A week of contrasts

This week has been a week of contrasts ........from the busy streets of Manchester where we saw this wonderful fountain...............

to the rolling hills of Northumberland.............................

The weird colours are due to the dark thunder clouds  scudding across the sky

 

 And sewing .........From traditional foundation piecing of a square in a square block.

. This project has been resurrected from my stash when I nearly bought the same fabric again because I loved it so much.........

.................To experimenting with new techniques.......................................................................................... I have been trying out printing onto fabric.  I bought the Miracle Fabric Sheets at the Edinburgh Quilt show and with a little help from my dear son, I was able to scan these photos of my grand parents and great grand parents and then print them onto fabric. The printed fabric looks like calico and is still soft to touch,
  A couple of weeks ago I bought these Vintage French postcards from Julie at The Cloth Shed. They too were scanned and printed onto the fabric.

I am not quite sure what I am going to do with it now I have mastered the process but I hope to get some ideas from Mandy Patullo when I go on her Precious memories workshop at Make in Allendale at the end of the month. Pop in and see Katie at Make or check out the other workshops here as she is doing four over the next couple of months. I do like her textile designs and hope I can branch out from using patterns to being a bit more creative.
Watch this space.


Happy Quilting xx