21 June 2013

A Grand Day Out :)

I am just back from the National Quilt Championships, held at Sandown Race Course, this is my local quilt show, it is about a 1/2 hr drive and is actual the only one I go to! I find the large shows totally overwhelming, Sandown still feels lovely and intimate. We started by looking at all the fabulous quilts, I took lots of photos, but don't have permission to share; I can show you my Heron quilt hanging as part of 'The River' exhibition, by our group Thameside Quilters. It was nice to see it hanging there with all the others, as I don't enter shows or competitions.
After lunch it was time for some retail therapy! Want to see what I bought?
This beautiful book by Petra Prins published by Quiltmania
And of course some fabrics, I have decided on a colour scheme of duck egg green/blue with a splash of red for 'Love Entwined' I saw this new range 'La Belle Fleur' by French General online and thought it might work with what I have already - it is even more stunning in real life. I bought 2.5m of this one.
and long quarters of these from the same range
These are French fabrics from my local shop Creative Quilting (the owner is French) from the  Mas d'Ousvan  'Boutis' range by Bruno Lamy for Couleur Nature, lovely silky cotton.
and these two FQ's are linen, to make a bag/pouch for my new iPad
There were a lot of beautiful books and fabrics on offer, it is so easy to get carried away :) I was really focused and stuck to my plan of looking for suitable fabrics for LE. The book was an added bonus!

15 comments:

  1. Haven't seen those French florals before. They are lovely. Might just have to take a closer look at them.

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  2. love the fabric - can't wait for this pattern to come so I can look at it - I will decide fabric after I see the patterns.

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  3. Lovely fabrics! I can't wait until everyone starts on LE!

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  4. Oh what a treat! You made some good choices there! Your quilt looks great too!

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  5. The 'Belle Fleur' fabric looks stunning - great choice!

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  6. Lovely choices - they have a nice chintz look! Am really looking forward to getting fabric together for this project. Do we know how much is needed yet?
    Hilda

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  7. I like La Belle Fleur too. You have had a good time, and bought lovely fabrics! It is exciting waiting for this pattern!

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  8. Definitely a grand day out! Love the fabrics. Must get me a copy of that book.

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  9. Found your blog through your comment on Esther's yahoo group. Love your fabric choice for LE!
    I was thinking of dutch fabrics. Here is a link of the fabrics
    http://www.dutchfabric.nl/bloementuin/
    Have some of them already and love them!

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  10. Lovely fabrics and your Heron turned out beautiful.

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  11. Sounds like a lovely colour scheme - have you decided on your background yet? Love the group quilt Heron too, by the way!

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  12. Fabrics are famtastic love all those colours too. Looking forward to the first LE block too.
    Bunny

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  13. Pretty fabrics. The le belle fabric is very pretty:-)

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  14. Beautiful book and wonderful fabrics !!

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