Everything synthesises eventually

Accidental face from this dye lot, and most of the fabrics ironed and on the table.  One lot (left in the picture) came out horrible because the description in the shop (100% cotton, I think not..) was wrong.. And the pieces had big scabby holes in too.. I wouldn't mind so much if the stuff hadn't gone up 50% in price too...
The scrumpled bits are a beautiful crimpled cheesecloth-type stuff which I shall use as part of the supplies for my Sheer Delight class on Tuesday next week..

End of the Week of Colours, Conclusion, and Stars

Only one image today - this experiment with interlocking stars.  I didn't invent this, and I did it very slowly while thinking about my Week Of Colours.  And my conclusions?  The week was pretty hard compared with last year's Week Of Trees (see label/link at the bottom of this post to find the entries for that) - it was hard to put stuff down because it wasn't today's colour, and although I have got lots done, I have not finished enough to make a display, which I would have liked to do.  There is a big pile by my chair waiting for hand-finishing on the bindings, and a further huge pile layered and ready to quilt.  And a huge mess in the workshop.  I spent a while today sorting out the Blue Box which had exploded on Saturday and would not go back on the shelf.  So I sorted out all the stuff I no longer want from it and I'm cutting it up to make charm packs and the like.  I think I should do more of this, as the stash has got silly.  I was amazed just how many unlikeable fabrice were in the box, and how glad I was to be able to get the lid back on.
So, tomorrow I have to teach and rehang the shop, sort out the rent, and wash up..
And think about the next "Week Of..."

Thanks for reading

Oh, and the stars come from Here

Came home with a cold..

..and still a bit slow.  Four days of teaching this week, and lots of stuff to prepare for the Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Show at the weekend.. I'm off to Yorkshire tomorrow, so if you are there do come and say hello.  I'll be on the Oakshott Fabrics stand again.. (Hall B)
I can't speak too highly of the Beryl Dean exhibit - the work is astounding.  Sorry, no images of that as it was "No photography", but here's a leaf

 

and three silk and Lipari crown pincushions..

Pattern later

Students Cooked My Board..

...not once, but twice...

...while making Trees

The smell was delicious...

(Added 2nd November - I made  a new cover in black, very dramatic.  First student to use it got Bondaweb right in the middle, despite me asking her not to, and then complained bitterly because I ripped the new cover off and threw it in the corner in disgust..  "Oh, does it matter?"  If you had just spent 5 years making a quilt, came to press it for layering (as had happened in the morning) and got Bondaweb bits on the face, would you think it mattered?)