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| Home Exhibition - Catherine Hill - My Mum's Baking - Cheese & Onion Pie |
The Knitting & Stitching Show provided an opportunity to have a closer look at work by members of the Embroiderers' Guild and Quilters' Guild. The Embroiderers' Guild had an exhibition entitled "Home" where their members had produced work about what "Home" meant to them. Here are some of my favourites...
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| Home Exhibition |
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| Home Exhibition - Anne Kelly - Maudie's House |
They also had an exhibition of "Life's Rich Pattern"...
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| Pauline Medinger - Pine Deconstruction |
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| Pam Keeling - Patterns of Autumn |
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| Jean Usher - ...two days after Pearl Harbour |
And of course there was the Graduate Showcase. There was some amazing work on show including...
Elle Foreman takes the discarded and transforms it into something unique using among other techniques, printing, stitching and applique...
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| Elle Foreman |
Catriona Charlton's work centres on costume inspired by the teen fantasy novel Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor...
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| Catriona Charlton |
Alex Vincent Turner's work is influenced by issues of sustainability and male identity and the need to embrace the feminine side of menswear...
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| Alex Vincent Turner |
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Quilters' Guild and as ever they had some amazing quilts on display including...
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| Katarzyna Plesniak - Pieces of Memories 1 |
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| Katarzyna Plesniak - Pieces of Memories 1 (detail) |
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| Jean Grimshaw - Berlin Wall |
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| Heather Chalkley |
CQ London were also exhibiting at the Knitting & Stitching Show. They are a London based group of contemporay quilters and their theme was "Capital Contrasts" focussing on their home city. I particularly liked this one...
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| Sabi Westoby - Southbank 14 CQ Quilters |
With so much to see, I can only give you a brief taster of all the wonderful work on show. If you missed the 2019 show, I'd recommend it as an essential date for your diary in 2020!
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