I have been wanting to go to the EPM for as long as I have been doing patchwork, but other commitments meant I have never had the chance. Then I had a gap this year where I could fit it in, so booked my place on the P&Q Tours. Very nearly missed it as events at home prevented me from going on the trip from the start, but lovely husband said I could still go a few days later than originally planned, so flights were booked and a car to take me to the hotel where the rest of the group were staying in, in Colmar. I arrived on the Wednesday evening and was so pleased to see some ladies in the group before I even checked into my room, some which I have met on previous P&Q trips! We had a lovely coach driver, Steve, who is Welsh and entertained us with music from the valleys on some of our journeys. Ste Marie aux Mines was about an hour's journey from Colmar, through lovely countryside, mostly we travelled on the main roads, but Steve took us on some of the back roads on our last day and we drove through some lovely little villages, that I am hoping to come back to with my husband, so that we can explore them properly. Statue of Liberty in Colmar, designer of statue came from Colmar The show is not all in one centre, but spread out amongst venues in the villages of Ste Marie aux Mines, Ste Croix aux Mines, Liepvre and Rombach-le-Franc as well as at the Parc Minier Tellure, which is about 5km outside Ste Marie. There are shuttle buses that run between the villages, sometimes they got very full and large queues formed with some ladies getting a bit forceful to get onto the coaches, they run approximately every 20 minutes to start off in the mornings, but this becomes more of a just wait until the next one comes later on in the day. Ladies from Japan visiting Ste Marie Aux Mines I never made it to Rombach or Liepvre as there just was not enough time to do it all, but what I did see in the other villages made up for what I did not see. The vendors are mainly concentrated in the centre of Ste Marie and it would be easy to spend a day just wondering and looking and shopping here. Most of the vendors could speak a little English, some very well, it did help to understand a little bit of French at others. Lots to see and buy that is not available in the UK, there seems to be a trend with wool fabrics and a lot of rustic country themed fabrics too. Also a lots of Lecien style fabrics and LOTS of ribbons. Not all the vendors were French, some were German, some from Prague and Poland, it really is European, but good to see some American vendors too, like Edita Sitar, with her fabulous laser cut appliqué pieces. Wonderful to finally meet Claudia Pfeil too and to see Handiquilter stall and chat with Nate. The vendors were not all in the same building, but were all concentrated in the same area, many inside large marquees or market style pop up stalls next to the big marquee tents. Nearby was a restaurant within another big marquee tent, but along the main street were lots of small vendors selling their street cuisine. I had some fabulous vegetarian vegetable pancake sandwiches with pesto and goats cheese filling and vegetable juice from one stall for lunch one day. Some of the other stalls sold breads and pastries, potato rosti, salamis and dried sausages, pizzas and pretzels. Lots of local restaurants too, where you could sit inside or outside, were doing a roaring trade with all the extra visitors to the towns. Coffees and teas with cakes were sold in some of the larger venues too. Lots of shops in the villages have quilts on display in the windows, some very nice ones: Some of the exhibitions are in churches and village halls, some in museums and theatres. You can pick up a brochure/program with locations, maps and exhibitions from the Tourist Information shop in Ste Marie or from the entrances to the larger exhibitions. It is not possible to post photos from all the exhibitions, so I will just post some of my favourites here: Regret at mown motley grass by Elena Folomeva from Russia The Crystal by Elena Nekrasova from Russia The Fifth Wheel by Anna Urusova from Russia The aroma of meadows by Irina Korotkova from Russia Freedom by Helen Godden from Australia Detail of Freedom Cinese dragon and phoenix by Ming Hsu, Australia Detail of Chinese dragon and phoenix Counterpoint by Pam Hill, Australia Summer: Kangaroo paws and Billy Buttons by Suzan Mathews, Australia Flax Lily by Bernardine Hine, Australia Purple Haze by Karen Terrens, Australia Detail of Purple Haze Dartmoor walk by Kate Dowty, UK Southern Delight by Marlya Waters, Australia Detail of Southern Delight Pine Branch by Elsbeth Nusser-Lampe, Germany Detail of Pine Branch Taste of India by Christine Seager, UK The Seven Spices by Yemima Lavan, Israel Libby by Sandrine Osterman, France Red Poppies by Beatrice Bueche, France Balancing Act by Linda Forey, UK Vague a l'ame by Dominique Fave, France Burning Sky by Yoshiko Koshi, Japan Woodpecker by Noriko Endo, Japan Constellation - beyond time and space by Yoko Kageyama, Japan Detail of Constellation - beyond time and space Space Fantasy by Yumiko Matsubara, Japan Detail of Space Fantasy Cherry blossom at night by Kayoko Tonegawa, Japan Flowerly and Lightly by Mitsuko Kinoshita Detail of Flowerly and Lightly Cameria in Love by Naomi Horikita Reve de flour by Hilde van Schaardenburg L'oeil by Hilde van Schaardenburg Edge of a feather by Linda & Laura Kemshall, UK Detail of Edge of a feather Beachcombing by Sheena Noirquay, UK Detail of Beachcombing My absolute favourite quilt at the show was: The great tree by Noriko Matsutou I have done a separate post on the "50 Variations of Yoko Saito's Mystery Quilt" and the Groupe Crossing Oceans Exhibition with the theme "Nature" as they deserved a special mention. I do hope that my pictures will inspire some of you, I certainly came back home with a head full of ideas, now to find the time to actually execute some of those ideas! On the way back to UK, we travelled through lovely wine areas in France and stopped in Epernay, where we had a tour of the Champagne Mercier cellars, a champagne tasting and opportunity to buy some champagne. Well worth a stop over. The Tun, also known as The giant task, weighs 23tons when empty The Tun, 5.5m tall, 6.5m long, capacity 213000 bottles of 75cl When empty needed to be pulled by 24 oxen Wonder how many times have this come up in a quiz? Sizes of bottles in order from right: Quarter bottle 0.20l Half bottle 0.375l Bottle 0.75l Jeroboam 3l Mathusalem 6l Salmanazar 9l Balthazar 12l Nabuchodonosor 15l And as we were travelling through wine regions, I sewed my "grapes" block of the Dutch Treat, so I have a lovely reminder now of this trip.
