Inspiration

Have been to Dudley Art Gallery and Museum to an exhibition by the Contemporary Quilters branch of the Quilters Guild. The theme was "The Thin Blue Line" - whatever interpretation of that phrase the artists cared to make. It was fascinating and inspiring as well as totally daunting. I realise how far there is to go with this and the journey could be seen as insurmountable quite easily, but I have to turn that thought around because really it's great to have so many adventures in paint, print, dyeing, stitching and manipulating images and textiles ahead of me!

There was a beautifully executed and laid out seascape by Catherine Brierley from my group in stunning deep blues and silky greys, a small quilt by Ineke Berlyne, whom I greatly admire, but really every single exhibit was quite breathtaking.

I only had an hour on my parking meter so I'll need to go back again - meanwhile I bought this nice little collection of postcards to remember some of the pieces by.

In the meantime in snatched moments I am working on an African riverscape but it has a long way to go yet.

Tomorrow I am off to a patchwork course to learn how to piece properly (so far I've got it from a book or the internet but mostly by guesswork). I will have to have a paradigm shift into accuracy mode rather than gay abandon mode!!