We've been busy working on the Where's my home project - the BIG map of Skipton. It's not quite finished yet but we're nearly there! On Saturday morning we worked with the lovely Virpi Kettu and St Stephen's cubs/scouts on animations linked to the project; the animations were brilliant - very inventive! In the afternoon four of us crawled around on the floor moving bits of embroidery around while Virpi mountaineered, as we did some animation of the map itself. It's all being edited at the moment so watch this space!
What a treat we had today, our very own Margaret Creek brought in her wonderful quilts and gave us a talk about them. I have to confess I was so busy looking at them I kept forgetting to take notes, so I direct you to Margaret's blog here for the details I missed!
Margaret modestly calls her quilts a work in progress; she came to quilting following a childhood full of encouragement from her mum in all arts and crafts. Most of the quilts he showed us today have been made for family members and are, no doubt, much loved by them. Margaret has learnt her quilting skills from the online community, mentioning Pat Sloane and Sarah Fielke in particular. Online groups and projects allow you to try new techniques and share ideas with like minded people. All quilts should have a name so Margaret has 'Pimms and lemonade' and the stunning 'Quiet Charm' to name just two. I think we were all in love with the lovely colour palettes Margaret uses and the wide variety of techniques including hand and machine embroidery. Enjoy the photos and pop over to Margaret's blog - it's fab!
(Photos taken and reproduced with the permission of Margaret Creek. Images are the property of Skipton Branch of The Embroiderers' Guild)