I am having such fun with Helen Godden's Feathered Friends Block of the Month. Here's April's block - Zebra Finches. The first day of painting. Then I got too tired to finish. All done with the painting. It's Lumiere metallic acrylic paint. Time to have a blast quilting. Done! So much fun. I can't wait for May's block. I hope you get to quilt today! Suzy
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Po pięciu gatunkach sikor (patrz tutaj: Rozpoznawanie bogatki i modraszki oraz tutaj: Rozpoznawanie szarytki, sosnówki i czubatki) oraz wróblu i mazurku (patrz tu: Rozpoznawanie wróbla i mazurka) proponujemy naukę rozpoznawania kolejnych gatunków ptaków dla najmłodszych w formie kolorowanki. Przedstawiamy dziś dwa gatunki łuszczaków - dzwońca Carduelis chloris i czyża Carduelis spinus. Dzwoniec Carduelis chloris - największy gatunek spośród zielono ubarwionych krajowych łuszczaków, wielkości wróbla Passer domesticus czy zięby Fringilla coelebs. Po bogatce Parus major i modraszce Cyanistes caeruleus jest najczęściej widywanym w przydomowych karmnikach gatunkiem ptaka. Odwiedza je zwykle w dużych stadach. W ubarwieniu dzwońca dominują barwy: zielona, żółta, szara i beżowa. Ma krępą sylwetkę z wąskimi skrzydłami. Stosunkowo masywny dziób jest zawsze jasno ubarwiony. Samiec, którego przedstawia nasza kolorowanka, ma zieloną głowę i grzbiet oraz zielonożółty spód ciała. Policzki, boki ciała i częściowo skrzydła mają barwę szarą. Lotki pierwszorzędowe są czarniawe z jasnoszarymi końcami, ich zewnętrzne chorągiewki i pióra skrzydełka (patrz: schemat upierzenia skrzydła ptaka wróblowego Passeriformes) są intensywnie żółte. Na kuprze znajduje się żółtawozielona plama. Środkowe sterówki, podobnie jak końce pozostałych piór ogona są czarne, nasadowe części zewnętrznych sterówek są intensywnie żółte. Jesienią duża część pokryw ciała ma beżowoszare zakończenia, które do wiosny ulegają wytarciu, przez co ubarwienie staje się żywsze i bardziej skontrastowane. Samice mają znacznie mniej zieleni w upierzeniu, bardziej brudnoszary grzbiet i spód ciała, mają też mniej żółtej barwy na skrzydłach i ogonie. Czyż Carduelis spinus - dużo mniejszy i drobniejszy od dzwońca (wielkości modraszki), bardzo ruchliwy łuszczak o szpiczastym dziobie. Podobnie jak dzwoniec, w karmnikach pojawia się zwykle w dużych stadach, w niektóre zimy mają miejsca większe naloty tego gatunku. Samiec, którego przedstawia nasza kolorowanka, ma czarną czapeczkę i krawacik, zielony grzbiet i policzki oraz żółtozieloną pierś, brew, boki szyi i spód ciała. Grzbiet i boki ciała są czarniawo kreskowane. Na czarnych skrzydłach znajdują się dwa wyraźne pasy: jeden żółtozielony na średnich pokrywach, drugi - szerszy intensywnie żółty na dużych pokrywach i wzdłuż nasad lotek pierwszorzędowych. Zewnętrzne chorągiewki lotek także mają żółte krawędzie. Na kuprze znajduje się żółta plama. Środkowe sterówki są czarniawe, końce pozostałych piór ogonowych także, ich żółte nasady tworzą dwie duże intensywnie żółte plamy na ogonie. Samice są mniej kontrastowo ubarwione, mają mniej żółtej i zielonej barwy, są także intensywniej kreskowane na spodzie i wierzchu ciała. zadanie dla najmłodszych KOLOROWANKA - wydrukuj i pokoloruj, ryc. P. Zabłocki
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More Leaf Designs from My Quilting Sketch Book... This leaf has no vein sections... instead each half of the leaf is filled in with 2 different curl patterns. This leaf has veins... each separate vein section is filled in with curls A combination of 2 different fill designs This leaf design looks more like a fern More Leaf Designs to Come... If you are taking the January 23rd Permission 2 Play Class... This is a sample of the type of Heart Collage you will be creating in class. Thread Shed Birdies: These sweet, little birds make their home on the Thread Shed During the day they perch on the vine that grows by the Thread Shed... At night they sleep in the ivy leaves that grow on the front side of the Thread Shed They are wonderful companions for me while I am working. CLICK HERE to view Sketch Book Leaves 1 CLICK HERE to view Leaf Designs 5 CLICK HERE to view my online Sketch Book CLICK HERE to view my Machine Quilting CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn Kessi
This illuminated letter b is ideal for displaying on its own or with our other alphabet colouring pages to create your own name display, perhaps for a child's room? Choose from a detailed, ornamental version, or a more basic design below.
Avete voglia di ricamare oppure di fare country paint? Sempre con la moda delle casette per uccellini, ho trovato questa bella immagine nel web che voglio condividere con voi per spronare la vostra creativita con tanta fantasia. Copia, stampa e via... Se volette potete inviarmi la vostra idea, in modo che la possa pubblicare sul blog.
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