Yesterday, I made the trek across country for the opening day of this years
Festival of Quilts at the
NEC in Birmingham. It was my first visit to the FoQ and I was interested to see if it lived up to it's press.
Guess who I found myself walking and talking with from the car park? The lovely and unassuming
Ann Rowley; winner of
The Great British Sewing Bee. A very nice start to the day.
Ann couldn't have been more pleasant and she didn't even mind when I asked if I could take her picture. I snapped the shot in a hurry and the background of the NEC map is a bit unfortunate but it's still a beautiful picture of an inspirational lady.
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| Ann Rowley |
Essentially, a day isn't enough to fully appreciate the all the exhibitions and peruse every stand. So, with no particular purchases in mind I decided to wander at random and be led by my eye.
Here's a small selection of what caught my attention. I only had my iphone with me so the photo's don't really do justice to the art.
I'm sorry I don't have artist credits for all the pieces, so please jump in if you know.
Loving
Alicia Merrett. Check out her website.
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| Alicia Merrett - loosely based on a Elizabethan map of London in 1572 |
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| More Alicia Merrett - this time an imaginary map called "The Night Road" |
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| The work of the New Horizons Textile Group |
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| Ditto |
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| Just Stunning! |
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| Close up |
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| Me want! |
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| Very Steampunk | | |
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| Kaffe Fassett - we must stop meeting like this! |
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| All calm and empty just before doors close. |
Part 2 tomorrow with the all important purchases!!!
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