tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38844978874658505922024-03-13T18:35:32.320+00:0077 BelleRamblings about my textiles,my life and other thingsMiriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-74020077018550404552017-10-06T16:55:00.001+01:002017-10-06T16:55:56.548+01:00KnittedThe Material Girls have just had their second exhibition at National Trust, so things have been very busy here. As always I leave things to the last minute (I try not to) so I was knitting up to the last minute, you can see more details of the Exhibition over<a href="https://thematerialgirls.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
At the end of this month we are exhibiting at Loughton, really looking forward to setting up this exhibition and I'll be selling my work here!<br />
In the meantime days are full of puppy training, that seems to be slow, Maisie is a chewer especially cables, and never anything cheap she's a girl with expensive tastes, a Dyson fan and an Apple cable!<br />
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A few images.<br />
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<br />Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-62733895966912839472017-07-25T12:03:00.000+01:002017-07-25T12:03:30.994+01:00I know......I've not been blogging for a while but busy with lots of other things, a husband that has semi retired and a new puppy. She's another Miniature Schnauzer we have named her Maisie.<br />
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We have named her Maisie, so apart from walking and enjoying having her and Betsy there has been a lot of holidaying and working on my textile projects for The Material Girls, so you can always keep up with whats happening over on their sites which I update on a regular basis (well I try)!<br />
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The Material Girls have an exhibition at a new venue for us, really looking forward to showing our work there. <br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-55450330573461119592017-02-10T10:54:00.000+00:002017-03-06T11:50:16.295+00:00Another chance to see this exhibitionThere will be work here that wasn't shown in the previous exhibition.....<br />
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<br />Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-652781026540518722016-08-06T23:18:00.000+01:002016-08-06T23:18:02.854+01:00June and ....July came and went, I spent some my time playing with my new camera, taking images of the flowers in the garden.<br />
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And Betsy, she's not always a willing model!<br />
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A walk in Epping Forest and a lovely lunch.....<br />
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More flowers in the garden, sadly this Lupin didn't last very long, it was so tempting to the slugs and snails!<br />
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We made another visit to Lanzarote, after many visits to the island we decided we should visit the Cactus Garden, these are just a few of the photo's. I did get a bit carried away, I've limited myself to only posting three images, but those textures!...<br />
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More of the island and yes the sea was that colour!<br />
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Then a weekend in Shropshire and a visit to Powis Castle and I even added more wool to my stash, oh dear!<br />
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And we are in the first week of August already, this year is scooting through.Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-62140160135529187982016-04-21T17:31:00.001+01:002016-04-21T17:31:21.326+01:00Hi - Anyone there? Not sure there is but here goes anyway......<br />
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The next Material Girls exhibition is over the May Day weekend a little disappointing that its only three days, the venue <a href="http://www.essexwt.org.uk/whats-on?tid_1=934" target="_blank">Essex Wildlife Trust Ingrebourne Valley</a> has a huge foot fall so fingers crossed if we have good weather it should be a good exhibition. I don't usually show my work in full before the exhibition but on this occasion I thought I'd treat you!<br />
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The Baby quilts I mentioned in the previous post are finished and labeled amazingly the two babies did arrive on the same day. A couple of days late Austin arrived on the morning of 2nd April and Imogen in the evening. I'm looking forward to seeing Imogen and having a cuddle on Saturday!<br />
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Easter Monday we were treated by my nephew David and his wife to afternoon tea, it was our Christmas present it took us a while to use the voucher. It was well worth the wait, we really enjoyed a lovely relaxing afternoon.<br />
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The second Friday of every month one of the <a href="http://the-materialgirls.co.uk/" target="_blank">Material Girls </a>is artist in residence at <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/rainham-hall" target="_blank">National Trust Rainham Hall</a> April was my first time, I took along the group project we are working on. A few members of the public sat down and joined me in stitching a hexagon, I enjoyed chatting with the visitors and talking about our work exhibited in the rest of the house.<br />
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Taking a bit of a break from stitching I'm trying to make a whole in my yarn stash by crocheting a blanket, the basket of yarn doesn't seem to be getting any smaller though.... oh well back to hooking!
