Jane wins at Blackthorpe

Jane Rowland's piece made for the Quilters Guild Suffolk Suitcase collection was awarded first prize at the Blackthorpe Barn exhibition this weekend. The suitcase collection, also containing Suffolk inspired pieces by OOTF members Lynne Pretty and Janet Valentine, will be available for groups to share throughout the region.

The Ewes Have It Too by Jane Rowland

Jane says:

THE EWES HAVE IT TOO  (A2 size)

The sheep represent a link between my childhood on a mixed farm in Kenya, and Suffolk where I now live.  Suffolk used to have an important wool trade and in recent years I have learned to spin at a local Guild.

Recycled ice-dyed calico and African wax print fabrics.  Screen printing, machine applique, hand stitching and quilting.

Blackthorpe Barn Exhibition

Lynne Pretty (detail from Out of Line)

The Quilters Guild Big Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barn, just off junction 45 of the A14 near Bury St Edmunds, is now on from Sat 30th April until Monday 2nd May 2016. 10am - 4pm each day.

Karen Frost (detail from Out of Line)

There are lots of beautiful, mostly traditional, quilts on display from all over the region and well worth a visit. Excellent cake too!

Lynne and Jane mounted the Out of the Fold exhibit yesterday and it looks great. All twelve members of the group has made a 6" wide textile piece in their own style and they hang together in an exhibition called Out of Line.

Here is a glimpse of some of the pieces to entice you along to see the whole thing.

Jane Rowland

Janet Valentine

Marion Baker

Suffolk Suitcase Collection

Jane has been working for  piece for the Quilters Guild Region 8 new suitcase collection inspired by our Suffolk and Essex region which will go on display at the Blackthorpe Barns Big Exhibition on  Saturday 30th April - Monday 2nd May 2016.

Here is just a tiny corner to give you a taster for the whole thing.

Jane Rowland

Out of Line

Out of the Fold have created a new display of work which will be first revealed at the Quilter's Guild Big Exhibition at Blackthorpe Barns on Saturday 30th April until Monday 2nd May 2016  www. region-eight.quiltersguild.org.uk

Each member of the group has produced a piece of work only 6" wide but at any length in their own style and they will hang together as one piece called 'Out Of Line'

Here is a little glimpse of some of the pieces and to see the whole thing please come along to the show where there will be lots of beautiful quilts from throughout the region.

Caroline

Daphne

Lynette

Helen

More ripped and revealed (and coloured)

After the rip and reveal Mary had some pleasing results

Orange tissue laid over dyed fabric just clings to the stitching after the 'rip'

Tissue first coloured with leaf shapes using oil pastel

But liked it better with colour added to darken

Diluted acrylic paint flooded through from the back

The second piece received the same treatment

Tissue transferred to a cream fabric

Cream fabric and tissue coloured

More rip and reveal

Penny produced several pieces using the gesso paper lamination technique - these two are particularly good

Gesso lamination - rip and reveal

On the second day of the workshop with Christine Chester we layered tissue paper with fabric, stitched, painted with gesso and laid another piece of fabric on top. We then had to wait to let it dry overnight before we could rip them apart. The results are varied, but interesting, and will provide backgrounds to be stitched and made up into finished work.

Helen's piece which had tissue shapes overlaid with a whole sheet of tissue.

Jane's piece using collaged tissue.Stitch stayed on the left, tissue and stitch marks transferred to the right 

Lynne's pieces using tissue coloured with oil pastels

Guest workshop member Marie used printed tissue with interesting results

 More to follow..............