Just one reason to love living in Birmingham – the Festival of Quilts is right on my doorstep!
I try and go most years as its such an inspiring event full of craft, ingenuity and colour.
There are always the most spectacular quilts to gawp at.
Some I can’t fathom how they were constructed.
Others are just beautiful in the genius of their simplicity.
Others are luscious studies in colour which i find very inspiring to use myself.
People can be so creative with concepts too – like recording the headlines once a month or using the imagery of applique to bring attention to current affairs.
It really is one the most diverse and broad representations of Art that regularly shows – there was everything from the fine art of the craft of quilting right through machine & hand embroidery to the conceptual comment pieces made using the medium of fabric.
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I feel topped up with inspiration to assimilate.
