Folk Art Applique Workshop

There are still places on the Folk Art Applique course I am running for Kate Jackson at MAKE in Allendale on 18th September. The course costs £60 and includes a delicious lunch at the Allendale Bakery and all materials. Check outhttp://makerecycledcraftworkshop.bigcartel.com for details on how to book.

The course looks to American appliqued quilts, folk art and domestic still life for inspiration. You will build up a pieced picture using traditional hand stitching techniques - applique, piecing and embroidery using a variety of fabrics. I will be there to guide you in terms of inspiration, design and composition. In the one day course you should be able to complete a piece like this ( if you work hard!).

I like doing pots and flowers but I encourage students to come up with their own ideas. Here is some work in progress from the last course I ran ( from student Anna Nesbitt)

Detail

Here is a detail of a collage on to an embossed paper glove. I have been making these to sell at my Remember me exhibition which opens on Saturday. See more images on my Memento Mori blog www.mandypattullo.blogspot.com

Fylingdales

Old St Stephens, where my exhibition opens on Friday, is in the parish of Fylingdales. There is a terrific silent film about Fylingdales at the Yorkshire Film Archive Online www.yfaonline.com. It is an elegiac film made in 1955 by an unknown amateur but I hope it will make you want to visit. Type "Fylingdales" into SEARCH. The whole site is addictive with many rare films of times gone by, folk customs and traditions.

Photo Shoot

Drove down to Old St Stephens today to meet the press and have a practice run for the exhibition. The church looked just beautiful in the sunlight. This is an unashamedly romantic installation in a romantic and atmospheric special space Great fun moving the maiden's dress and garlands around the church and lovely to hear Deb paying the organ from above. Please come and see it on August Bank Holiday weekend !

Remember Me

Janey Levitt

As part of my exhibition "Remember Me" which starts next Saturday August27th at Old St Stephens Church Robin Hoods Bay I have recreated Janey Levitt's garland. Janey was the last maiden for whom a garland was made, in 1859. For years her funereal memento mori was hung in the church but it disappeared during a period of garland conservation in the 1980s. Luckily Peter Brears had examined the garland closely and was able to come up with diagrams and notes as to its construction. I have followed these instructions carefully, using the correct measurements, stitch details and colours wherever possible.

I can't wait to see it hanging in the church!

Glandford Shell Museum

Home to Norfolk and a trip to revisit The Shell Museum at Glandford (www.shellmuseum.org.uk). This is a really special little museum which was purpose built by Sir Alfred Jodrell and is home to a quirky collection of donated objects as well as shells and shell related objects. If you are visiting the North Norfolk coast and are interested in cabinets of curiosities then check it out. It is small and very quiet as visitors become totally absorbed in the displays.