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Maggi and I had a great day at the Festival of Quilts on Saturday - the time flew by and I wondered if I would get to see everything, but we did really well and even managed to meet up with Julie and Angela for lunch and a natter. If you visit Julie's and Maggi's blog you'll see a selection of beautiful quilts.........here are some of my favourites: Detail from 'Drawn by the Sea' - Sarah-Jane Dixon 'Graceful Dance' - Janneke de Vries-Bodzinga, the winner of the pictorial quilts section…

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CAS Holmes

Interested in the liminal spaces connecting land, place and environment. Artist, author and tutor works in mixed media with found materials and stitch.…

Cas Holmes, Derek's Garden

Interested in the liminal spaces connecting land, place and environment. Artist, author and tutor works in mixed media with found materials and stitch.…

Cas Holmes

Working today with Cas Holmes as guide and inspiration at Bilston Craft Gallery was a transformatory experience. I have been moving in this direction recently -a mode of patched, upcycled, repurposed paper and fabric - and this was a wonderful consolidation day. I am enthralled by the use of paper made into cloth by the Momigami technique from Japan, where the paper is scrunched time and time again and "fed" with oil. It becomes almost like chamois leather in softness. I could then hand and…

Bird Embroidery.

Delighted to be at Nadel-welt in Germany from 4-6 May 2018 with Common-Land and Tea-Flora-Tales (pictured below at the Beaney Gallery, ...

Well, the solstice has passed and we are officially in 'Spring' though it is more like Winter. More confusing, I leave shortly for Australia via Hong Kong so will enter Autumn bit will feel more like Summer. Will need clothes for four seasons (isn't there a pop group in there somewhere?) I will update this blog with sketches and images as and when I can. Meanwhile, I leave my other half (Derek) doing a 'Spring Clean'. He is a very handy guy so we will be putting stairs into our loft to make…

'Natural Histories', a touring textile exhibition by Cas Holmes and Anne Kelly, at Artworks MK

A mixed bag this week. Fundraising for Children in Need. Spur of the moment decided to raffle Tulip to creative arts students at Adult ...

Cas Holmes - 'The Downs: Wind-Torn' The Down, Kent is a designated 'area of outstanding natural beauty'. An ancient landscape with a cltural heritage and diverse wildlife and habitats. Many places have now been made inaacessible as roads take up more and more of this heritage. #FOQ2021 #FestivalofQuilts #FestivalofQuilts2021 #quilting #sewing #quilts #fortheloveofgaia

Photo by Mick Hemmings

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Cas Holmes Pani Kekkavva (Kettle) Wagtail 2019. 160 cm x 59 cm x 0.5 cm. Mixed media paint, print, cloth and stitch with found materials