job you wonder where you found time to do it. I haven't been idle and I plan to revert to my original promise to myself to do a post every week. Here goes.....<br />
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My friend Paula asked me to make her another bag..the old one was just wearing out after a few years hard wear. The same shape was required but Paula had some useful suggestions on how the top flap should have a longer patch of velcro so that she could pull the strap over tightly or not depending on the contents at the time. We found a lovely printed fabric at Hobby Craft and here is the result.....<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So with that done, we moved onto the 9 patch. I had a lovely layer cake with a poppy print. The pack had 42 squares and we picked out four sets of nine fabrics. We stacked nine together and cut in two directions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We did discuss the next steps and all agreed that the quilt needed 'something else'. I added on the charcoal grey border of 2" finished width. I made sure there were no dark patches in the blocks close to the border. I then used some more fabric to make an improvised pieced border with dark 'cornerstones'. I added a narrow binding and was done. I'm one of those odd people who enjoys making and adding the binding. I also don't mind hand stitching the binding whilst watching TV. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the big decision. How would I quilt it? I found some amazing lime green fabric at </span><a href="http://www.backstitch.co.uk/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back Stitch</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">out at Burwash Manor. This was just the right width and a mix of cotton and linen. After a few try outs I decided the quilt needed nothing too elaborate and simply stitched wavy lines (about 50 of them!) using my trusty walking foot. Sometimes, simple is the best option. </span></div>
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For those of you 'out there' you might wonder why it is I haven't posted on my blog for ages. You might think that I've been hibernating over the winter but nothing could be further than the truth.</div>
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I've been very productive recently and completed several quilts, bags and small framed pictures in readiness for my Open Studio event in July</div>
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My friends will already know that I'm part of the team which organises Cambridge Open Studios. I look after almost 500 members and deal with most communications. The team began their work for 2017 back in the previous autumn when we comissioned the design for the guide cover. This year sees over 350 artists participating in Open Studios in over 250 venues. </div>
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The artists closest to me in the Coleridge area have put together a lovely flyer which includes Fernando Feijoo, Jim Butler, Naomi Davies, Lindsay Duff, Clare Wood, Sarah Went, Birgitte Bruun and Sarah Blake. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the new term looming I felt I ought to give it a try before atempting it at my adult education class. Obviously you could paper piece it but I did find a couple of methods of making this fascinating block. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, I tried the 'exploding' method, much publicised by Karin Hellaby who used to own Quilters' Haven out at Wickham Market. This is a neat method of making this block, without any special rulers. You simply place two identical squares (one dark and one light) together, sew all around then cut through the uppermost square to create each 'round'. This method is easily found on U Tube so I will not linger over the method. I started with a small centre square but there seemed to be a maximum size before the block was no longer a square. The biggest drawback is that each 'log' has to be the same colour (because they have all emerged from the same square of fabric). This is not impossible to overcome but very fiddly. </span></div>
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0Perne Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SB, UK52.1908924 0.1537201999999524652.188445900000005 0.14865619999995244 52.1933389 0.15878419999995247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-40697612279147785272017-01-01T18:13:00.000+00:002017-01-01T18:13:00.260+00:00Reflections and future plans<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not much going on at the moment in my 'creative' life; what with Christmas entertaining and being stuck indoors with a bad cold. it's a good time though to reflect on the year that has come to a end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My only big piece of work was a quilt commission (pieced but still needs quilting) I have had time to do some design work and think hard about what I want to do next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Teaching has been most enjoyable as well as the couple of talks and workshops I've given. By September though I was feeling in a bit of a creative 'cul de sac' with nothing planned. Teaching my daytime ladies has giving me a new direction and so many new ideas. Some of these I've posted about recently. I can't wait to get started on a piece I hope to call 'Midnight Stars'. </span></div>
