Saturday was the first lovely day we have had (weather-wise) for a rather long time. Great day to be in Brighton!
My initial impression of the show when we first went in, was a bit of a disappointment, to be honest. My main interest was to see the sewing loveliness and all I could see were stalls and stalls of beads and paper crafts, which of course are great, but not what I had been hoping to see.
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| Beads, beads, beads... |
But hark! Another hall! FULL to the brim of sewing, stitching, quilting...
I first found the Madeira Embroidery Competition - "Best of Blighty" - WOW
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| Jennifer May Lehm - Denmark |
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| Sally Wilson |
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| Claire Wood West Yorkshire |
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| Close up of the larger piece above |
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| Close up of the swimming part of the larger piece above |
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| a bit more detail |
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| The overall winner - Michelle Blower, Staffs |
I then came across a stand featuring an outstanding piece of work by
Karen Casper (click on her name to take you to her blog) who is a Mixed Media Textile Designer, the most amazing dress with soooo much detail in it. She happily told me it took about 200 hours to do!!
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| and this is just a TINY part of the detail this dress features! |
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Byron-inspired work by Barbara Taylor
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| Beautiful work by Barbara Taylor |
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| And a rather lovely chair by a student at Portsmouth College (sorry - no name!) |
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Beautiful Quilt by the Quilter's Guild
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So all in all, a rather outstanding day! There was so much inspiration around...oh, I almost forgot - a gorgeous machine-embroidered piece by a local designer from Hove called Wendy Dolan (
www.wendydolan.co.uk)
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| Wendy Dolan, textile artist |