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My work was inspired by the tiles in the Hall. The work above I painted the fabric, stitched around the design and used EPP it was then mounted and framed. A good thing this was behind glass because it was put into a fire place and by the end of the exhibition the glass was covered in dust and there was even a selection of bird poo on the glass (hope this wasn't a critic's review)!<br />
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My second piece was staged on a sewing table along with an old singer sewing machine (not mine) but the rest was all me, the quilt I made years ago for my Mother in Law, a basket full of quilting samples and a bowl of threads added to the setting. I wish my studio was a tidy as this....<br />
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Below is a close up of the second piece this was indigo dyed fabric, Appliqué and embroidered, the third piece is displayed in the main house in a fire place.<br />
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I thought you may like to see a small selection of the tiles that inspired me. I actually felling love with these tiles the first time I visited the house. Although I have lived in Rainham for Sixty years (all my life) and walked past the house most days when I was on my way to the railway station I only went into the house about five years ago. Now I feel as though I'm rarely away from the place.<br />
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Four of the MG's are volunteers at the Hall and we'll be taking it in turns to go along once a month to sit and stitch in the Lloyd's Coffee house. We will be stitching and chatting with the public, I'll be there in April. The Hall is very local to me, I'm going to go along and see what goes on at the 'Knit and Stitch' group it meets every Wednesday in their Café, they do make a decent cup of coffee but I will be making every effort to resist the cake!<br />
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While all this has been going on I've been working on the next MG project and also trying to get two baby quilts finished. As always I've left it to the last minute, no stress, but the Mum's - to -be both left work on Friday and only have three weeks to go. Both babies are due on the same day.... whoops back to the quilting then!<br />
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Apart from exhibitions being sorted and arranged for this year, I turned 60 on New Years Eve, what a few days we had as a family, I've mentioned before December is the Month of Birthdays in this family. The day before my birthday Rachel turned 30, so it was up to town (London) for lunch with the family, then all back to ours for lunch on my Birthday, we had planned to go out for lunch but we sprung a leak so needed to wait in for a plumber.<br />
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Seeing in the New Year was done at the 'local' where Dave and I used to go most evenings when we were courting (we spent so many evenings in there with 1/2 a lager each that the bar staff actually bought us a wedding present).<br />
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Unfortunately Rachel and I both managed to pick up a nasty bug probably on her birthday lunch, when it came to the Saturday and her birthday party at a pub in Hackney, well I don't know how we actually got through it, I was almost rattling with the pills I'd taken. Boy did I pay for it for almost a week after I was lets just say 'out of it'.<br />
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Just when it looked like 2016 was shaping up to be a completely S**t year for many more reasons than I can put on my blog, James and his beautiful girlfriend Annabell have got Engaged. We are so happy and pleased for them I can't tell you.<br />
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So fingers and everything crossed 2016 will be kind and everything will work its self out.Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-72521725968994078722015-10-20T14:58:00.000+01:002015-10-20T14:58:36.481+01:00September into AutumnSeptember was an ideal month to spend a week in the Lake district, the end of summer thankfully weather was perfect.<br />
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The views of the lakes and mountains were breath taking!<br />
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The food was more than tasty!<br />
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Being woken every morning by the handsome chap above not so great, but that's what happens when you stay on a farm!<br />
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Places to visit Stott Park Bobbin Mill.<br />
Then we spent a few days in Malham,Yorkshire and a visit to Yarndale, plenty of lovely wool and lots of projects to keep me occupied over the cold winter months.<br />
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October <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RainhamHallNT" target="_blank">National Trust Rainham Hall </a>opened and<a href="http://www.the-materialgirls.co.uk/" target="_blank"> the Material Girls</a> exhibition was launched, not quite how we planned in the Brew House. The work is in the main house, mine is in the fireplace in one of the rooms on the first floor.<br />
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Conkers to collect one of the lovely things about Autumn!<br />
