So this is blogging!

Encouraged by friends (Thanks Tracie) I have decided to start a blog about my journey towards becoming a professional quilter.  When it happens, my company will be called Green Man Quilts, and I intend to sell quilts and quilted gifts.

I've quilted for quite a few years but last year started on a City & Guilds course at Missenden Abbey with the marvellous Barbara Weeks - I've learnt such a lot, and am realising how much more there is to learn.

I'm busy learning about Ando Hiroshige at the moment - a Japanese printblock artist from the 16th century, and his work - particularly "The Whirlpool at Edo" and "The Dyers Quarter" is the big influence on my work this term.

I've been busy doing lots of patchwork samples for my homework ready for the second weekend of my term - this coming weekend.

I've loved learning about fabric dyeing, and producing my own hand-dyed fabrics which I am using for some of my assignments.

This is a photo of my applique assessment - a green man waistcoat.