Journal Quilts
Great job!
| Name | Journal Quilts |
| Status | finished |
| Recipient | Me |
| Size | 10 x 10" |
| Happiness | |
| Started | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Completed | Oct 1, 2011 |
| Progress | 100 % |
| Privacy | public |
| Notes | 6.4.11: I am belatedly adding this project since it will be something I shall be working on over the next several months. The Journal Quilts are a challenge laid down by the Contemporary Quilt Group of the Quilter's Guild of the British Isles (QGBI) every year. Each year the size and other elements are changed. The theme of each quilt or series of quilts is left up to the maker.This year the requirements are as follows:Feb - May - a circle must be added.June - Sept - some text to be added.Oct - Jan - the addition of a button or buttons.The size to be 10 inches square.The challenge runs from February 2011 until January 2012.My theme is perhaps a little pretentious: "A Year in the Life of a Village". The title certainly is (chuckling!). The intention is to use architecture and images from the area around where I live and document them as a series of small quilts. Hope you like them.Oh yes, I have decided to add buttons, text and a circle to each quilt. I must be mad............February: "Welcome to Moulton". The sign stands at the entrance to the village, as does the house shown. The crows are a symbol of the village itself. More of this as the series progresses.March: "Spring is coming". The church, dating from the 1850s stands in the centre of the village. It has a metal spire, but is otherwise built of stone. The tree with it's nests stands not far from the house seen in the first piece. The snowdrops and daffodils always herald the coming of Spring for me. I love to see them.April: "Maps and cherry blossom." There are at least three cherry trees in the area where I live, the photo is of the trunk of one, the blossom from photos of another. When the wind blows the blossom from the trees, the whole area is covered in a rather gorgeous pink snow. Sadly, the blossom never seems to last for long. The light is one standing close to a neighbours wall. The light looks lovely at night, being just above the tops of the trees that surround it.May: "Play Week." "The Crows" are the name given to a dance group, a rather secretive all-male group, which usually only performs during the Crow Fair held in the village each July. For one week only, the group danced as part of a play produced as a collaboration between a local playwright, the Moulton Drama Group and The Crows, in celebration of 30 years of the Drama Group. I was commissioned to make a copy of my May journal quilt to be presented by the Crows to Robert in appreciation of his work. The group of dancers to the left of this design was based on a photograph by Pat Bennett, a local photographer, and has been used with his permission.The second copy has been framed and can be seen in the fifth photograph.For more details about the Crows, please visit this website: http://www.madca.org.uk/history/crows.htm29th May: Robert was presented with his "picture" last night after the last performance. He was delighted with it. June: "Gone fishing." I took the photo of the man fishing down at the locks not far from the village. He was sitting there with a farmyard goose for company. Odd. Fishing is a popular hobby amongst many men and boys in the village. The navigable river Weaver is close, and is a popular site for fishing competitions during the season. The carved stone can be seen beside the locks. It was left on the side after some essential rebuilding work undertaken at the locks a couple of years ago.July: "The Crow Dance." The dance is performed every year at the village "Crow Fair". The design depicts a scene from the dance with the crows surrounding the scarecrow and the farmer looking on. The gun is not real, being made of wood. There is a sound effect used for the firing of the gun which is also part of the dance.August: "The pies and peas race." This five mile race is run every year through the village and the surrounding countryside. The runners come past my garden.September: "Moulton School." A celebration of the start of yet another school year in this old building. The weather vane on the roof has always amused me, with it's reference to the Crow Dance. Note - I never did finish the whole of the twelve months. I just couldn't find anything suitable for the October page and lost confidence in finishing. |