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<br />Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-22698550454927814262015-08-30T18:28:00.000+01:002015-08-30T18:28:12.399+01:00I've been trying to........... write a post for quite a while, ( looking at the drafts there have been four attempts since the beginning of this year) for some reason or another It's not happened!!!! Why? To be honest I can't say why not, it's not that I have been sitting idly twiddling my thumbs, I've just not felt inspired. I have been reading others posts but not always commenting. Like me most blogs I read also post on Facebook and I catch up with them there and just pressing the like button is so easy. I have been keeping the Material Girls blog, Website and Facebook upto date so maybe it meant I was spending my time on those rather than here, now I'm back and feel that I want to blog again so here goes......<br />
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Since my last post I've completed my City and Guilds Certificate in Patchwork and Quilting with Janice Gunner, it took me Three Years instead of the Two that I hoped it would. That's because I did have a lot of other things going on and I couldn't dedicate as much time as I should have to it, got there in the end though! This is my final project a wall hanging.<br />
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There was also another quilt made for my Great Niece Ella, I got the fabric last year in the US on holiday. It's not a great picture but you get the idea! There's also another baby quilt I can't show that one just yet, and also a crochet baby blanket that I forgot to photograph, but I'm going to see Reggie on Tuesday so I'll take a photo and show it next time!<br />
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I have been working on a project with <a href="http://thematerialgirls.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Material Girls</a> for our next exhibition, it's being held at a National Trust property very close to where I live, Rainham Hall. We have all been busy with this project, it's now a waiting game for the Restoration of the house to be completed before we can hang. In the meantime a sneak preview of a very tiny part of one of my pieces, a lot of hand stitching went into my pieces, that's my favourite thing to do.<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-14764914006279076292014-12-17T18:40:00.000+00:002014-12-17T18:40:38.260+00:00Putting on The Ritz!Hello there, this is a very busy time for everyone. To be honest December is a bit of a nightmare for this family with all four of us having Birthdays in the same month, even though there aren't the children's parties to arrange anymore it seems harder. It's difficult to get to see the two children (not really children any longer 33 and 29 this year) on their birthdays as they are out with friends and so we grab any opportunity we can and either see them before or after their day. This year on Dave's birthday the four of us went for Afternoon Tea at the Ritz, nice it was too, very festive with the lavish decorations and the Carolers! With time to kill before our reservation at the Ritz we took a look in Fortnum and Mason, Rachel and James couldn't believe that I'd never been in there before. A few purchases were made so Christmas morning we'll be drinking posh (or expensive) tea and coffee with our breakfast!<br />
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Today I went along with the Material Girls to NT Rainham Hall for an update meeting with the Team at the Hall, take a look at the <a href="http://thematerialgirls.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">MG Blog</a> for updates.Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-6579836516739813522014-11-23T21:11:00.000+00:002014-11-23T21:11:26.109+00:00Since my last post......I've baked......<br />
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Visited Yarndale and spent far to much.......<br />
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Started a crochet blanket, working slow but sure.....<br />
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Finished a City and Guild project and.....<br />
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The guy in the Wet Fish shop was a bit mystified when I asked if I could photograph his fish as inspiration for my project. Just as well I'm a good customer!<br />
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Watch this space........ or should that be watch this plaice?Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-1047148018643391282014-10-21T17:22:00.001+01:002014-10-21T17:22:51.286+01:00You'll find my work here during December..........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-51335462220545735552014-08-05T14:40:00.000+01:002014-08-05T14:41:55.325+01:00Up Downs and an UpI'll start with an up, the city and guilds classes have finished until October (that's not the up) but one of the last lessons was dyeing, something I enjoy. A while ago I dyed some silk scarves and sold a few at the last Material Girls exhibition, but was left with some that I wasn't happy with, a good opportunity to have a play with a new idea, using a slinky as a resist. This isn't my own idea it's something I'd seen done by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/regenerationtextiles" target="_blank">Jenny</a> and asked her about, I think it was a success and I've sold one of the scarves already!<br />
