Art2Inspire

Baby Jenn

Making Lexi’s quilt made us get out the photo album again and Jenn looked and enjoyed the stories and the giggles. Jenn had got  out the albums last week and scanned some photos  to her blogspot.  

So this is who we were when Jenn was born!!!

So this is her Dad!

Fireman Dad

Nurse Mum

See more photos of Jenn and the family on Jenn’s blog www.jenniferroseclark.blogspot.com

Lex's baby Quilt

Michelle a friend of mine is expecting a baby girl on the 18thof Feb but we know babies turn up when they want. Her pushchair and carry cot are black with a pink go faster stripe down them, so I co-ordinated! It’s now ready for quilting.

What do you think? 

See www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com to see it going together.

Hexagon Quilt Nearly Finished

See how this Hexagon Quilt has come together with a group of Quilting friends.

visit www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com 

Blue Moon Brooch

I can now show you the Blue Moon brooch I made for my friend. I see her tonight at our Coven Quilters once a month get together. I hope she likes it. This one is unique but I will shortly be selling a small range of these style embellished  Brooches made in a selection of colours. I am beading them at the moment.

Also see my new Blue Moon business cards and Blue Moon Postcards which will be available to purchase soon on

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com 

Snowflake

See my Competition entry for Quilting Bloggers Theme of the Week on my Blogspot

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

See my blogspot   www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com  for the update on an amazing evening with Judith Symonds.

Watch this space for updates next month when I see Judith next month.

Buisness Cards Inspiration

Went to proof read my buisness cards and postcards today. Really exciting because of the colours! See how the printer reacted first and the design it came up with on www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Tips about having cards printed

Check out the printers before, see work or get them to photocopy a photograph, enlarging it etc. This is a good way of seeing how you are treated, what your work prints like and what is available. Remember you want these cards to showcase your work.

Be aware of

• What image you want to represent you.
• Take a good photo,or have one done professionally.
• Which way do you want your imageon your card to be,landscape or portrait.
• How you hand it over to the printers,memory stick is good.
• Find out what format and size megs they use.
• Be aware that depending on the colours available in there printers, it may vary to the imageon screen.
• You may need to adjust the image to fit and print.
• Where do you want your text to be and what colour.
• What text do you want and how do you want it listed. ie  e for email, t for telephone etc.
• Matt or glossy.
• How many because of cost, your work changes or address may change.
• Proof date.
• When will they be ready.
• Would you recommend them.

I have made my own in the past but you do need professionally printed ones too!

If you are happy make sure the printers keep your job number on file and asked when they update or clear their files. This is necessary if you want the same quality again.

Sheer fabrics Inspiration

Found a Flower decoration on the market at the weekend and it sparked my imagination on how to develop my work. I collected lots of fabrics, threads,wool tops,silks,beads and sparkles. Of course there was a little retail therapy in a fabric shop to add to my collection. See the flower in sections and my retail buys for this project on www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Blue Moon Card

This is one of the cards I made yesterday to send with the Blue Moon ATC’s.

I used the trimmings from the ATC’s and applied them with zig zag stitch.

Of course I had to add a bit of sparkle with the sequins!

NEWS there are no more Blue moon ATC’s available.

Thank you to all who contacted me and I will be sending them out.