The Solway Quilters made a trip to the Great Northern Quilt Show at Harrogate on 2 September 2017.
Here are some of the quilts that were exhibited, together with the makers' labels and comments (when I remembered to get photos of them!). Click on any picture to see a larger version.
The exhibition was surprisingly quiet. Nice for those of us looking round, but I expect the organisers and trade stands would have liked more customers.
We were just making a (luckily!) complimentary comment about this large number of beautiful quilts all made by Janet Keenan, when she came up behind us and had a chat about her work. She also teaches in the Merseyside area.
This quilt top (above) was completed in one day!
Margaret admiring part of the display.
This was one of my very favourite quilts - I love the stylised flowers and the bright Kaffe Fassett fabrics.
This was another favourite: English paper piecing in tiny hexagons set in groups of four. Part of the display by linapatchwork.com, a company that sell templates and/or patterns for the four quilts shown above.
I liked this almost abstract landscape art quilt. It reminded me of Philip Hughes' sketches and art work. Very subtle use of colour and mark making.
There was a very good café with a lovely view of the surrounding countryside, allowing you to sit and take a break when you'd had enough of wandering round. There were quite a number of trade stands selling all sorts of textiles, tools, threads, yarns, patterns, templates, sewing machines, trims and notions. I bought some perle cotton threads with a view to using them in wool appliqué, and some woven, shot cottons in autumnal shades to add to my fabric store, and - bargain of the day - a small roll of bobbly black trim for 50p! An inspiring day out - my only regret was that Oliver Twists weren't there. I was hoping to buy some more embroidery threads and felt from them.
Here are some of the quilts that were exhibited, together with the makers' labels and comments (when I remembered to get photos of them!). Click on any picture to see a larger version.
There was a very good café with a lovely view of the surrounding countryside, allowing you to sit and take a break when you'd had enough of wandering round. There were quite a number of trade stands selling all sorts of textiles, tools, threads, yarns, patterns, templates, sewing machines, trims and notions. I bought some perle cotton threads with a view to using them in wool appliqué, and some woven, shot cottons in autumnal shades to add to my fabric store, and - bargain of the day - a small roll of bobbly black trim for 50p! An inspiring day out - my only regret was that Oliver Twists weren't there. I was hoping to buy some more embroidery threads and felt from them.
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