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0Perne Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SB, UK52.1908924 0.1537201999999524652.188445900000005 0.14865619999995244 52.1933389 0.15878419999995247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-17980338758769347352016-12-23T19:40:00.002+00:002016-12-23T19:40:32.503+00:00Christmas is close! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my 50th blog post since I began just over a year ago. I decided to start blogging during the summer of 2015 but it took a while to get going. Whilst it can be a fair bit of work each week, I've had some lovely feedback from friends and strangers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With Christmas close, I thought I'd share a decoration I've made with a few friends recently. So, delve into your Christmas stash and pull out two contrasting Christmas fabrics. Use a saucer or something similar and cut out two circles of fabric. Place right sides together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the fabric right side out, press and manipulate the gap with your fingers/iron to make sure it's flat and 'round looking'. Top stitch around the piece close to the edge. There is no need to hand stitch this to close up the gap. Trim off all loose threads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using a needle and thread pull together the north, south, east and west points like this</span><br />
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0Perne Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SB, UK52.1908924 0.1537201999999524652.188445900000005 0.14865619999995244 52.1933389 0.15878419999995247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-90759267938589618162016-12-11T09:55:00.002+00:002016-12-11T09:55:21.010+00:00Seeing stars<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My end of term lesson at Coleridge School ended with a reminder of how to make half square triangles (HSTs)-the basis of so many patchwork designs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made quite a pile using two methods concentrating on using a special paper template to stitch on called 'Triangles on a roll' from <a href="http://www.quiltdirect.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000004.pl?WD=roll%20triangles&PN=HalfSquare%2ehtml#SID=205">Quilt direct in Devon</a>. You lay up two large pieces of fabric, one light another dark. You then stitch on all the dotted lines, cut and press. Lots of HSTs in quick time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also made some HSTs by the usual method of placing two pieces of fabric together, marking a line down the centre and stitching down each side of the line. I found the triangles on a roll method was by far the more accurate with virtually no trimming needed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, planning ahead, I have been making samples ready for the new term. The first week back will be 'stars'. Thinking about a finished block 8" square I made this small block which uses flying geese units made with the 'goose' bit being white instead of the 'usual' darker fabric. Could look stunning in bright colours or white stars on a bright background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I thought "what can we do with all those HSTs we made the other week?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This next star block is much bigger than I usually make. It's 16" using Shibori fabric from <a href="http://www.backstitch.co.uk/content/burwash-store/">Backstitch at </a> Burwash manor. I love this fabric! It is much brighter in real life and you can see I took a bit of care to 'fussy cut' the centre block to show off the lovely tie dyed circle. There will be more! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then another star came to mind...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the 'triangle in a square' unit. I had the template lying gathering dust so decided to use it. The unit is quite easy to make and you always make it slightly oversized and trim down. I think this is called the 'Friendship Star'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This one is before I stitched it together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here, I've put it all together with a light star on a dark background. I'm not convinced I really like this block which finishes at 12" square. I feel sure alternating light and dark stars would look very good indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got quite enthusiastic about making stars and did a bit of research. I found this one from the Missouri Star Quilt Company (MSQC) on U Tube. It 's called the 'disappearing hour glass' block. The website suggests using two 10" squares but I decided to go a bit bigger and put together two fabrics, one white, one dark grey, 14" square. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step one: place both fabrics RS together and stitch a 1/4" seam around the four edges. Then cut across all four corners. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step three: stitch the four units together taking care to match the seams. I then pressed all these seams open and very flat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step four: measure the block. Mine came out at 18" square and you then cut the block up into thirds. The maths proved easy with 6" sections. Don't let it move around too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step five: the centre unit is turned once to the right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is known as a 'counter change' design. It's a big block with many possibilities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Phew...any more variations? I found one more to try. Again inspired by the MSQC I found this block called 'Sweet Stars'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step one: cut 1 light patch 4" square, two 2.5 " light squares, one dark strip 2.5 " by 6" and another dark strip 2.5 " by 4".