Autumn has arrived

Oh my goodness where did those 6 weeks go. 

It all seems a blur of visitors and work and very little of my C&G

work being done.  So time to knuckle down now the evenings are

drawing in and the East wind is gently but most definitely starting to pick up

here on the Norfolk coast.

In the meantime time I thought I would show you a few of my photos from a

short trip away in our lovely Penny the Peugeot( our little motor home).

We stopped at Raveningham on our way to  the Suffolk

border where there was a wonderful sculpture trail on with a lovely cafe.

 Who could ask for more!

I love old peeling paintwork!

Back soon , hopefully.

Catching up

I've just been catching up on some blog reading which ,

 if I'm honest, is not something I've done much of recently.

 I could make excuses and say  life seemed to take over  

but I think I just got out of the habit and I found other things to do.

 Having now started up again I had forgotten 

how much I enjoyed catching up on people who,

 after a while, one considers friends. Although

 I'm sorry to see that a lot of those who I followed as

 Dosie Rosie are no longer blogging

 but then everything  changes doesn't it.

One of the things that changed for me  last year was that 

I became a Granny for the first time. 

Oh what a joy that is.

This week I have made a memory bear for my daughter

with some of her favourite baby grows that 

little man has grown out of.

I have a list of other things to make so will start

trying to make my way through them soon as 

well as working my way through my 

City & Guilds.

Wish me luck.

Gill

  

Onwards and Upwards

Module one passed with flying colours thankfully, so now its on to Module 2.

One of the things I have to do here is look at historical patchwork designer/

makers. My initial reaction on reading this was one of panic, I didn't know

anyone but Google  is a wonderful thing. 

I found out that there is a Quilters Hall of fame so I am now reading 

about all sorts of very clever and influential ( in the field of patchwork ) ladies.

On another subject, meet the newest member of our family.

When Mr T and I said no more dogs, our daughter went and got Norton.

He is a Lakeland Terrier,  is 3 months old now and

of course she needs Mum and Dad to look after him on a regular basis.

Module 1 completed

 Well at least I hope it is and that it doesn't come winging it's way 

back to me for more work.

Anyway  here are a couple of the designs I have come up with.

This one is from a picture by Edward Bawden

called Home Sweet Home.

If you've never seen his work have a look.I love it.

There are 2 exhibitions of his work on at the moment.

One is in the Dulwich Picture Gallery, South London and

the second one is in The Fry Gallery in 

Saffron Waldron, Essex which is the one I went to see last week.

I would love to show you the pictures these came from

but I'm not sure how I stand with copyright on here.

Anyway this was done but carving out my own stamp.

This design is taken from a Mural that Bawden did in 

the 1950's for a new building in London.

This is a watercolour I did in Cornwall from

the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth. 

So keep your fingers crossed that I pass this OK and can

move on to the next module.

Barbara Hepworth

Another Alumni of RCA is Barbara Hepworth who I first really discovered 

when I did my level 3 C&G. I love some of her work.  

I went to St.Ives in Cornwall where her garden is now

a museum and part of the TATE St.Ives.

It's a lovely place to escape the crowds in the rest of St Ives.

Here we go.

Module 1, Level 4 City & Guilds Diploma of Patchwork and Quilting .

Having finished and passed my level 3 certificate in the same subject at Christmas

I have taken the bold, and quite frankly, scary step of going one step higher.

I'm doing it online with School of Stitched Textiles and Module one 

starts with a Self Chosen Design Project.

I have chosen Royal College of Art Alumni.

Research has started with a trip to the Sainsbury Art Centre in Norwich

which has a collection of works by Henry Moore.

They also have a couple of fabulous cafes which is always 

high on the priority list wherever we go. 

A walk around the sculpture trail set in the beautiful grounds of the 

University of East Anglia and it's award winning architecture

gave us our appetite for lunch.

    

Two of the Henry Moore sculptures both

reclining figures which are a recurring theme.

Anthony Gormley figures overlooking the campus.

Could give you a real fright if you didn't know they where there.

Back Soon.