29/10/2009 by Anna.

The first one on now to the 15 Nov is called Quilty Secrets. At the gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre, Jewry Street, SO23 8SB. Free entry Fri-Mon 9am-7pm Sat 9am-5pm,Sun 10am-4pm.

24th-28th is the Stitch Witches exhibition called Moving on 10am-4pm at the Farmham maltings.01252 726234

Last but not least is my City and Guilds exhibition 27th-28th at Fleet Library 9.30am-4pm

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15/10/2009 by Erica.

At the beginning of the year I took a one day workshop with Jan Hassard to learn her technique for curved log cabin and below you can see (I hope) the quilt that I made.  It is nice if you like that sort of thing but I really know no that I don’t!  This was a last try to see if I could not just learn to love log cabin - but I can’t.  But the really important lesson with this was that I no longer have any desire to follow someone else’s pattern.  I finished this quite quickly because it was very easy to do - if tedious stitching all those blocks - but I didn’t have to think about it.  But lack of brain engagement resulted in a lack of much pride in the finished piece, other than the technical aspects ie accurate piecing and reasonably good quilting.  So now its definitely the design-from-scratch route for me, and workshops are strictly technique based rather than projects.

PS This quilt has been made some months and not stored properly before the photo was taken (see how much I love it?) but I have only just got to grips with publishing photos.

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15/10/2009 by Erica.

This was an idea from Liz.  She made a bowl and sent it to the rest of the group (she is still living abroad) with patterns to make smaller ones decreasing in size.   Each bowl represents a freedom of some kind - Liz started with hers expressing Freedom of Expression in Cambodia.  A group project actually finished!

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