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Textile Heaven

At the Harvey Gallery, Guildford

3rd - 15th November 2008

An exhibition from the Loose Threads girls, a group of seven quilters with a passion for textiles.  Work will include quilts, wall hangings, garments, books, bowls, bags and boxes.

Christmas Corner

Limestone Country

The Blue Wall

It's a Melon

Bowl  & Bra's Corner

Earth, Fire and Water

Crow Road

Blue Cross Quilt

Sun, Sail & Swirls

Sun, Sail & Swirls - close-up

Crystal Therapy

Harvey Gallery - coming in through the entrance

It's a melon!

Fractal Cogs

Doorway

Summer Bloomers

Pewter and Stitch

Five-a-day

Earth, Fire and Water

Blue Cross Quilt

Venice

Shibori Big Stitch

Metal Stich & Beads

Maelstrom

Indian Summer

Indigo and Pewter

Running Clear

Canadian Goose

Hollie Dollie

Christmas Puff Tree

Viva la Bacuela

Sun, Sail & Swirls - another angle

Close-up of Blue Cross

Close-up of Venice

Close-up of Fire

Close-up of 'It's a melon'

Limestone Country

Sew Fionacci

Days of the week - a group piece

Setting up

Labelling up

Christmas Corner

Bowl and Bra Corner

Go to the Catalogue to look through what was exhibited

Here are some comments from the Harvey Gallery Exhibition

“Loverly Colorful exhibition with some interesting use of unusual material.”

“Enjoyed a lot. the different characters really show in the work. Gorgeous fabrics in many pieces”

“Fantastic, very talented quilters”

“Lovely work, expertly executed and beautifully displayed. Came across exhibition by chance, well worth detour!”

“Thank you. Splendid work”

“I think quilters worldwide have an affinity with fabrics & colour. I love the work you are doing here”

“This is such an amazing exhibition and so inspiring. I loved to read that the work was so often inspired by a place, a painting, a waterfall.... Thank you for showing us your beautiful work even though it is often too precious to sell!”

“Lovely”

“Absolutely amazing - such detail”

“Well done ladies!”

“Very impressive! Already inspired to get going! Thanks”

“Fantastic - thanks for your help - I left inspired & ready to go.”

“Congratulations - very inspiring exhibition with so many great ideas - loved the ‘Days of the Week’ team work - Enjoy creating.”

“Such a variety of beautiful work. Wish I had such great ideas. Keep Stitching.”

“All exquisite, thank you, a feast for the eyes”

“Great to see how students I have taught develop their textile & design skills.  “A great variety of work. Well done ladies! Proud of you all!”

“Very helpful ladies - lots of ideas. Excellent.”

“Inspiring”

“Such ideas!! Don’t know whether to be inspired or frightened from doing any more quilting.”

“I have enjoyed looking at a wonderful variety of work today. The use of quilting stitches has inspired me. I have just completed my first sample quilt, and discovered how the quilting transforms it.”

“Beautiful quilts and such detail. Lovely exhibition. Inspiring work. Very enjoyable. Worth the trip from Scotland.”

“Well worth the trip”

“Wonderful colour and design. Thanks for the inspiration”

“Great exhibition. Brilliant”

“Fab work! Glad I came - thanks girls”

“Wow! Inspirational, a great treat”

“Beautiful! All Love best ‘Saturday’”

“Lovely variety of quilts and artifacts, worth getting lost for!

“An inspiring collection - well worth a visit - my fav. the 7 week days wall hanging”

“A trek around the one way system and uphills! well worth it - such an interesting cross section of work and ideas”

“Keep up all the good work - thoroughly enjoyable”

“Brilliant show - aren’t you all clever!”

“What a wonderful lot of effort within this room. Many inspirational pieces, my eyes and mind are full and completely satisfied. What a treat, thank you”

“Wonderful. Such a great use of fabric. Inspiring”

“Beautiful exhibition - very inspiring, love the melon quilt!”

“Such talent. A really varied and interesting exhibition.”

“A wonderful and inspiring exhibition”

“Many works to inspire - such clever people - wonderful”

“A great exhibition”

“A great exhibition with much variety. Love it all”

“Very inspirational, great senses of colour - well done”

“A joy to behold”

“An inspiration!”

“What talent, amazing crafts! Thank you for sharing them”

“Brilliant amazing design. Lovely to see.”

“Very inspirational, lots of excellent ideas”

“What a talented group. Lovely, lovely work”

“Blown away by the fantastic work”

“Fan dabby dosey? Inspirational work - thank you”

“Inspirational and very colourful - a pleasure”

“Lovely exhibition”

“Beautiful exhibition!”

“Lots of exciting ideas”

“So glad I trekked up the hill.  See you at Farnham for your spring class”

“Lovely exhibition. So much talent.”

“Fantastic + inspiring”

“So many different ways of quilting, beautiful.”

“Very interesting & fascinating”

“All very talented!”

“Inspirational.”

“Beautiful exhibition, loads of talent.”

“Brilliant”

“lovely selection of designs and techniques.”

“I often pass the gallery + see the exhibitions but this is the best!”

“most enjoyable”

“an inspiring collection!”

“Very interesting ex.”

“Truly Amazing”

“Excellent”

“Lovely exhibition”

“Interesting use of fabrics”

“worth the climb!”

“Fantastic Work. Well Done!”

“Blown away by the fantastic work.”

“Fan Dabby Dosey!”

“Well Done girls!”

“Inspirational.”

“What fantastic work. Well done!”

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