If you love quilts . . . . . .

Good morning. It is Sunday and it is raining. There might be a walk later, but in the meantime I have enough to keep my grey matter occupied here. 

Some photo's from the Quilt and Sewing event yesterday at Newark Showground. The first show of 2026. Let's look at the magnificent quilts on show. Some of these are massive. The skill of piecing and stitching fabrics together is off the scale. The artist starts with a centre picture, then builds the surrounding areas with smaller shapes and colours for the background. If you look closely you can just about make out where the background overlaps onto the picture. Imagine collecting all that fabric and cutting it into the shapes and sizes that you need to complete your masterpiece. Pure magic. 

Then when all the pieces are in place you blitz the whole quilt over with hours of machine sewing. 

Lots of medium size quilts. 

Then smaller quilts. They can be any size you like. 

There are some very worthy prize winners in the smallest of these wall hangings. 

I recorded a video of some of the quilts, which I will upload now and post later. 

I treated myself, spent some money on a superduper LED lamp for my craft table. That will brighten things up a bit. Now going to unpack it and set it up. 

Thanks for popping in. Enjoy your Sunday. Toodle pip.   ilona