As long as mankind has grown crops he has had to devise ways of keeping birds from eating the fruits of his labour. A hungry flock of birds could deprive a family from having enough food to last through the winter, so for more than three thousand years, some form of scarecrow has been in existence. Egyptian [...]

   Races have been run…                                                       Performances have been given …                                                                                                             Awards have been won …   A  collection of treasured art work has gone on display…   So, now it is time for a well earned rest…   A bit of a party…                                                                                                                And lots of fun …                                                                                  

Remember I said, earlier in the week, that there was one thing at the V and A that kept drawing my boys back, again and again? What wonderful exhibit was it? The huge staircase of books, perhaps, or the beatle house? Sure they were iinterested in those and everything else they saw, but during the course [...]

For my last post on the Quilt exhibition, I’m going to give an irreverent, tongue-in-cheek look at some of the contemporary quilts on display. The definition of a ‘quilt’ in the contemporary quilting world is simply this; ‘Three layers fastened together in some way so that the fastening penetrates all three layers’. It is a definition [...]

As printing techniques developed, the British market was flooded with a wide range of printed textile cottons and panels commemorating special events or causes became popular. Women began to include these panels in their patchwork, revealing an engagement with politics and public debate. One such example was the Queen Caroline quilt loaned to the Victoria and [...]

I would never want to live in London, but I do enjoy the occasional visit when duty takes me that way and we try to fit in as many extras as we can. This time, high on the agenda was a visit to the Victoria and Albert museum. One blog post isn’t enough to share [...]