More wonderful, amazing, colour and quilts from the Ancestral Gifts exhibition at York’s Quilt Museum. The exhibition is curated by Kaffe Fassett and conjunction with The Quilters’ Guild Collection. Kaffe Fassett has taken quilts from the historic collection and used them as inspiration for designing his own quilts, using his own genius use of colour. I really hope some of you have been able to visit the exhibition: but just in case you haven’t…
Enjoy!
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I’ve had the morning off work, so I decided to visit The Quilt Museum in York. The Quilt Museum is one of my favourite museums in York. At the end of October the Museum will closes it’s doors for the last time, but before it does please make sure you pay it a visit. The exhibition that is one at the moment (running until 5th September) is a real show stopper. The exhibition Ancestral Gifts is curated by Kaffe Fassett and conjunction with The Quilters’ Guild Collection. Kaffe Fassett has taken quilts from the historic collection and used them as inspiration for designing his own quilts, using his own genius use of colour. The quilts hang in pairs, so that you can see how they work together. The museum is a a wash with colour, a feast for the eyes and your allowed to take photographs!
My photographs are substitute for visiting but if you can’t make it to York in the next few weeks they will (hopefully) give you an idea of the quality of the exhibition. So, here are a few of the picis that I took and I’ll share some more with you next week…
Hello! Hello! Hello! I know I’ve been very quiet for the last few weeks. I’ve changed jobs and I’ve been having a few family things going on, hopefully, things are starting the settle down and life will return to normal and I’ll be picking my hook back-up over the next few days. My hook hasn’t been totally still over the last few weeks. You can always catch-up with me on Facebook! I’ve slowly, slowly, been working on a pattern to share with you. The crochet pattern is for a water-lily square, inspired by the water-lilies that I saw at Burnby Hall. I hope you like it…
To crochet a water-lily square you will need yarn in a selection of colours (I used Stylecraft’s DK), a yarn appropriate hook (I used a 4mm) and some scissors. Ready?
Round one: 5ch, ss to join…
Round two: 3ch, working into the ring, 2tr tog, *3ch, 3tr tog,* repeat *-* 3 more times, you should have 5ch sp, finish off and weave in ends…
Round three: join new yarn in any ch sp, *dc, htr, 3tr, htr, dc* into ch sp, repeat *-* into each ch sp…
Round four: working into the back of the petals *ss into 2nd tr, 5ch* repeat so you have 5ch sp…
Round five: as round three.
Round six: as round four.
Round seven: as round three.
Round eight: as round four.
Round nine: as round three only work evenly so you have 4ch sp, finish off and weave in ends…
Round ten: join new yarn in any ch sp, 3ch, 2tr into ch sp, 2ch, working into the same ch sp, 3tr, 5ch, *3tr, 2ch, 3tr, into ch sp, 5ch, * repeat *-* in each ch sp…
Round eleven: 3ch, 2tr, 3ch, 3tr, into ch sp, 3ch, 2tr into next ch sp. Continue working in this way around the square, finish off and weave in ends. You should have 3tr, 3ch, 3tr in each corner, 3tr in each side ch sp and 3ch between each…
Round twelve: join new yarn in any ch sp and continue crocheting as with round eleven…
After round twelve I finished off and started my next water-lily square, but it is up to you how many rounds you decide to do before finishing off. I’m going to crochet a few more squares, then join them together so become a water-lily cushion cover.
I’d love to see what you crochet yours into. You can share them here, on Facebook or on Ravelry.
Happy crocheting!
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For those of you that prefer a copy and paste pattern, here it is…
Round one: 5ch, ss to join.
Round two: 3ch, working into the ring, 2tr tog, *3ch, 3tr tog,* repeat *-* 3 more times, you should have 5ch sp, finish off and weave in ends.
Round three: join new yarn in any ch sp, *dc, htr, 3tr, htr, dc* into ch sp, repeat *-* into each ch sp.
Round four: working into the back of the petals *ss into 2nd tr, 5ch* repeat so you have 5ch sp.
Round five: as round three.
Round six: as round four.
Round seven: as round three.
Round eight: as round four.
Round nine: as round three only work evenly so you have 4ch sp, finish off and weave in ends.
Round ten: join new yarn in any ch sp, 3ch, 2tr into ch sp, 2ch, working into the same ch sp, 3tr, 5ch, *3tr, 2ch, 3tr, into ch sp, 5ch, * repeat *-* in each ch sp.
Round eleven: 3ch, 2tr, 3ch, 3tr, into ch sp, 3ch, 2tr into next ch sp. Continue working in this way around the square, finish off and weave in ends. You should have 3tr, 3ch, 3tr in each corner, 3tr in each side ch sp and 3ch between each.
Round twelve: join new yarn in any ch sp and continue crocheting as with round eleven.
After round twelve I finished off and started my next water-lily square, but it is up to you how many rounds you decide to do before finishing off. I’m going to crochet a few more squares, then join them together so become a water-lily cushion cover.
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