August 2019
This month me and mum went to the festival of quilts, I go more for the stalls than the exhibition but we always look at the quilts. The selection of stalls was really good this year, I had a very specific list and a budget. I needed more of a beige fabric I bought ages ago, some turquoise fabrics, things from the bag fitting stall and a treat. We went round all the shopping stalls first it took me a good while to find the right beige fabric then I was able to relax and properly mooch. I found the turquoises I wanted and bought a selection of interesting bag fittings including a lovely bee catch. I always get a few things on the bag fitting stall, they are from Germany so you avoid the postage, and they have really good quality stuff. I had already spent my allowance when I came across some lovely ceramic willow pattern buttons, but I decided to get a set to put on my blue coat, the buttons cost more than the coat did, they look cool though.
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We looked at the quilts, there were not so many interesting ones this year and I was massively disturbed by some creepy quilted babies. But I saw a few that I really liked, I should have really noted the titles and makers names but I'm afraid I didn't.
Cave paintings Tweed rainbow Tube map Dame Edna emu Under the sea Aurora, love this one
I went on a trip to London, to got to a couple of exhibitions and a comedy night. I used to go to the summer exhibition quite often but I went one year and was massively unimpressed so I didn't go for a few years. I'm so glad I went this year, the mixture of artworks was really diverse and interesting. I spent the most time in the architecture room, I love the scale models. I also went to the Manga exhibition at the British Museum, I'm so pleased I bought an advanced ticket, skipping the massive queue was very pleasing. I was unsure if I'd be that into it as I'm more a fan of Anime, but I do tend to gravitate to all things Japanese. I actually loved it, I didn't read everything, but I really enjoyed the progression from ancient scrolls to modern animation and the influence of western media. I took a few pics of my favourite pieces but my camera was sulking so they were not the best, and I did get a cool bag in the gift shop.
Bear on a tyre Tunnocks Teacake Tiger room concept Dead guy in a barrel Eel dog tote bag
I have done some more to my other project this month, which is about time as I have sadly neglected it. My main project was to make myself another raincoat. My last pac-a-mac is way too big on my now so I needed to make a new one. I really liked the octopus one but I got a different shower curtain this time. I was going to cut the fabric and realised that the pattern didn't go small enough so before I could cut out I had to draw a new smaller pattern. Once the pattern was sorted I cut the pieces out and started putting them together. I decided not to add pockets this time as I hadn't used them that much but I did add a drawstring in the hood as it's light and blows off easily. During in the sewing I managed to put a sleeve on the wrong way up, so annoying but easily remedied by unpicking and resewing, doesn't look as tidy now though.
Pac-a-mac front Pac-a-mac back
My last trip this month was to Birmingham, I have been looking for some leather for a project and was struggling to get anything suitably distressed. I went round the markets, charity shops and vintage shops. I finally found a pair of leather trousers in a vintage shop, they were not as tattered as I wanted but the colour pleased me.
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