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Step two: take the shorter dark strip and place the small light square on the top, draw a line from top left to bottom right. Stitch and flip over, press and trim the seam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It all started about a month ago whilst sitting at home and checking my email. Coleridge School were looking for a tutor for an adult class every Monday afternoon. The tutor employed to teach this class had dropped out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It had been a long held ambition to teach grown ups. Don't get me wrong, I loved teaching children but adults would be a welcome change. I was interested in this class for three reasons: it was on a Monday afternoon, it was 2 minutes walk from my house and it was a beginner's class. Three ticks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What followed was a frantic session of form filling of various bits of paperwork. So with 5 days notice I arrived at the school to meet seven delightful ladies full of expectations. The Janome machines were a challenge as I'm a Bernina fan and there were no 1/4" seam presser feet to be seen. Oh, and no bobbins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Never mind, I'm used to thinking on my feet and I got the ladies to make a piece of crazy patchwork. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the end result by one lady. However, this quilt evolved using only fabric from my scrap bag. Here's the result..what an eye for colour!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not bad for a pile of scraps! Looks easy but in practice it is all too easy to forget to completely cover up the previous row and lose all sense of direction. On another day we quilted the pieces and turned them into zipped pencil cases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week we made the 'disappearing nine patch' as shown below. This is a great block because you get a 'wow' factor for not that much effort. Accuracy in cutting and piecing is coming along nicely...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, I can't resist adding this last photo. My four year old grandson was in Cambridge last weekend. I had ready some wooden templates of trees and stars bought at a craft fair. We had a fun afternoon with a glue gun and my button collection. It's great to be a granny....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just over a week ago, Cambridge Quilters, meeting at Granchester Village Hall, had the pleasure of meeting Deborah OHare from <a href="http://www.quiltroutes.co.uk/">Quilt Routes</a>. Deborah came to us from Wales to do a talk and workshop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Deborah told us how she was a teacher and whilst working abroad took up patchwork and quilting. On returning to the UK she looked for some classes to continue with her new passion and decided to undertake the City & Guilds course in Patchwork & Quilting followed by Machine Embroidery. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Deborah found her speciality in fabric painting and she showed us a series of pieces based on the many, many places she has travellled to throughout her life. As an artist she has experimented with many different ways of putting an image or design onto cloth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> Nothing too complicated...simple methods which can be done in anyone's kitchen. I was reminded of several, such as transfer printing, which lie forgotten in a studio cupboard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a photo from Deborah's blog showing her students, on a retreat, painting fabric. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These two pieces are fairly typical of her recent landcapes. The photos don't do justice to the detail and machine embroidery Deborah includes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wish I'd signed up the the workshop! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were not shown these pieces which I found on Deborah's blog. As a 'Modern Quilter, I find these pieces very inspiring. For one thing, they are quite 'traditional' blocks yet the use of colour is quite stunning and is </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">combined with very intensive straight line quilting</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, here are a collection of photos taken of members' work at Deborah's workshop...very impressive indeed. </span></div>
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0Perne Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SB, UK52.1908924 0.1537201999999524652.188445900000005 0.14865619999995244 52.1933389 0.15878419999995247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-45130329432955219242016-11-20T18:30:00.002+00:002016-11-20T18:32:57.465+00:00Mary McIntosh visits Cambridge Quilters<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've been really spoilt at Cambridge Quilters with two very engaging speakers. On the Wednesday evening meeting recently we had <a href="http://www.marymcintosh.co.uk/">Mary Mcintosh </a>speak about her journey into patchwork and quilting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary showed us many, many pieces of her work. Early design inspiration came from the site of some traditional brickworks near her home on the Suffolk/Essex border. 3D vessels emerged along with panels overlaid with many fabrics and even newspaper. Here's a close up of one....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">More recently Mary has taken an interest in discharge dyeing. Working on a whole cloth, Mary uses discharge paste to print through a silk screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Because bleach is involved, the dye in the fabric is removed leaving lovely copper coloured designs behind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mary is a regular tutor in the area and beyond. She exhibits with 'Out of the Fold' based in Bury St Edmunds and 'Tin Hut Textiles'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With so much going on I clean forgot to mention going to the Duxford Quilt Show recently. A few friends commented that they felt the show was smaller than usual but it seemed much the same to me. I still wish Creative Grids had a stand as I always went to them for new 'must have' equipment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As always there were several feature displays. 