Working to a deadline

It helps to have a deadline for a long-term project.  I have submitted an entry for the exhibition "Water, Water" to be held in November.  Submitted work has to be completed by the end of September, so I've been quilting these pieces by hand and machine.  The lovely, variegated thread is by Sulky.

Back stitch hand quilting a la Jacquie Harvey.

Hand and machine quilting side by side.  I am really pleased with the even length of the hand stitches, and this was despite a fraught week on the ageing parent front.

Last day of term at Morley

So, today was the day I had to say goodbye to my lovely fellow students and to the great Marian, our tutor.  It was a day to use up some supplies and to reflect on time spent on this course.  A last outing for the Voices screen, using dyed flock

Close-up to show texture

Foiling on the "fire cloth" ( stencil created by drawing round a CD)

like the sun setting on a great two years and rising on so much knowledge to apply to future projects.