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Category Archives: Books

Books I’ve read and can recommend

Grids and Michelle Obama’s dress

Posted on Sunday, November 11 , 2012 by RuthNovember 11, 2012

This week a number of things happened. On 6th November Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States. On 8th November my used copy of The Uncommon Quilter by Jeanne Wiliamson arrived in the post. Two seemingly unrelated … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Grids

Into the second round

Posted on Monday, October 03 , 2011 by RuthOctober 3, 2011

You may remember that I posted about taking photos in the rain. We did have an ulterior motive for doing so. I sent the photographs to Lark Crafts in the hope of them being accepted into the new book Art … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Textile art

Drawing Lab – 52 ways to have fun

Posted on Sunday, November 14 , 2010 by RuthNovember 14, 2010

Amazon recently suggested to me that the book Drawing Lab for Mixed-Media Artists: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun by Carla Sonheim might be of interest to me. I am usually rather sceptical when the suggestions are to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Drawing lab

Quotes and quilting

Posted on Wednesday, March 31 , 2010 by RuthMarch 31, 2010

I have decided what to do about the quilting on my hexagon spiral. I’ve collected lots of neat quotes about colours and am going to quilt them onto the quilt. It’s not something that I’ve done before so I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, City&Guilds, Quilting

At the risk of being repetitive…

Posted on Saturday, March 27 , 2010 by RuthMarch 27, 2010

here is another link to an article about the Quilts 1700-2010 exhibition at the V&A. This time the article appeared on the Daily Mail website. The quilt referred to was made by a group of Girl Guides at the Changi … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Exhibitions, Food for thought

A little diversion

Posted on Sunday, April 19 , 2009 by RuthApril 19, 2009

I’ve been having some fun over the last few weeks doing something completely different. As the saying goes – a change is as good as a rest – and I felt like doing something other than C&Gs coursework. I’ve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Other creative stuff

Sweet dreams

Posted on Saturday, February 14 , 2009 by RuthFebruary 14, 2009

The pillowcase quilt is now finished. It is 23 inches square. I quite enjoyed doing the free motion machine quilting this time. I must be getting better as I didn’t clench my teeth all the time 🙂 When I discovered … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, City&Guilds, Quilting

Reverse appliqué

Posted on Sunday, March 16 , 2008 by RuthDecember 23, 2009

My next activity for the C&G course was reverse appliqué. I’ve done some on the machine before, but not by hand. Instead of just basing the design on one of my images of lines I decided to make something a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, City&Guilds, Quilting
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