Hello, Laura here - welcome to our weekly newsletter!
Just as always, Festival of Quilts comes and goes in a blur and aside from parcels of artists' work ready to return and over 180 Shuffles to send on to their new owners, we're almost done and dusted with this year's event.
I just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came to see the Through Our Hands exhibition, contributed to the Portrait Shuffle, put money in our charity collection bucket, and said nice things about
my quilt in Fine Art Quilt Masters. We work hard here in our studios and every once in a while it's nice to get out there and those pats on the back and generous feedback were very welcome.
So, Thank You! It makes it all worthwhile.
As part of the Through Our Hands exhibit, Annabel and I thought it would be huge fun to make two new pieces of work during the show. So over the course of the four days we painted using existing quilts as our canvas. Here's mine part-way through. I have to say, it's not easy to paint with an audience, but what an enjoyable challenge! As you can see, my apprentice got in on the act and added her own portrait to the wall.
Find out more about my piece of work and see photos of it as it developed over on my blog.
As we painted, visitors were invited to donate a little loose change into our collection bucket. I have decided that I would quite like to work as a painting busker! If you contributed, then you might be interested to know that along with the Portrait Shuffle we have raised a grand total of over £2,300 for Save The Children. We're just working out the final total and Annabel will make the final announcement very soon.
Here is a quick video look at the Shuffles in situ. You can see many more photos over on
my blog.