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It was very hot day far to hot to take Betsy out for a walk before the evening cooled, even then only a short walk around the block, I'd taken her earlier in the morning for a run over the fields before the day heated up. Dave was home that Monday, so we took Betsy out together, I slipped on my flip flops (not my usual foot wear when walking) and off we went for a leisurely stroll. We met a friend with his two Schnauzers and stopped for a chat. 'What a lovely evening' I said as we passed a house and heard the children playing in their garden, it was just about then I tripped and landed on the pavement, my glasses skidded across the rough ground, not before the frame had cut into my face. To be honest I don't really know what happened, several people coming to help. Betsy who usually goes nuts barking when any strangers approach sat there like an angel. I just wanted to stay laying on the floor but Dave insisted 'Let this young man take your other arm' They both helped me up, which wasn't easy as I was clutching a hanky to my head as apparently I had a bad cut (at this time I didn't realise how bad, I was just doing as I was told). A short walk we were home and sorting out someone to have Betsy, Dave insisted we needed to go to A&E (really that bad?) as most people know a visit to A&E involves a long wait, so Betsy was at a friends for the night. We arrived at 9.20 pm and after an hour or so I was seen by a nurse who said ' that'll need gluing, don't leave before your seen it could get infected'. So we sat and waited until 1am. with others who moaned, then the group of youngsters who came in on mass with a friend who'd sprain a foot playing a sport and found the whole thing amusing. If your in a better mood and not bleeding and starting to feel the pain of it all, it's a place to people watch. The doctor I saw gave me good and bad news 'Good' not deep 'Bad' as it was along the line of my eyebrow I needed to see someone from the Maxillofacial department, it should be glued! 'Oh just glue it' I said, I just wanted it over. By this time I could really feel the pain in my left leg, and when I looked a bruise and swelling was developing nicely from my knee cap down towards my ankle....... I just wanted to get home to my bed and take some painkillers and cry! After some persuasion from Dave I agreed to return the next morning where a doctor cleaned the cut and put in five very neat stitches, here's the gory bit.<br />
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Anyway the stitches are out and its healed very well my sister in law tells me, she's the one that removed the stitches, handy having your own personal nurse. Unfortunately I can't say my leg is healing as well after two weeks the black eye has almost gone but the bruising on my leg is still there and my knee cap is painful to touch. Another week and I have an appointment with the GP, so if it's not better or improving by then I'll mention it. Tomorrow I have an appointment to with the optician, to pick up replacement glasses, at least I'll be able to see without looking through a haze of criss cross scratches. Mind you as a weird textile person the colours have been amazing, although I wasn't keen on the textures!<br />
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OMG if this had happened two weeks earlier I would have been wearing a black eye to match my outfit at a wedding, and yes I was wearing navy blue. It was the fifth wedding in a year, that we've been guests at. Who says weddings aren't happening? And each wedding we've been to has been special and very lovely in their own way, some have been no expense spared and others have been more modest but as I said everyone has been beautiful with lovely people.<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-36852758698257525862014-07-11T17:32:00.000+01:002014-07-11T17:32:54.565+01:00HolidayI can hardly believe we've been back from our holiday in the USA for almost three weeks. I thought I'd share a few photographs with you, hope your not bored by them.<br />
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This holiday took some planning because we were using air miles, so getting the dates took a bit of juggling. It has taken us quite a while to collect enough air mile to fly both ways in upperclass, I must say it was an experience actually laying down and sleeping on a flight, (how the other half live is all I can say!) it then took a time to book the car and hotels independently.<br />
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We flew into Boston and spent three nights, we have been to Boston before so this was a chance to repeat some things and a chance to do some things we'd not done before. Always on the list is a visit to the Prudential Centre the views are spectacular. This time we went on the Boston Tea Party experience, that was good fun, booing and hissing the British and throwing tea over the side of the ship, when we were there before the ship had caught fire so was off limits!<br />
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Leaving Boston we drove to Sandwich on Cape Cod, this was a repeat too, and so was the Whale watching but it was just as good as I remembered. Heres just a few of the hundreds of photos we took of the Humpback Whales (I could spend my life watching these amazing creatures)<br />
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On the way back to shore we sighted a couple of Basking Sharks they were huge!<br />
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After three days we had a long drive to Syracuse, New York. We made an overnight stop here before continuing onto Niagara Falls and into Canada. Our hotel was next to the falls and the view from our room was amazing, every time you looked out of the window the spray from the falls creates an ever-changing scene.<br />
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We took a guided coach tour, this included walking down to the bottom of the falls and a trip on the Maid of the Mist, on both of these we both got drenched but it was worth it. All of these were firsts and I would do it again.<br />
