Winners and WooHoo!

Having a great time at FESTIVAL OF QUILTS 2019 but, oh, my poor feet! I am sure they are making these halls bigger every day, and the Modern Category of the competition is about as far away from my OAKSHOTT base as it is possible to get while still being in the same county.

A gentle visitor to the OAKSHOTT stand this afternoon

I did photograph some winners today though:

MODERN winner 'Fractured Circles' by Robyn Fahy

My Favourite in the MODERN category (and a Judge's Choice)
this is a detail from 'Triangle Colour Study III' by
Nicholas Ball

WOOHOO: I got a Highly Commended for 'Negative Space'

ART QUILT Winner 'Vertex' by Betty Busby

Modern Art Quilters Exhibition 2019

Fun and games this week getting our latest exhibition hung at THE RAVENOUS CAFE. Why did we pick the hottest week of the year to climb ladders, bang in nails, vacuum ledges and hang quilts? Very pleased with the results though, as are Jo and Dill from the Cafe (once we had managed to get the central quilts high enough up so they didn't catch Dill in the eye while he was trying to wait tables! Sorry Dill!)

Here are a couple of images to whet your appetite. 

To see the full, unexpurgated version visit during Cafe hours before 29th September

The Ravenous Cafe

The Raveningham Centre

Beccles Road, Raveningham, Norfolk NR14 6NU

Excellent coffee, I can thoroughly recommend the cake, and Jo's sausage rolls are to die for!

Off to the annual Festival of Quilts next week, hoping to see the best of British quilting - will be sharing some nice pictures with you then

Almost There!

Well, we are nearly ready to go to the Festival of Quilts 2018: sleepless nights, frantic finishing of quilts, preparing free patterns, chasing tickets, arranging rotas, and sorting out of private lives (yes, we do actually have lives outside Festival, although at the moment it is difficult to remember that) are almost done. Today we have hung up the last of our display quilts to drop its creases before packing.

This little beauty is called RATTLE and is made in OAKSHOTT's fabulous cottons with a large dash of batik. Come and see us on the Modern Quilt Group's desk of the Quilters' Guild stand right by the front doors at the NEC where we will be giving away free patterns and postcards and talk, talk, talking to everyone about Modern Quilting.

Now all I have to do is combat that 3am sudden wakefulness "what have I forgotten to pack?" and get on the road (very early in the am) to go and set up. At least we shouldn't have last year's challenges with the weather; desperation to get unloaded undercover before all the quilts got wet!

Thought Processes

Having a lovely time today auditioning fabrics for an entry into this year's Festival of Quilts competition

Completely not what I had in mind (peacock blue/green/purple!) but these looked so delicious together. Really must get on and start now.