What's on my workdesk today ....

On Monday my lovely Goddaughter and two of my friends

came round 

Amy is off to Lancaster University in October 

and this is the cushion she made to go with her bedding.

Susan acted as the tutor, Ruth gave guidance on stitching

and I provided cakes and cuppas.

Congratulations and good luck to all the new university 

students.  

We certainly wish Amy well in her chosen field of study Maths.

Time for a bit of deskhopping over at Julia's place

WOYWW

What's on my workdesk today ....

On Monday my lovely Goddaughter and two of my friends

came round 

Amy is off to Lancaster University in October 

and this is the cushion she made to go with her bedding.

Susan acted as the tutor, Ruth gave guidance on stitching

and I provided cakes and cuppas.

Congratulations and good luck to all the new university 

students.  

We certainly wish Amy well in her chosen field of study Maths.

Time for a bit of deskhopping over at Julia's place

WOYWW

Postman John was busy over Easter ...

My friend Mo sent me this handmade Easter card along with a nice piece of vintage linen for me to use in my course work. Also a card from one of our favourite artists Carolyn Saxby of St. Ives.
http://carolynsaxby.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

Olivia and Jacob made these two lovely cards

 

 Then another envelope appeared from Mo in the form of a card and a piece of art she had been working on with wax crayons.

 

Ive hung it on my art line in my studio. Its the one with the peg on it, sitting beautifully between the art cards from the 10+ Textile Group
www.tenplustextiles.co.uk

Mo's wax art and 10+ Plus Textile Group card

John didn't bring these, nor did he get to eat one. 
They are from my very talented neighbour Amy.

yes I did take a bite out of one of them.

Postman John was busy over Easter ...

My friend Mo sent me this handmade Easter card along with a nice piece of vintage linen for me to use in my course work. Also a card from one of our favourite artists Carolyn Saxby of St. Ives.
http://carolynsaxby.blogspot.co.uk/ 

 

Olivia and Jacob made these two lovely cards

 

 Then another envelope appeared from Mo in the form of a card and a piece of art she had been working on with wax crayons.

 

Ive hung it on my art line in my studio. Its the one with the peg on it, sitting beautifully between the art cards from the 10+ Textile Group
www.tenplustextiles.co.uk

Mo's wax art and 10+ Plus Textile Group card

John didn't bring these, nor did he get to eat one. 
They are from my very talented neighbour Amy.

yes I did take a bite out of one of them.

IT'S BUILT ON SPRINGS... Where am I ?

My pretty goddaughter Amy

Did you guess ?

I was at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and we were doing one of the organised tours of the building.

 And here is one of the box of springs that it is built on.  We had a fantastic guide and the history of the hall is wonderful.  I strongly recommend you book on a tour.

Did you know that the floor in the reception area has real gold flecks in it.

 From the top floor (where the cheap but very good seats are) you can see the Hilton Hotel -Beetham Tower, the old railway station now GMEX and I was fortunate to catch the tram going by.  You couldnt hear a thing as it rattle passed.

 Out of another window you can see the back of the Midland Hotel.

 I loved the idea of this piece of wall art representing WATER, WEAVE & MUSIC.

We then moved onto the Whitworth Art Gallery, had a nice lunch and a look round the exhibitions and I bought a card of textile designer Lucienne Day's as it reminded me of my current work on my Alchemy course.

Link to LUCIENNE DAY TEXTILES

link to BRIDGEWATER HALL

IT'S BUILT ON SPRINGS... Where am I ?

My pretty goddaughter Amy

Did you guess ?

I was at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and we were doing one of the organised tours of the building.

 And here is one of the box of springs that it is built on.  We had a fantastic guide and the history of the hall is wonderful.  I strongly recommend you book on a tour.

Did you know that the floor in the reception area has real gold flecks in it.

 From the top floor (where the cheap but very good seats are) you can see the Hilton Hotel -Beetham Tower, the old railway station now GMEX and I was fortunate to catch the tram going by.  You couldnt hear a thing as it rattle passed.

 Out of another window you can see the back of the Midland Hotel.

 I loved the idea of this piece of wall art representing WATER, WEAVE & MUSIC.

We then moved onto the Whitworth Art Gallery, had a nice lunch and a look round the exhibitions and I bought a card of textile designer Lucienne Day's as it reminded me of my current work on my Alchemy course.

Link to LUCIENNE DAY TEXTILES

link to BRIDGEWATER HALL

RATS' TALES & PAPERCHASE

 My lovely goddaughter Amy is studying Performing Arts at school so this year Ive got myself a theatre buddy.  Our first outing was to see Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy's "Rats' Tales" in the fantastic Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

 The theatre itself is worth a visit, it is a stunning building and the production was fantastic with each tale flowing seamlessly into the next, holding your attention throughout the whole performance.

 It was also a great opportunity for me to go and spend some of my Christmas money in Paperchase.

 I am planning to use some of the papers on the course I am doing.

So watch this space.

 

Our next outing is the tour of the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.  We will hear about why the building is built on springs and all about the acoustics.  This will be great for Amy as she is currently studying lighting and sound.

Great for me to it means I get to play out.

RATS' TALES & PAPERCHASE

 My lovely goddaughter Amy is studying Performing Arts at school so this year Ive got myself a theatre buddy.  Our first outing was to see Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy's "Rats' Tales" in the fantastic Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

 The theatre itself is worth a visit, it is a stunning building and the production was fantastic with each tale flowing seamlessly into the next, holding your attention throughout the whole performance.

 It was also a great opportunity for me to go and spend some of my Christmas money in Paperchase.

 I am planning to use some of the papers on the course I am doing.

So watch this space.

 

Our next outing is the tour of the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.  We will hear about why the building is built on springs and all about the acoustics.  This will be great for Amy as she is currently studying lighting and sound.

Great for me to it means I get to play out.