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Going into the wet areas the guide recommended that we put our cameras, iPhones etc into plastic bags and make a small hole for the lens to stop them getting wet. I must have pressed something because for the rest of the day all my images were black and white, but to be honest I got some really good shots which I'm going to have blown up and framed, not all of these images are mine some are Dave's.</div>
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Then on to Gettysburg, another first, we did all the tourist things and a guided tour of the Battle Fields, we stayed in a B and B called the Brickhouse it was there during the Civil War and there were bullet holes in the back wall. The only problem with Gettysburg is that during the tourist season it gets invaded by Ghost Hunters, they do night walks and all the usual things (not for us), other than that it was a lovely place to visit. The B and B was lovely and the breakfast was so filling, I've never had dessert at breakfast, we only had it on the first day, Shoofly Pie an Amish dish, well you have to try these things.<br />
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From there it was onto New York, going there was not a first, but driving through Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Flatbush as you can tell we got slightly lost. Once we dropped the car off at the airport and got a cab into the city it was time to relax. We stayed across the road from Central Park, it was lovely to walk in the Park on a hot day. Then after three days it was a cab back to the airport and a flight home, just in time as the temperatures were rising. Of course we did a lot more than I've included here trips to museums and galleries and of course I managed to slip in a couple of visits to quilt shops and even a Quilt Exhibition in Boston. As always though, It's nice to be back!<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-45056719337647958962014-05-22T12:50:00.001+01:002014-05-22T12:50:42.244+01:00Wall HangingLast weekend I popped the Mandala in the post box and its been put on the Pinterest page you should be able to view it <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/yarndale/mandala-wheels/" target="_blank">here</a>. I'm really looking forward to seeing it when I visit Yarndale in September. It will be interesting to see how they are all displayed together.<br />
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Now it's onto the next one, a vessel my ideas have been approved, now it's time to start making samples. I'm planning on dipping into felting, hope I don't regret it!<br />
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We were delighted to be invited to the wedding, and had a great time. I t was a good opportunity to grab a few days away while we were staying near Petworth we visited Petworth House. I particular enjoyed visiting the house although its a very grand property it's a house thats of the same period as Rainham Hall which is where 'The Material Girls' next exhibition is. It's a lovely part of the country and we found an amazing B and B, we'll be returning at some point, soon I hope.<br />
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As well as partying a lot of work has been going on, I've completed another City and Guilds Project. A wall hanging inspired on a series of paintings by Picasso, I'll show more when I've actually handed the work in.<br />
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In September I'm going to Yarndale, last week Lucy asked for<a href="http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2014/05/mandalas-for-yarndale.html" target="_blank"> Mandala Wheels</a> how could I resist, I couldn't!<br />
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<br />Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-69996873587620062652014-04-03T21:10:00.002+01:002014-04-03T21:10:45.555+01:00Rainham HallIf you live locally maybe you could be interested!<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-44224612456043363312014-04-01T22:18:00.000+01:002014-04-01T22:18:51.035+01:00The Material GirlsLast week <a href="http://chrissythreads.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Chris</a> and I went to talk to the 'People' at the National Trust to keep ourselves updated on the progress of the restoration work going on at <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/rainham-hall/" target="_blank">Rainham Hall</a>, this is the venue of the groups next major exhibition. There are lots of research trips being organised and meetings with historians and experts in all sorts of related fields. What with that and other things going on I have even managed to update The Material Girls website <a href="http://www.the-materialgirls.co.uk/" target="_blank">click here</a> and have a look, theres still a bit to add so keep checking in.<br />
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Last week at class we started making a box, my least favourite thing but I have finished it, no photos until I show it to my tutor. Today the groups were visiting Art Van Go and I was really looking forward to it, I'd arranged for Betsy to be looked after for the day, so no need to rush back. Money to spend and a list of wants, then yesterday afternoon I felt my throat tickling, I had an early night and dosed myself up, but no at 4am I woke up with a sore throat running nose and a thumping headache....... I'm p'd off! I think that's an understatement to be honest. Really needed something to take my mind off things today, but never mind we cope don't we? Tomorrows another day and maybe I'll feel like getting on with some textile things and if I feel better by Thursday I can go to Excel and meet up with friends for a coffee and have a bit of retail therapy.<br />
