New Workshop & New Work

You may think we have deserted you, but no, we are still here beavering away. One reason for the lack of blogging is that we are preparing work to install into the Craft Kiln at Charlestown on Monday. It's all very exciting but then you realise stock has to be made, labels considered and display stands constructed. Anyway, all is well on the way with only a few last minute preparations to finish.

Another reason is preparing for our Begin Patchwork 6 week Course which started on Thursday, there's always lots of printing and background work, but now that's all taken care of we can settle down, enjoy our ladies company and watch as their beautiful quilts take shape, and we get to stroke their fabric! We have seven enthusiastic ladies and another for the odd day as a refresher. Once again I never got a chance to snap any photos but I promise to take plenty next time.

But, I have got a couple of pieces to show you that I've finished for the Craft Kiln. These were inspired by photos I took at Degembris Manor Farm on our Retreat weekend. The old workshop roof had the most gorgeous colours of rust, green, grey/blue and plumb and this is my interpretation ready for mounting.

Corrugated Rust 1

Corrugated Rust 11

And you will notice my favourite colours again, hope you enjoyed seeing these pieces.

Thanks for reading, back soon
Sue

Shades of blue over load...

If you know me you know my obsession with the colour blue, so as you will see I was on a high today.

We are both busy making new pieces for our space in The Craft Kiln located at The Old Workshop Charlestown, so I thought I would give you a sneak peek at four pieces I finished today which are now ready for mounting.

Cornish Lugger Series 1 - 4

detail - Cornish Lugger

Each pieces can be mounted into a 4" x 7" frame.

Hope you liked seeing them, bye for now
Sue

Branching Out...

After a successful meeting today at The Old Workshop Charlestown, Carolyn and I have taken the plunge and secured a space in The Craft Kiln to sell a selection of our work.
The work already on display is of a high standard and all Made in Cornwall. This will be an exciting new venture for us and something to get our creative teeth into.

If you haven't visited Charlestown recently I can definitely recommend it. The Old Workshop houses The Sail Loft Emporium, C Scape Art and The Craft Kiln, all newly renovated. There is a museum, galleries and a number of eateries to keep mind and body fulfilled.

So...the rest of the month will see us consumed in making new work, which will be displayed from March onwards, if you're in the area please pop in and let us know what you think.

Wish us luck
Sue

Transfer Dye Workshop

Yesterday we had a very enjoyable workshop with the talented ladies at Trelyn Quilters, once shown the process they were really enthusiastic and produced lots of lovely papers.

Here are some of the papers drying while other designs were being created...

papers drying

As you can imagine the fabrics that were produced were wonderful. Unfortunately, I didn't take any other photos but hopefully I'll get some finished items to show you at a later date.

Thank you to Trelyn Quilters for inviting us, it's so rewarding when we show a technique we love and it's then enjoyed by everyone.

Thanks for reading, back soon,
Sue

What's in 'The Shopping Shed'...

On our web site we have a selection of Recipes and Cards in The Shopping Shed. Each item is an original design by us and contains the Recipe and Pattern.

 Here are some photos of what you will find...

Sail Boat Cushion

Tug Boat Cushion

Selection of Doodle Cushion Recipes

Selection of Print Cards of our own work

The Printed Cards can be purchased as individuals or in a pack of 5.

Mixed Media Cards 

The Mixed Media Cards are not in The Shopping Shed, but we can supply via email.

The Sail Boat Cushion and Tug Boat Cushion Recipes, Printed Cards and Mixed Media Cards are stocked at Coast & Country Crafts & Quilts, Perranarworthal, nr. Falmouth.

Thanks for reading, hope you liked seeing our designs,

Sue

A Worthy Cause...

We're very happy to report that our recent Open Day, on-line donation and Trelyn Quilters donation helped us to raise £714 for Help for Heroes. Thank you to everyone.

Sue and Carolyn

Time to get creative...

Firstly, can I start by wishing everyone a very Happy and Creative New Year on behalf of Carolyn and myself and hope that you had a joyful festive period.

As you will have seen in the last post we are starting the year with our Begin Patchwork 6 Week Course, there's still time to enrol if you're interested, you'll find the details on our website.
We use the Quilt-As-You-Go Method of construction, which eliminates the fear factor of having a massive quilting project.

At the end of last year I was teasing you with small photos of our new recycled workshop. The keen eyed amongst you will have spotted it behind Carolyn and myself in our Open Day photos. With the hustle and bustle of the day we didn't get a chance to take a proper photo, but I've tried my best since although not good, sorry, anyway here it is...

Chequered Past

And we didn't forget the back...

back view

With reference to the past and recycling, it's based on the Log Cabin block and as you can imagine with all the different types of recycled fabrics, it's a real comforter. We will be running this workshop on 5th June at Fraddon Village Hall, so there's plenty of time to have a new year wardrobe clear out and save those shirts, skirts, dresses etc. to make a real keepsake, we also used upholstery and curtain fabric. Of course patchwork fabric would work just as well and this is the ideal opportunity to use up some of the stash and scraps that we all keep.

That's it for now, hope the weather hasn't made your life to unbearable, stay safe and I'll be back soon,
Sue