Festival of Quilts 2011... Part.one. The Quilts!

 Bigging it up Quilt styleee = me with my Craft Homies

My Good Self - Lu Summers -  Lupin

Birmingham NEC Festival of Quilts 2011

What a great day out!

 My head, heart and throat were swollen from talking and thinking and seeing...

Above is Lu Summers fantastic bright quilt.

There were so many styles and disciplines and ideas. I took but a few photos to share.

 Dynamic blocks of colour and gold with tiny tiny complicated quilting.

 Always beautiful, the nostalgic quilts... the above was full of detailed embroidery.

 A superb knitted quilt that was cleverly constructed so as not to lose it's shape or hang oddly (due to how heavy wool can get) This had lots of attention.

 Emphemera and notions. Nostalgia and haberdashery.

 Blocks and strips of shades and tones. Mixed hand quilting and machine quilting.

 Tiny weeny complicated quilted Art.

Rabbit... Hazel....Watership Down??? 

Me singing "Bright Eyes..... burning like Fire......"

and Lupin and my chum Alison not knowing what on earth i was going on about!

Such Fun!

Thankyou my sweet Alison for a great day out.

Awesome fun to meet with Lu and Lupin

Part.one. was the quilts...

Part.two. will be the people and the shopping...

Think of this post as a trendy radio show... as i do i few "Shout outs!"

Big "Shout Out" to Lupin x she knows why! and i wanted to show her i really did wear my tea cup brooch today!!.... and that is me with my *new* giant Starbucks Mug, mmmmm. A big "Shout out" to anyone round Milton Keynes - i'm at Giffard Park Primary School tomorrow at an Autumn Craft Fair... see you there locals!?>>> (that's my stuff i'm getting ready)

BIG "Shout Out" to Milton Keynes / Stony Stratford / Wolverton people as on SUNDAY i will be at the MADCAP centre in Wolverton for a Craft Fair called: MaKe! Come along, it might be fun...

(getting my Brooch stand ready)

"Shout Out" to BigFish.etsy.com where i will listing these yumtastic buttons - they are clear! coolio or what?

and a little "shouty out" to my PaperFish shops on Folksy and Etsy where i'm uploading these Button Love Brooches....

Maybe i'll have time to take photos of crafters lovely stuffs over the weekend...?

I will try xxx