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As I don't like a post without a photo, here's one from last week Betsy with all her walking friends, she's sitting waiting for her turn to get a treat. Mary is the dog whisperer as soon as she walks on the field all the dog flock to her as they know she'll have something special for everyone of them! This is only half the group, the others had taken their reward off to eat away from the gang.<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-60724467949834604662014-03-23T18:20:00.000+00:002014-03-23T18:20:06.860+00:00Hearts of the KitchenI couldn't make up my mind what to do with the heart stones I found on holiday last year in <a href="http://77belle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/a-photo-heavy-post.html" target="_blank">Ireland</a>, it seemed such a pity to keep them in a draw or in the jar where I pop shells that I collected over the years from beaches across the world. Then on a trip to IKEA I saw black frames and I just knew........<br />
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After a lot of arranging and re-arranging I decided on these three and they now hang in a row on a wall in the kitchen instead of being forgotten in a draw, they are looked at every day and I remember the day they were collected on the beach of heart shape stones!<br />
So what do you do with the bits and bobs you collect on holiday?<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-70398114502683978342014-02-21T16:54:00.000+00:002014-02-21T16:54:00.467+00:00Textiles in FocusYesterday I drove up to Cottenham with a car loaded up with half <a href="http://thematerialgirls.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Material Girls</a> work for the 'Tales and Textiles' Exhibition. Chris, Julie and myself set up the exhibition with the help of Chris and Julie's husbands. It went up really well, it is all Chris's work, she knows how she wants it staged and we just have to carry it out, that works well for us. When we do an exhibition we do have a rough idea of how it's going to look before we get to the venue, all the work is taken to Chris's and so we know what work is going to be exhibited and the size etc.<br />
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I can show you what I've been spending a lot of my time working on…. my work is focused on Japan. I dyed the fabric for the quilt at a Janice Gunner summer school and I've used Sashiko threads for the hand stitching and I also used machine quilting to give the quilt texture.<br />
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I made an altered book, I've never been a big fan of altered books but sometimes it's good to break out of your comfort zone and try something different. To keep in the Japanese style I had a go at writing Haiku, you won't find much but I gave it a try and the Haiku is written on the Origami butterflies.<br />
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On Sunday I'll be back at the exhibition to steward and at the end of the show to take it down and bring it home with other Material Girls. Then it'll be all over until the next exhibition, but lots of things coming up, I'm working on my City and Guilds and always playing catch up. And the Material Girls will be starting research for the next exhibition so it'll be all go again soon.</div>
Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-39529212068981104602014-02-05T18:43:00.000+00:002014-02-05T18:43:10.080+00:00Today I was at City and Guilds….<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">……class chatting about all sorts of things as you do….. amongst some things we were talking about Janice's recent trip to Japan with a group of students and the blog she has started (you can read it <a href="http://janicegunner.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>), Jillian said to me 'I look at your blog and you've not done anything since Barcelona!' Oh, dear how bad am I? Has life stopped, No I've just got out of the habit of blogging, I'm making a commitment to blog at least once a month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few of the things that have happened since Barcelona, Christmas for one thing and followers of this blog will know that December is Birthday month in this family, so my whole family is now one year older……</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did get some lovely christmas and birthday presents, I won't bore you by telling you all of them but one thing that is getting very well used is a cookery book by Nigel Slater. I'm really enjoying trying a lot of the recipes, last night it was 'Liver and Bacon Ragu', I'm not really that keen on liver but it was delicious, so far theres not been a meal we've not enjoyed and nothing takes hours to cook, just the way I like it! Another great gift was a huge umbrella that is fibre glass and is extra strong, now that is getting very well used when I take Betsy out for her walks, and it's not turned inside out yet, mind you I sometimes struggle to hold it in the gusting winds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dave and I decided last year not to buy each other Birthday presents and take a weekend break in January. So a couple of weekends ago I traveled up to London a met him when he finished work and we spent the weekend at a hotel near the <a href="http://www.hrp.org.uk/" target="_blank">Tower of London</a>, and views of Tower Bridge (not from our room though)<br />
