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Sunday, 7 April 2013

150 years of the London Underground!

Yes the London Underground has been going for 150 years this year!  The first underground system in the world people!



Now isn't that something to celebrate!?

Well today I am going to the London Modern Quilt Guild and taking a show and tell which was made to celebrate this remarkable fact - it was a LMQG challenge!

As I only had a day to make it - it did need to be quite a quick make and I wanted it to be something I'd enjoy making.  So I am celebrating one of the original underground stations in particular - can you guess which one!



Photo taken in the evening so not all the Sherlocks are showing!

My take on Andy Warhol and that famous detective who lives at 221B Baker Street!  So yes Baker Street station is the one I picked!



And because I did a sample first - it seems I also have a pincushion!  






Tiles at Baker Street Station have silhouettes of Sherlock Holmes, designed by 
Michael Douglas - I'm guessing it is not the actor!  - and printed by Pamela Moreton.  The design I used as inspiration for my mini quilt.



The Jubilee platforms at Baker Street feature murals illustrating Sherlock Holmes stories.  The Hound of the Baskervilles - I'm guessing



Elementary my dear Watson!
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25 comments:

  1. Amy's Crafty Shenanigans7 April 2013 at 09:21

    Awesome - well done!

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  2. Fiona @ Poppy Makes7 April 2013 at 09:29

    That's fantastic Nicky!

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  3. Susan7 April 2013 at 09:29

    Better than elementary! Brilliant!

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  4. Nat at Made in Home7 April 2013 at 09:32

    Great work! Have fn in London!

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  5. Trudi7 April 2013 at 09:36

    Brilliant!

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  6. Charlotte7 April 2013 at 09:53

    fab!!!!

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  7. cheeky monkey7 April 2013 at 10:23

    This is brilliant! Think you also use the Underground today to get to the MQG. Have fun

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  8. Sue7 April 2013 at 10:43

    Great Nicky!

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  9. Archie The Wonder Dog7 April 2013 at 11:06

    You're so clever! Did you really FMQ all those Sherlocks?! Wow!

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  10. starflash quilts7 April 2013 at 11:43

    http://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/detail/10679/

    That's a great quilt theme-I have never been through Baker street, well spotted! the link above takes you to 'art on the underground', another celebratory project-the film was taken at my place of work where we manufacture the plates. I have been photographing the variations of the maze for future inspiration for a quilt!

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  11. Celtic Thistle7 April 2013 at 13:40

    Fab block Nicky, what a great theme!

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  12. Katy Cameron7 April 2013 at 14:01

    Heh, excellent idea!

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  13. Deborah7 April 2013 at 16:29

    Love these! I'm a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes!!

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  14. Quilting In The Cold7 April 2013 at 18:23

    That is awesome!

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  15. Judith, Belfast7 April 2013 at 18:48

    Too clever! I used to live just around the corner from Baker Street! Jxo

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  16. Lucy | Charm About You7 April 2013 at 18:52

    Fabulous!

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  17. Very Berry Handmade7 April 2013 at 19:56

    That's just great! My OH used two work for the Underground... I will show him this.... Baker St is one of my fave stations because of those tiles.

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  18. mammafairy7 April 2013 at 22:19

    What a great idea! looking good. but how did you get them all the same?

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  19. Catherine7 April 2013 at 22:51

    Brilliant! Did you hand stitch them?

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  20. Mrs Flying Blind...7 April 2013 at 22:58

    Cannot beat a bit of Sherlock!

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  21. Di7 April 2013 at 23:54

    You are a clever bean. Di x

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  22. DeborahGun8 April 2013 at 02:03

    Oh that is perfect!

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  23. Benta AtSLIKstitches8 April 2013 at 08:01

    I recognised it straight away! Brilliant idea. Hope the meeting was great

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  24. Annabella8 April 2013 at 10:43

    What a fab idea!! Of course it would be much better if Baker Street had a tiled wall of Skerlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, my guilty celebrity crush!!

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  25. Cindy Sharp8 April 2013 at 17:30

    Awesome. I have been a fan of Sherlock homes since I was a kid. Well done.

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