Yarn Bombing and all that

 Starting at the top of the hill and working our way down we saw all of these woolly things ....

 Stopped for coffee and a cake and discovered these two lovely buildings in the secondhand book and record shop ...

Yarborough House - Should it be 'Yarnborough'?

These were on both sides of the entrance to a private house

 The delightful new bookshop had its handrails decorated eitherside and also a frill along the bottom of the windows.  Just noticed the knitted lacey edge to the windowsills too!

Loved the peapod on this side

Detail of above

More Bishops Castle

Spotted this house!!

We went to Bishops Castle so that we could see the Marches Book Arts Group exhibition in the Public Hall.  It also meant we had chance to visit some of the lovely shops in Bishops Castle including Textile Traders in the High Street who sell lovely fabrics, beads, printblocks, etc from all around the world.

Whilst we were visiting the exhibition this lovely steam engine was brought out and put on display

and finally on the way back to the car through the Auction Mart this sign appealed to my quirky sense of humour ....

Caterpillar Binding

I have struggled a bit with this binding and still have not mastered making a curvy caterpillar.  Maybe a task for over Christmas when I need a break from the DIY jobs in the house.

Top Caterpillar was my 2nd attempt

A closer view

Practice 1 and 2

My second practice attempt led me to believe it was probably better not to follow the instructions too precisely.  Instead of wrapping the threads as I went, I found it easier to make the legs and then go back and wrap the body.  I wrapped the top caterpillar on my book cover with chenille thread which gave him a furry look.  He has also got bead eyes and gold thread wrapped around his body to add some sparkle.

Worcester TJ Part 3

Inspiration

Resolved piece (loved this)

March Artwork - must have a go at this

March resolved piece

This piece folded out of the sketchbook

May inspiration pg 2

May inspiration pg3

Resolved piece for May based on a tile design by Peggy Angus for Carters Tiles.

The entry for May was amazing and was so relevant after being to Compton Verney as they have a collection of Enid Marx' work and Folk Art Collection.

Compton Verney

The Venture Group had a day out at Compton Verney on Wednesday of this past week as our Christmas outing.  We did not get a lot of time to look around at everything due to the fact that we exchanged our Travelling Journals, had a guided tour of the "Curious Beasts/Animal Alphabet" exhibtion which was followed by lunch in the restaurant.  As it was a nice day yesterday (Saturday) I managed to persuade DH we should go again and we had a lovely day, saw much more and even had time for a walk in the grounds.

A fantastic Autumn afternoon

Took time to see the Laura Ellen Bacon sculptures from 2011

First Encounter

Web Site

the latest commission by Hilary Jack "The Nest" is amazing and you can walk up steps to stand on a platform and enjoy the view ...

Worcester TJ Part 2

August pg 1

August resolved piece

June artwork pg 1

June Resolved piece

July Artwork

July resolved piece

Worcester Travelling Journal

On Wednesday the Running Stitchers group I am a member of had a lovely day out at Compton Verney.  As part of the day we all returned our Travelling Journals to the originator with an entry in it from all of the participating members and it was so exciting.  So much so that I have decided to blog the pages from mine so others can share the pleasure of looking at them.

They are in no particular order and other pages will follow in due course:-

October Inspiration

October Resolved Piece

November Inspiration

November resolved piece

The November entry was very interesting because this person has used the same inspiration in everyone's TJ, but resolved them in a different way in each.  The threads on this piece were created at a dying day we had and the fabric was printed on another occasion when we had a full day monoprinting.

Inspiration based on a piece by Helen Banzhaf

September Resolved Piece