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We were tourists in our own city, I arrived early and left my bag at the hotel, jumped on a bus and went to the Paul Klee exhibition at the Tate Modern, lots of quilt inspiration. We'd booked tickets for Saturday to go to the Tower, a few enjoyable hours were spent looking at the crown jewels, and wandering through the towers and on the ramparts. We hadn't been there since the children were young.</span><br />
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We enjoyed wandering the streets and alleyways around the area of La Rambla, sitting in bars and cafes enjoying a glass of wine. Or sitting on the Rooftop Terrace of Hotel 1898 and looking at the view over the city, it's a shame we could have spent more time up there because the weather changed it rained and rained and……..<br />
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None of the photos that I took at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia do the place any justice, it really needs to be seen to be believed. It's truly amazing!!!!!<br />
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I even found inspiration for my next City and Guilds project in the Pablo Picasso Museum? I know what a surprise, I don't really like his work but it was like a lighten bolt, 'This is just what I've been looking for, quick Dave, wheres the shop I need to buy the post cards'!!!! Watch this space.<br />
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Today was the first time back at class since this trip and Janice likes my ideas, so here we go…..Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-83729455605646647312013-11-11T22:06:00.000+00:002013-11-11T22:06:11.336+00:00Quiet Times??????In the last few weeks of October it seemed as though my feet didn't touch the ground, Michelle who works for my husband got married. She is also a friend of our daughter so she was invited too, it was the most amazing wedding. It was held in at the Buckingham Railway Centre, Quainton, they were married on the platform and there was a steam engine running along a track for the guests to ride on after the photographs were taken. I don't think I've ever been to a wedding were everyone laughed from the start to the end, everything was fun even the singing of 'I'm a believer' after the signing of the register, had us all jigging about. I'm sure if their wedding was anything to go by they will have a very happy marriage! Oh! I should say that the Railway theme was very apt as Dave and Michelle work for a Rail Engineering Consultancy.<br />
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Two weeks later and we were in Michelle and Nicks company again for the company dinner and dance, at a hotel in the Forest of Arden. I managed to wangle a trip to the Cotton Patch while in the area, well you have to take advantage while you can, don't you? I bought the fabric for a baby quilt, I'm going to be a 'Great Aunt', we also managed to fit in a quick visit to Kenilworth Castle.<br />
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I completed this crochet blanket a while ago, it was just a matter of sewing in the ends. It did take me over a year to finish. I enjoyed doing it but it did drag on, as I seem to have so many projects on the go.<br />
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Last week saw the opening of the third exhibition of Bridging Waters, after this exhibition finished we were expecting the work to be returned. But an exciting thing happened, the work is going to be shown at another gallery. The work will be staying in Canada for a few more months, watch this space…….<br />
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Last Saturday was the exhibition of the City and Guilds classes, I had two pieces of work to show, the <a href="http://77belle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sigh.html" target="_blank">table runner</a> and a bag which I didn't finish until the night before.<br />
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This isn't a good photograph I will do a better set for the next post, I have to say I'm pleased with it, at last I've made something I know I'll use myself. The exhibition had lots of visitors, and the work exhibited by the students who have finished their Certificate and those that have finished their Diploma was amazing. <br />
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The doggy group has a new member a White Miniature Schnauzer his name is Yuki, he's a cute little chap. So now Dizzy Betsy's pal has a new playmate. Yuki is second cousin to Betsy, so there was no problem settling Yuki into the rather large group of dogs that we walk with as Betsy has spent a lot of time with Yuki since he came along. These are the photos of Yuki's first outing, Dizzy looked on very protective of his new little brother, Betsy soon became bored, I don't think she can wait until Yuki is off his lead and they can have a chase around the field. I don't think Dizzy is getting a lot of rest at home now a lively pup has joined his family. I must say it has made me think twice about adding another pup to our family, that has made Dave very happy as he doesn't want another dog.<br />
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How relieved am I? Very! Today I handed in my first completed project for City and Guilds, Janice has also taken my Line and Colour folders to have a look at, fingers crossed I wont need to add anything else to them.<br />
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I have also had my next project approved, so I'm now making a bag................ really out of my comfort zone now, I don't like making bags or boxes. But this is why I decided to do this course I need to stretch myself. sigh....... oh yes and trying desperately to catch up on lots of samples. sigh.........<br />
