Today we went to the Bikes and Barrows Festival at Scorton, Lancashire. We have been to Scorton a couple of times before and were happy to be returning - it's a great venue and the welcome is always friendly and helpful - especially from Joanne and Nick. The coffee's good too! I didn't get time to have a good look round the village but it looked as though everyone had made a great effort to decorate bikes, barrows and all sort of other things - some very imaginative and inventive and well worth a look.
We met some of our old acquaintances, including the ladies who sell patchwork (quilts, bags, etc.) in aid of the Hospice at Knot End - I hope they made lots of money - they deserve it, their work is absolutely beautiful.
Today, we actually sold two of Liz's Jubilee brooches - red, white and blue, crocheted flowers with a Union Jack heart-shaped button in the middle. I think she'd better be making some more before 2nd June!
This week I've finished off some felt brooches, a couple of cowls and I'm half way through making a small shoulder bag. It's really lovely, diagonal strips of silk applied to a felt backing and decorated with squares of silk, sequins, machine embroidery and beads. The colours are jewel shades of blue, turquoise and jade - it's really quite sumptuous. Watch this space - there'll be a picture of it soon.
Her are some pictures of the silk bookmarks I made a couple of weeks ago.
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