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Quilt, Dinners and A Walk

Some months ago, I was invited to add a small panel for this quilt, being assembled for a friend for her 70th birthday. Family and friends each contributed a square and then they were all skilfully put together by A. What a wonderful gift to treasure for ever.

As we have done before, we’ve made up Christmas Dinners in a box, for local people and delivered them to a collection point this morning. Should you live in Cornwall and wish to join in, this is the link.

The sun shone this afternoon after many days of heavy rain so we went for a stroll in one of our favourite places, Trelissick. The autumn colours were gorgeous.

The Tower at Trelissick

Sunlight catching the trunks of trees

Reflection in a puddle

Silhouettes against the ever-changing sky

Green, yellow and orange

Red

Lane to….

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 18, 2022 in art, Cornwall, embroidery, environment, friendship, nature, photography, Postaday2022, quilting, sewing, Trelissick Gardens, Uncategorized

Sculpture Gardens, A Film and A Photo

26 Aug

We spent a lovely morning in the sculpture gardens at Tremenheere, an afternoon by the sea reading and the evening at the cinema in Newlyn watching ‘I Know Where the Crawdads Sing, a film which stayed beautifully true to the book. I reviewed the novel here.

Rather large banana plant

The pagoda and shadows

Looking up at the Sky Space

View from the top of the gardens

View while we were reading

55 years ago today, in Truro

What a delightful day to celebrate being married for 55 years and knowing each other for 55 years and 10 months.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 26, 2022 in Celebration, Cornwall, environment, nature, photography, Postaday2022, quilting

Pak Choi, Bunting and A Quilt

18 Jul

We’ve been growing pak choi / bok choy in our trough of edibles at home and had some stir fried with garlic – very tasty.

Our choir rehearsal today was in Townshend, in a lovely village hall decorated with beautifully made fabric bunting and with a gorgeous quilt hanging on one wall.

Roses, Red Car and An Exhibition

25 Jun

These roses in a neighbour’s garden smell as good as they look.

As we walked down into town, a bride and groom, just married, drove up in a beautiful, bright red car, all beribboned and ballooned .

There was a delightful exhibition called Treasures of Redruth in the Market Hall today.

Here are some of the lovely treasures.

Jam First!

Wise Words, Wall Hangings and A Glass Panel

29 Dec

More wise words….

The wall hangings I made for two of the LiveWires have been delivered and well received. Here they are, the first for LiveWire no 4 because she loves her garden and all living things and the second for LiveWire no 3 to recall her wonderful trip to Japan. For some inexplicable reason, I didn’t take a photo of the lined and top-stitched finished article of the one for No 4. I shall have to get one sent to me. If you zoom in you’ll see the thousands of stitches that I have been sewing, with great delight, off and on since last March!

For LiveWire No2, I made a glass panel of a Cornish engine house.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 29, 2020 in art, embroidery, glass, Photography, Postaday2020, quilting, Uncategorized

Tags: Brené Brown, embroidery stitches

Mosaic, Quilting and Angels

21 Dec

It was my day in the gallery today, surrounded by beautiful things. Click on any image to see more detail.

By Anne Butland

Quilt by Jan Thomas

Sea Urchin lamps by Jessica Pearson

Papier Mache Angels by Julie Howe – I love these quirky creatures.

Looking up the road towards the town

Truro, Quilting and Singing

14 Jul

1 We had a lovely day out in Truro today and the highlight for me was the …..

2 ……… Quilting Exhibition, Saints of Cornish Churches, in Truro Cathedral. The works were fabulous! I give you just a small selection here and am sorry that I didn’t visit earlier to spread the word about them. Sadly, today was the last day. I hope each quilt will be going to its relevant Church or will be displayed somewhere else as they are magnificent pieces of art. Do read the information about the particular Saint depicted and about the artist’s intentions. Please do click on each photo to appreciate the intricacies and the beauty of these works of art.

St Martyn by Di Wells

Made by Di Wells

Detail, Lydia

Info re St Martyn

St Euny

St Euny, info

St Piran, info

St Piran

3 After three weeks away I was able to sing with The Inglehearts again and what an uplifting experience that always is!

Happiness is singing in a choir

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 14, 2014 in art, Beauty, craft, embroidery, Happiness, photography, Postaday 2014, quilting, Truro

Tags: quilting exhibition of Cornish saints, St Euny, St Martyn, St Piran

Shadows, A New Word and A Wall Hanging

25 Feb

1 The sun was so bright this morning that there were shadows on the blinds of the window bird feeder and the beautiful Cedrus Atlantica.

Shadows on the blind

Cedrus Atlantica

2 The sun went in, a bitter wind came in gusts so accubation was the choice. I curled up with one of my favourites, ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’, our next Book Group book. (Thanks to Shelagh for introducing me to this pleasing new word.)

3 Excellent session singing with The Inglehearts this evening. Every week I see this delightful wall hanging made by the pupils of Troon Primary School where we rehearse.

Wall hanging

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 25, 2013 in Children, collage, community, craft, embroidery, nature, Postaday2013, quilting, sewing, singing, Uncategorized

Tags: Cedrus Atlantica., photography, Postaday, postaday2013, The Inglehearts, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Troon primary School

The Tregellas Tapestries, Colour and A Good Friend

13 Nov

1 The Cornish Studies Library in Redruth houses the The Tregellas Tapestries which show the story of Cornwall from prehistory to modern day, in many beautiful tapestries. These are just two of them. There are 56 more of them and I love going to see them as we did this morning. I wish I could have been part of the project!

Tregellas tapestry

Another of the tapestries

“Known as Redruth’s hidden treasure, the Tregellas Tapestries are a collection of panels of artwork depicting the story of Cornwall in a unique modern tapestry. The word tapestry perhaps doesn’t quite convey how extensive the piece of art is: in short it is a breathtaking work of embroidery, created with appliqué, collage, paint, wool, silks, metal, cork and wood under the direction of Cornish Bard Rita Tregellas Pope, and two designers Joanne Tucker and Anne Corey. The tapestry was created to advance knowledge of Cornwall’s cultural heritage and showcase Cornish history, pre-history, legends industries and activities. The work took three years to complete and has been on display since 2001.”

2 There is still colour in the garden, lots of Kashmir Lilies and just a few nasturtiums and a couple of dahlias.