GIRLS DAY OUT

My sister Jill came home from Oxford for the weekend so we took the opportunity to go and visit Bankfield Museum in Halifax and the retrospective exhibition of VIVIENNE BROWN's textile and botanic art.

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Happily for me Vivienne was at the exhibition, which closes 5th May, so I had a chat with her.  A lot of her pieces were created by pinpricking paper with the sewing machine, sometimes adding thread.

 She adds fabric, papers and paint. The effects are wonderful.

Vivienne explained that this piece named RED BERRY was layered acetate, silk and wadding. The photo is not brilliant as the work was behind glass, but I think you can see the effect.

 This quilt of crinolene ladies is an earlier work.

 The white work is lace, paper and stitch.

 I really enjoyed this exhibition and seeing how the artist's style had changed and developed over a 40 year period. It was also nice to see that she had sold quite a bit of her early and recent work.

 Link to Vivienne Brown

We then moved on to Hebden Bridge where there was an outdoor local food market.  It was buzzing and there were some great stalls.

We parked up next to the canal, 40p an hour..... compared to some places this is really cheap.  There are lots of indvidual shops in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and is well worth a visit.

 My sister bought me this little ceramic piece as a late Christmas present.  They are called BLOB BIRDS and are by HELEN RUSSELL. http://helenrussellcreations.com/ 

  It came from HEART GALLERY WWW.HEARTGALLERY.CO.UK

Link to a visit I made last year
VISIT TO HEBDEN BRIDGE 2012

GIRLS DAY OUT

My sister Jill came home from Oxford for the weekend so we took the opportunity to go and visit Bankfield Museum in Halifax and the retrospective exhibition of VIVIENNE BROWN's textile and botanic art.

stitch -paper -fabric

Happily for me Vivienne was at the exhibition, which closes 5th May, so I had a chat with her.  A lot of her pieces were created by pinpricking paper with the sewing machine, sometimes adding thread.

 She adds fabric, papers and paint. The effects are wonderful.

Vivienne explained that this piece named RED BERRY was layered acetate, silk and wadding. The photo is not brilliant as the work was behind glass, but I think you can see the effect.

 This quilt of crinolene ladies is an earlier work.

 The white work is lace, paper and stitch.

 I really enjoyed this exhibition and seeing how the artist's style had changed and developed over a 40 year period. It was also nice to see that she had sold quite a bit of her early and recent work.

 Link to Vivienne Brown

We then moved on to Hebden Bridge where there was an outdoor local food market.  It was buzzing and there were some great stalls.

We parked up next to the canal, 40p an hour..... compared to some places this is really cheap.  There are lots of indvidual shops in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and is well worth a visit.

 My sister bought me this little ceramic piece as a late Christmas present.  They are called BLOB BIRDS and are by HELEN RUSSELL. http://helenrussellcreations.com/ 

  It came from HEART GALLERY WWW.HEARTGALLERY.CO.UK

Link to a visit I made last year
VISIT TO HEBDEN BRIDGE 2012

What's on my workdesk today .........

 This week I had this lovely piece of vintage fabric sent me and a piece of lace by Heather who is doing the same embroidery course as me.  I sent her some in return to include in her work.

 This is the block I am working on now. The aim is to stitch all the blocks  together and make a wrapping cloth.  Bit like a small quilt.

 As we speak I am finishing off stitching these four squares with French Knots.

 This weeks tutorial was learning how to make these Funky Fabric Puffs which will later be added to the finished cloth.

  I have laid them on the block to show how they will look.

Have a look what everyone else has been upto this week and thank you for following along while I learn to stitch and all your lovely comments.

www.stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk

What's on my workdesk today .........

 This week I had this lovely piece of vintage fabric sent me and a piece of lace by Heather who is doing the same embroidery course as me.  I sent her some in return to include in her work.

 This is the block I am working on now. The aim is to stitch all the blocks  together and make a wrapping cloth.  Bit like a small quilt.

 As we speak I am finishing off stitching these four squares with French Knots.

 This weeks tutorial was learning how to make these Funky Fabric Puffs which will later be added to the finished cloth.

  I have laid them on the block to show how they will look.

Have a look what everyone else has been upto this week and thank you for following along while I learn to stitch and all your lovely comments.

www.stamping-ground.blogspot.co.uk

Charming artists at Sunnybank

 

With our £1 bargain paint pots and our £1 canvas & easels the ladies of Sunnybank Day Centre Craft Club first added stripes to their mini canvasses and then once they were dry added paper flowers and the word SPRING.  Aren't they lovely and colourful.

 While they waited for the paint to dry we started work on some BAG CHARMS which included their initials. We made them using this box of wooden beads I got off the internet.

It was lovely to see so much colour around on what was a bit of a blustery dull day.

The session could not end without the infamous factoids supplied by Susan who was away enjoying herself on a cruise.  Im sure she will have tales to tell on her return.
So what were her factoids this week ..... FACTS ON APRIL and here are few examples of what she came up with.

1.  April and July always start on the same day of the week.
2.  April birthstone is Diamond and the Birth Flower is Daisy or Sweet Pea, 
     unless you are born on the 19th then it is the Primrose.
3.  April is International Guitar month.
4.  The cuckoo arrives in April and sings from St. Tiburtuis day (14th) until 
     St. Johns Day 24th June.
5.  If you heard the cuckoo song on the 14th you should turn over all the 
     money in your pocket, spit and not look on the ground.  If you do this      
     and are standing on soft ground you will have good luck but if you are     
     stood on hard ground you will have bad luck.
6.  The first laundrette opened on April 18th 1934 in Fort Worth Texas. 
     It had 4 electric washers that were rented by the hour.
7.  No one knows how April Fools Day started but it was first mentioned in   
     1392 in the Canterbury Tales.

