Art2Inspire

Happy New Year to everyone.

It was a very busy time  and exciting time at the end of last year with the build up to

Christmas and moving The Gallery to a new modern space.

With the moving to the new building I responded by creating a  new sculpture

‘Jeanetta Sculpiturio’.

I was inspired by the feeling of change,

architecture, the new space before and after,  Venice and one of my students.

See more photos and details

HERE

I am back in the studio after the Christmas break, see my daily blog

at Quilters Cottage at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

View my artwork and blogs by clicking on the pages on the right of this post.

Orange Pumpkin Bowl

October has been a very mixed month of creativity,

I feel so lucky to be able to have a creative life as my career and

it is working out so well. It is hard work but in a very different way.

See some of what I have been doing by visiting some of the post which are on my

daily blog site at Quilters Cottage.

Enjoy a little taster by visiting the posts,

from a Bag making workshop at Weeting Village Hall,

See post HERE

Meetings at Alveva Quilters, a talk by Yvonne Brown,

HERE

Christmas  and other projects made by my Students

HERE

Felt Making at The Embroidery Guild

HERE

Textile Painting

HERE

A visit to Jimmy’s Farm

HERE

I am creating different types of cards with the different classes and

practice pieces.

See them on my

card site

HERE

I have been busy collecting videos from You tube

and making my own videos in the studio

to illustrate the films I have been watching and items I am making too,

Visit my Tech Site

HERE

There has been so much it has been hard to select these few.

If you want to see more visit my portfolio pages on the right

of this post or go to Quilters Cottage and keep scrolling down

onto older posts.

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

I always love September and the start back to new things.

i am now teaching Patchwork and Quilting at Knit Wits in

Dereham, every Thursday, one Wednesday evening and

one Monday a month.

I have throughly enjoyed it so far and Fiona and Bill

have worked so hard in getting the fabric department and

classroom ready.

See more of the Sampler Quilt

HERE

September has started with Strips and the colour Purple

as the inspiration,

to get people started patchwork.

See my ‘Purple Patchwork Items’,

such as sketchbook covers and bags,

HERE

I am still teaching ‘Mixed Media Textiles’ on a Tuesday

at the Gallery and have lots more techniques

booked for this year.

I also made a video on how I make one of my

sketchbook pages

HERE

I have also become a Region 9 Committee Member.

I am now responsible for the Region 9 web page on

The Quilters Guild Website, so if you have any news

you think is appropriate please contact me.

See our Committee day with photos of the Region 9

Banner,

HERE

There is still some more of September to go and I will post more

but in the mean time go to my daily art updates on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Quilts for Chernobyl

July has been a busy creative month with Exhibitions, farm and school visits.

Making quilts,cards and felt, among alot of other creations.

The Gallery has been as busy as ever and I am gearing up for

new classes to begin in September.

There is still a week to go with me preparing for a

felting demonstration on the 31st of July at

The Alpaca Farm.

Also teaching @The Gallery and a teaching day in my Studio,

plus group meetings, the last before the Summer Break.

See all these posts on my blog and much much

more of my day to day art on my blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Floral Brick Patterned Quilt

Back of Floral Brick Patterened Quilt

I love making floral quilts in the Summer,

they capture all the elements of an English Garden.

This quilt is 43″ wide and  55″ long.

It is made with Cotton Fabrics including

Sanderson and Liberty Fabrics.

It is machine washable.

Mixed Media Textile Art Book

I have been making a lot of mixed media artwork recently.

On Thursday I had a play in the studio with lots of vintage lace,

textiles and items that I have treasured and collected over the years,

for just that perfect time.

See all the different art that has been created at

www.quiterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Visiting Charleston

Last week Stewart, Jenn and a friend Sopie went off to stay in a Cabin in Leonard on Sea and then visited Brighton and the Pavilion see blog post HERE

Brighton Pier HERE

The Battle Hastings Battlefield HERE

The Town of Hastings HERE

Charleston Farm House was amazing and the garden was wonderful see blog post and more photographs HERE

Berwick Church and the Bloomsbury Murals HERE

There was so much to see and enjoy it was a wonderful break. Hope you enjoy the blog posts and pictures.

To see more of what I have done over the last week visit my daily blog at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Last week I had the opportunity of hearing Professor Jeff Handcock talk to the Methwold Ladies Group about Bess of Hardwick Hall. It was fascinating to hearing about Bess’s life story in historical context of the Tudor Era. I have visited Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire and marvelled at the tapestries, embroideries, wood panelling and gardens. Bess not ‘Elizabeth’ because of course, ‘Elizabeth the 1st’, was on the throne at that time, although, Bess saw three monarchs in her life time because she lived to the age of 83, no mean feet in those times. She was a clever, an entrepreneur of her times and married four times! She was the 2nd richest person in Tudor Britain and had many workshops including those that made glass, the finest and largest panes at that time. This accounts for Hardwick having so many large and unusual windows among other things such as the longest hall with indoor walk!
Bess also hard the finest sewing rooms for the refurbishment of linens, tapestries and embroideries which she acquired from all round the world.
Hardwick Hall became a National Trust property in the 1950′s.

See these videos to capture some of the interest of  Bess, Hardwick Hall and Tudor Life.

I am making a quilt for Jack and here are some of the fabrics chosen (blue and greens similar to the quillow on the ‘Blue Quilts’ Page ,Portfolio on the right of this post. I make quilts to commission and enjoy the bespoke service. The customer enjoys the process of seeing the fabric purchased and made by photographs, via email. So you are involved in the process. Or you can buy one of the ones in the Art to Buy section,
See the quilt pieced ready for quilting on my blog HERE

Jacks Quilt Fabric

See more of my daily works by visiting the studio at Quilters Cottage,

at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

I have made a Paper and Stitch Printed Sketchbook with the background medias I made the other week. The Sketchbook is for sale click HERE

You can see more detail on this video I made today from my photographs.