'Inspired by Hockney' by the LINQS group from Lincolnshire caught my eye. They used the work of David Hockney as their inspiration; his work, titles, subject matter, colours, etc. This quilt based on Hockey's trees really spoke to me. Made by Karen Lane this piece is called 'Three Tall Trees' and was based on a photograph taken in Woodhall woods. Lots of stitching with appliqué, fabric painting and both hand and machine work. I could only photograph a small part of this quilt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their website <a href="https://linqsblog.wordpress.com/page/2/">here</a> is worth a visit with more about their inspiration....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One large square quilt entiled 'Birds of Paradise' had a design of eight stylised peacocks arranged in a circle. They were very colourful and achieved with the technique of raw edge appliqué. Not easy with such large motifs. The entire quilt was quilted in straight lines of different colours edge to edge but in every direction possible. I plan to try this out sometime! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've recently started teaching again and must blog about this sometime. I'm teaching a lovely 12 year old girl who is able to come to my studio on a week day as she is being 'home schooled'. We've really had some fun exploring how to use a sewing machine to make notbook covers, pencil cases and bags. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Somehow, I've also ended up teaching fab group of ladies at Coleridge School on Radegund Road, Cambridge. This is a brand new class for beginners. The original teacher had to bow out and I was thrown into the 'deep end' at very short notice. More of this another time but I've really enjoyed going back to 'basics' with them. Been busy making log cabin and courthouse steps samples not to mention dozens of 'flying geese'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, I attended the auction for the new Arthur Rank Hospice appeal. All Cambridge Open Studios participants were asked to create a heart. I've blogged about making mine before now. Happy to report it sold and went to a good home. Oddly enough, I met the new owner at a Sale Day for Cambridge Quilters and she told me how much she loved it. A happy end to the project with COS artists raising close to £9000 for the appeal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between private teaching and my new day time class at Coleridge School, life has been a bit full of late. So it was a welcome change to take a day off textiles to visit the International Cake Show and Christmas Crafts Event at NEC yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This trip was, in fact, a birthday treat for my friend Lynda. We go back quite a while. We both taught at the same school; me in textiles and Lynda in the food room. So this trip, with something for both of us, was perfect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In brief, the cakes on display were stupendous! Lots of different categories. In some, the baker can model over a dummy cake (made from polystytrene) but in others, the entire cake must be edible. Some cakes are allowed supporting rods, others not. Each entry was a work of art. </span></div>
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Marion Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09735335874490603704noreply@blogger.com0Perne Rd, Cambridge CB1 3SB, UK52.1908924 0.1537201999999524652.188445900000005 0.14865619999995244 52.1933389 0.15878419999995247tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981676280921754609.post-28761976694952583212016-10-30T18:38:00.001+00:002016-10-30T18:38:52.403+00:00Cambridge Quilters Workshop with Anja Townrow<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following on from my last post I thought I would write about the brilliant workshop we all enjoyed (if that's the right word) with Anja Townrow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The topic of the day was 'Curved Piecing' and Anja had put together a project to teach us how to do curved piecing. That is, the entire background to the patchwork was pieced either around leaf shapes or a fish. If time allowed we could then add applique and/or built in embroidery stitches. So this is what were were aiming for! Most of us chose the flower, top left, but a couple of brave souls chose the fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had to copy the design (not the flower) and trace the shapes onto freezer paper. We then laid out the shapes in the same orientation as they appeared in the design (for straight of grain).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Much careful pining and sewing later to put it all together again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Voila! This looks brilliant! Just add flowers...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My efforts were less than perfect although after five hours of intensive work, I did manage to finish the background. I found this to be one of the most challenging workshops (in a good way) that I've ever attempted. Got home, put my stuff away, made cauliflower cheese, ate dinner with my husband and was fast asleep by 9pm. I can now look at pieced quilts with a much greater appreciation of the skills involved. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pam Southworth posted a picture of her finished piece on the Cambridge Quilters' FaceBook page. Well done Pam.</span></div>
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