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Miriam Weaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08524087399111814116noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884497887465850592.post-81053193682553620562013-09-25T20:15:00.000+01:002013-09-25T20:15:53.797+01:00A photo heavy post!We've been on holiday in Ireland a small village (<span style="font-size: xx-small;">not sure if it was a village no shop NO PUB</span>) but still a great holiday! We rented a house in Arthurstown Co. Waterford, a 30 minute drive from Wexford when taking the car ferry from Ballyhack to Passage East.<br />
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The weather was kind, the people very friendly, the scenery beautiful and the food, well totally wonderful. I'm not a lover of fish but in this part of Ireland it appears a lot on the menu, never one to shy away I jumped in so to speak and ate a lot of delicious fish cooked in various ways.<br />
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The first day after an over night ferry from Pembroke to Rosleare we had a wander around Waterford, as I said there wasn't a pub in the town but a short distance away is Dunbrody House, they have this year opened a pub called 'The Local' to fill the gap when the pub in the town closed. The Local is only open from Thursday to Sunday and serves a very limited menu but boy it was delicious food. We also had a couple of meals at the Champagne and Seafood Bar in the main house that was amazing!<div>
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Here are just some of the things we did, a drive to The Hook Head Lighthouse and a stop at a couple of the beaches, we were the only people on the beach, not warm enough for skinny dipping but the idea was there! We sat in the warm sun after a lovely lunch in the Light House restaurant, I could have sat there all week just watching the sea crashing against the rocks, so restful. Mind you I wouldn't want to be sitting there when the Irish sea gets really rough.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I did become a bit obsessed with heart shaped stones on the beaches, Dave called a halt and said if we carried on we wouldn't be able to get on the ferry coming home in fear of it sinking from the weight in our car, spoil sport! I had hoped to find some sea glass but didn't maybe another time another beach......<br />
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As a break from beach combing we made a visit to Tintern Abbey, it's such a shame the visitors centre was destroyed by vandals, who robbed it then set fire to it. Yes, it happens in the most beautiful parts of the world, and to give the staff at the Abbey their due they are struggling on whilst the centre is being rebuilt.<br />
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Another day we visited the Famine Ship at New Ross, a very interesting visit with a guided tour of the ship and two woman who played out the parts of a woman who travelled steerage and a woman who travelled upper class. Boy what a life those woman had. After that disturbing and touching visit we needed (I needed) a touch of the textile world. Strange there just happened to be a 'Ros Tapestry' the history of the Normans in Ireland in stitch. An interesting exhibition which is still a work in progress.<br />
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Another day it was off to Kilkenny and the Design Centre, some lovely things there and a few must haves, six pottery mugs a jug and a sugar bowl, well they are beautiful and you must support the artist especially when you have visited their studio, mustn't you? Shame, Dave didn't feel quite the same when we popped into the Goldsmiths and then the Silversmiths studio's, but you can't have it all. On the same site is the National Craft Gallery there was an exhibition called 'Future Fashion' I only took a couple of photos ( I did ask first) the work was beautiful, but all I can say is this is a fashion I will not be wearing in the future! But I did admire the skill of the workmanship.<br />
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On our way back to the house after the Kilkenny we passed through Inistioge a small village used for scenes in the films 'Circle of Friends' based on the Maeve Binchy book and 'Widows Peak'.<br />
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You can't go all the way to Waterford and not visit the House of Waterford Crystal, we did the tour and saw how the pieces are made from start to finish. We had decided to also go and see a glass engraver who has a studio in Waterford, we watched him work for a while and then chatted to him about his work. Dave had already spotted a piece of work he wanted to buy, Sean Egan was employed by Waterford Crystal and made a beautiful piece of work after the 9/11 tragedy its called Miracle on Stairwell B. He presented the work to the FDNY, there are several variations of this sculptures one in the Waterford Showroom and another in Sean's studio. Sadly after working for Waterford Crystal for 35 years Sean lost his job and opened his own studio. We did buy a piece of Sean's work which he signed for us, he asked what we would like him to put on it, just his name was enough on such a lovely piece.</div>
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No we didn't buy the clock thats in the Waterford Crystal showroom, we bought a square piece with butterflies engraved into it.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crystal clock</td></tr>
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Now we're home and looking forward to our next break away.<br />
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