A little quilt swap and the Banksy exhibition

I took part in Another little Art quilt swap organised by Kate,you made an art quilt, posted a photo on Kates blog an then voted for them in order of preference,I made two so I had 2 in return, this one as seen on Lynda`s blog which I shall get at the FOQ,

And this lovely one from Penny in Oz, the photo does not do it justice, it is lovely and loads of hand sewing Kantha style I am so pleased many thanks Penny.

This one of mine which went to Lisa in Oz. called carrots and cupcakes, which was screen printed with dyes discharged and reprinted.

This is a detail of the ammonites from the quilt which went to Penny in Oz, so we swapped quilts.

I went to the Banksy exhibition in Bristol museum with my daughter and granddaughter and queued for 2 1/2 hours at least it wasn't raining and when you get inside it is not too crowded to have a good look.This one is painted on a wall in Park St.

I must apologise for the poor quality of the photos my camera has bust again so was using my husbands and we were not allowed to use a flash and the lighting was dim.

This one is called " The Angel of the North" complete with fags and drink.

A Damien Hirst print which he sells for over a thousand pounds vastly improved by Banksy.

This is entitled " Flight out of Egypt"

My favourite she looks as if she is really enjoying the rest and the ciggie.

Great idea this one complete with blood.

Terrible photo but it is a mother hen with her "chicks" they are in fact chicken nuggets!

Tweetie complete with bird flue.

This one states you can get away with anything as long as you put it in a large gold frame.

Daughter and granddaughter in classic pose

This is police in riot gear tripping through the daisies

I do apologise for these pictures I had not realised they were so bad.

Berkeley castle.

This my calender girls card for August based on a card by Erika Oller, I love her sense of humour I just went with the hearts on this one.It has a backing of painted foil then a piece of silk paper then the hearts cut out of paper fabric and organza over the top which makes it difficult to photograph. We spent a lovely afternoon at Berkeley Castle, which is probably best known for the death of Edward II who was imprisoned there,we saw the room he was kept in, adjacent to a dungeon pit into which they threw dead animals the idea being that the gases they gave off would kill you.In his case he survived that but was either strangled or the red hot poker version .Common people were just thrown down the pit ontop off the animals poor souls, but the fall would have probably killed them . This elegant building is where they would have kept the dead game and meat to keep it cool,it would have hand wire mesh panels to keep the flies out.

Berkeley is famous for being the longest lived in castle, it has some beautiful wooden doors

The Berkley family fought in many wars and brought back a sapling tree from each of the battles, this tree came from the Flodden.

It has the most beautiful chimney pots I think these are called barley sugar.

They also have a butterfly house with some beautiful creatures

This one took a fancy to my daughter, I can understand why.

Boasting

I have been a bit tardy posting up my calendar girl cards, this one is from Lynda at Purple Missus and was for June, and the one below is from Debbi in Aus,please go to the calendar girl website by clicking on the logo as both cards are superb but spoilt by my photos.

The boasting is about our local horticultural show my daughter entered the fruit cake below

Olive entered this great scarecrow which won first prize, well done Olive.

I entered this bag in the item made from recycled items ,and got a first prize and best handicraft in show award!

This cushion which also won a first.

And my favourite this scarf, nuno felted and hand embroidered and beaded, got second because it was supposed to have been made from a metre of the same fabric and nuno felting was not considered as one fabric, well you live and learn.

The catalogue stated "three dressed onions" so that is what they got tongue in cheek, well the judges have a good sense of fun as they got a Highly commended, and a comment saying " on this occasion they were a little overdressed"!

So next year I am going to work out a way of doing "runner beans" any suggestions.