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Fabric Basket
There are lots of patterns for fabric baskets on the internet, some people have gathered boards solely devoted to the theme on Pinterest. I wanted to use some of the scraps from my block printed fabric...
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A Revelation.
I am often wandering from one end of the room to the other when working with a group of people and asking where did I put the masking tape, etc., etc.? A couple of weeks ago it came to me, what I...
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Strictly Stitch
On Wednesday May 13th 2015 I will be leading a day workshop called 'STRICTLY STITCH' at the National Needlework Archives which is based at the New Greenham Business Park. Please follow the link to book...
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Tug of War
I have been going to a local drawing class over the last few months and we were asked to bring in images to draw. I decided to use a photo of herdswomen in Tibet playing a game of ‘tug of war’. The...
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More doodling.
I recently re-joined Creative Bug as their monthly fee has been reduced and one can now save one class a month to view indefinitely. I worked along with one of Lisa Congdon’s line drawing workshops....
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Birthday Giveaway
Nearly time for another birthday and with it another give away. This is for one of four pieces of stitched work from my bits and bobs basket.a) Each could be made up in some way, a bag or cushion front...
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'New' tools.
I'm trying very hard to throw things away, expecially packaging, but this broken salad spinner was just sitting on the side before it found the right rubbish bag. Whilst waiting for my morning cuppa to...
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Stencil/Collage
Here are some pictures of Stencilling in black and white after watching Jane Davies video: then taking the papers into ipad apps and collage. This is an interesting group project and I am doing it...
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GiveAway 'winners'.
Here is the list of the four people to receive one of the pieces of stitchfrom my birthday giveaway. You need to contact me with your name andaddress.PennyFlashinScissorsFibrenellÖzge BaşağaçHere are a...
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Distort
Somehow I had missed the fact that Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn produced another DVD last year, this one ‘In Motion’ is about ‘free machining’, and it strongly features using dissolvable fabrics...
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Distort again
I decided to have another go at the idea of distorting scrim, like 'drawn thread' work with the sewing machine.I worked using this sketch as a guide:This time I worked on a piece of calico rather than...
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'Buried Treasure'
Over on'The Altered Page' Seth Apter is featuring his buried treasure idea and will publish a list of participating blogs, the authors choosing their own favourite post to re post. Should be...
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Distort Threee
This time I found a monoprint of the field, which I had coloured, in one of my sketchbooks and decided to use that as the background. I transferred this to calico using TAP (Artists' Transfer...
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'The Blanket Book'
Elizabeth Caush who lives in Hampshire UK has just published her first book about thehealing power of creativity and craft, specifically that of knitting. She recently came to give a talk to my group...
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Collecting
I have always been fascinated by walking along the shore line and collecting bits and pieces of shells, wood and other salvage. We now have a house by the sea and hopefully will be spending more time...
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Block Print Distort Part One
I had the idea to try block printing with the distorted scrim technique. So first of all I had some fun making the block, I used Moo carving medium which is easier to use than the thin material which...
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Block Print - Distort Part Two
The next stage was to try out the block on fabric, which usually means cutting away more areas which are not as you want them and are showing up more clearly on fabric. There was not too much to cut...
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Have a go?
This is a project you may want to have a go at; I got the basic idea from a product review on the Great Art Blog about the use of Catalyst Wedges. I liked the idea of colouring in the mono print which...
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What I did on my holidays.
I have been away for nearly three weeks in all and managed a few bits and pieces.I did a watercolour class on my cruise to the Azores, slightly punctuated by terrible weather in The Bay of Biscay....
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