Antique Textile Fair Part 3: Quilt

This is my last post about the Antique Textile fair that I went to in early March. The most expensive item I bought was a quilt and I did have a bit of a should I shouldn't I moment about whether to buy it or not. In some way it's not the most prettiest of quilts, it is quite plain but there is just something about it that I really like. It is Kantha quilted so is covered in small colourful stitches, it also has lovely little random patches of patterned fabrics. Apologies again for the amount of photographs, and this is just a few, again it was something that looked good from different angles.

I think this quilt has a real story to tell but I don't know what it is, perhaps I will make one up for it.

Antique Textile Fair: Part 2 Indian Bag

My second post about the Antique Textile Fair is dedicated to an Indian Bag. I love all the colours and patterns on this bag, also the lovely aged bits were the stitching is coming apart. Apologies for the amount of photographs it just looked good from so many different angles.

The inside of the bag is just as beautiful showing the reverse of the stitching.

It has these lovely tassels made of scraps of torn fabric.

And appliquéd bits of old saris, and worn stitching.

Antique Textile Fair: Part 1

Last Sunday I visited the Antique Textile fair in Manchester which is run by The Textile Society. It is always a really good fair with a good range of textiles, and there are some bargains to had if you go searching. I picked up a few things to add to my collection. I am splitting these images into a few posts because I have got quite a few to share, the first part is mainly English and French, cheap bundles of worn fabrics. I don't think I will be doing anything with them other than using them for inspiration, although I thought maybe I could possibly make a quilt out of them but I would have to do a lot of patching !!

Beach Art

Came across the artist Andy Coutanche today whilst browsing Coast magazine, Andy is from Jersey and he is a sand artist and will soon be competing in the My Memory beach art championships.

I don't think he has a website but I did find this video.

Also competing is the San Francisco artist Andres Amador who makes some amazing patterns in the sand.

Abstracts

Here are just a few photographs taken whilst sitting on the beach or on the harbour front. My main focus was looking at colour, pattern and texture for future inspiration.

Beatriz Milhazes at Fondation Beyeler

I would have loved to have seen this latest exhibition of Beatriz Milhazes, unfortunately it was in Switzerland at the Fondation Beyeler. I do hope that one day she will have a major exhibition in the UK as I would love to see her work in the flesh. The paintings made for this exhibition were based around the four seasons, specifically the four seasons of Brazil. Alongside the paintings there are mobiles. collages and floor work which was made out of gold and platinum.

Pretty Paint

Making progress

Starting again