I just had to do a little more on it.

So Marion was right to be shocked when I said I wouldn't finish it (grin). She knows I finish almost everything eventually.
I haven't had much time for sewing this week due to a combination of gardening, insomnia, not receiving the batting for the wholecloth until yesterday, chiropodist visit, taking the quilts to Southampton collection point etc.... But I had to do some just to maintain some sanity.
So I've finished the feathers and done a little of the background. I still feel the fabric colour is either not light enough or dark enough to show the feathers off nicely. I haven't a clue as to what I shall do with this piece. All that thread stops it from being cuddly enough for the kids at the refuge.
Anybody know what to do with a 40" square quilt?

Textile pieces I own

Today I'm off to deliver my quilt to the collection point for the Festival of Quilts
the collection point is in Southampton, a place I don't know very well. A friend is coming with me so we'll stop at Winchester for lunch on the way there or the way back. After living in a 'new' country, I still get a kick out of places where some of the buildings are 1,000 years old.
This little embroidery is by Jane Arkwright done way back in 1981. I think she concentrates on painting these days. The whole thing including the frame is just the size of a normal piece of paper for your printer.


This piece is much larger about 24" square. It was framed in the 1920's in Bond St, London (always a posh area (grin)). It is obviously Chinese and the work is in gold thread. I took the second picture so you can see the relief, the body of the dragon is at least ½" high.