I WILL LEAVE YOU TO DECIDE WHICH ARE TRUE AND WHICH ARE FALSE.

 

Charming artists at Sunnybank

 

With our £1 bargain paint pots and our £1 canvas & easels the ladies of Sunnybank Day Centre Craft Club first added stripes to their mini canvasses and then once they were dry added paper flowers and the word SPRING.  Aren't they lovely and colourful.

 While they waited for the paint to dry we started work on some BAG CHARMS which included their initials. We made them using this box of wooden beads I got off the internet.

It was lovely to see so much colour around on what was a bit of a blustery dull day.

The session could not end without the infamous factoids supplied by Susan who was away enjoying herself on a cruise.  Im sure she will have tales to tell on her return.
So what were her factoids this week ..... FACTS ON APRIL and here are few examples of what she came up with.

1.  April and July always start on the same day of the week.
2.  April birthstone is Diamond and the Birth Flower is Daisy or Sweet Pea, 
     unless you are born on the 19th then it is the Primrose.
3.  April is International Guitar month.
4.  The cuckoo arrives in April and sings from St. Tiburtuis day (14th) until 
     St. Johns Day 24th June.
5.  If you heard the cuckoo song on the 14th you should turn over all the 
     money in your pocket, spit and not look on the ground.  If you do this      
     and are standing on soft ground you will have good luck but if you are     
     stood on hard ground you will have bad luck.
6.  The first laundrette opened on April 18th 1934 in Fort Worth Texas. 
     It had 4 electric washers that were rented by the hour.
7.  No one knows how April Fools Day started but it was first mentioned in   
     1392 in the Canterbury Tales.

I WILL LEAVE YOU TO DECIDE WHICH ARE TRUE AND WHICH ARE FALSE.

 

WHAT'S ON MY WORKDESK TODAY.......

 

  THE POSTMAN BROUGHT ME AN ENVELOPE FULL OF GOODIES FROM BLOG FRIEND CAROLYN SAXBY, FULL OF BITS AND PIECES TO BE CREATIVE WITH. ALSO A LOVELY CARD WITH A PIECE OF HER WORK ON.  YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE PIC BELOW UNDER "DEAR LYNN".

TO SEE MORE OF CAROLYN'S CREATIONS LINK ACROSS HERE WWW.CAROLYNSAXBY.CO.UK

 THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SCRAPBOOK IVE MADE OUT OF THE INSIDE OF USED ENVELOPE FOR THE "21 SECRETS" ART COURSE I AM WORKING ON.  I HAVE ADDED A PIECE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY SAMPLE STITCHING, A BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CAROLYN PUT IN MY CREATIVE PACK.  I HAVE ADDED SOME RED STITCHES TO IT.  AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE YOU CAN SEE A KENSITAS SILK, THESE ARE LITTLE SILK EMBROIDERIES THAT CAME IN KENSITAS CIGARETTE PACKETS IN THE 1930'S.

MY GOOD FRIEND SUSAN MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL NEEDLECASE AND I WON IT IN OUR CRAFT GROUP RAFFLE.  LUCKY ME !

I AM STILL MERRILY STITCHING AWAY ON MY EMBROIDERY COURSE. MORE OF THAT NEXT WEEK.

NOW HAVE A LOOK WHAT SORT OF THING OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AT THEIR DESKS

WOYWW

WHAT'S ON MY WORKDESK TODAY.......

 

  THE POSTMAN BROUGHT ME AN ENVELOPE FULL OF GOODIES FROM BLOG FRIEND CAROLYN SAXBY, FULL OF BITS AND PIECES TO BE CREATIVE WITH. ALSO A LOVELY CARD WITH A PIECE OF HER WORK ON.  YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE PIC BELOW UNDER "DEAR LYNN".

TO SEE MORE OF CAROLYN'S CREATIONS LINK ACROSS HERE WWW.CAROLYNSAXBY.CO.UK

 THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE SCRAPBOOK IVE MADE OUT OF THE INSIDE OF USED ENVELOPE FOR THE "21 SECRETS" ART COURSE I AM WORKING ON.  I HAVE ADDED A PIECE OF MACHINE EMBROIDERY SAMPLE STITCHING, A BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CAROLYN PUT IN MY CREATIVE PACK.  I HAVE ADDED SOME RED STITCHES TO IT.  AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE YOU CAN SEE A KENSITAS SILK, THESE ARE LITTLE SILK EMBROIDERIES THAT CAME IN KENSITAS CIGARETTE PACKETS IN THE 1930'S.

MY GOOD FRIEND SUSAN MADE THIS BEAUTIFUL NEEDLECASE AND I WON IT IN OUR CRAFT GROUP RAFFLE.  LUCKY ME !

I AM STILL MERRILY STITCHING AWAY ON MY EMBROIDERY COURSE. MORE OF THAT NEXT WEEK.

NOW HAVE A LOOK WHAT SORT OF THING OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING AT THEIR DESKS

WOYWW

A WALK ON THE MOORS

It has been nice to get out and about, roaming the moors of Whitworth in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire where I live.

 

This is Kikki she has been with us for five months now.  We adopted her from the Papillon Rescue run by a wonderful lady called Deb Gornall.  Its a self funding organisation and very active, I am amazed how many dogs are rescued by them.  We were only allowed to have Kikki after a thorough check on who lived in our household, where we lived, what type of lifestyle she would have and a letter of recommendation from our vets to say that we were suitable to adopt her.

As you can see she has settled in

and loves nothing better than running about on the moors

Followed by a nap

http://www.papillonrescueuk.co.uk/

If you want to read more about Papillon Rescue here's the link