I am taking part in the Made on Monday project again, I did it once before in 2016, you can read all about it here It involves making a new piece of 5×5 inch art every week for a year, and posting it online on a Monday.
The first time round I used fabric scraps from my ample scrap box, which never gets any less ample.… Read the rest
Category: in my workshop
postcard art : part 3
You can read part 1 hereand part 2 here
The other postcard swap group I belong to is the “PFA SWAP GROUP – Heart & Handmade Postcard Fabric Art Creations”.
PFA stands for Postcard Fabric Art.
It is a sister group to the one I spoke about here  Members of the main group are invited to join once they have completed at least 3 of the challenges.
postcard art : part 2
This is part 2 , you can read part 1 here
I am a member of a Facebook group called “POSTCARD FABRIC ART – Quilt, Applique, FMQ Thread Sketch, Paint, Embellish+”
It is run by Ann Hillman Lamy, who describes it better than I ever could. She says..
“What’s small and colorful and can adorn the hearts of whoever receives one in the mail?
… Read the restpostcard art : part 1
When I’m not working with fabric I spend quite a lot of time playing with it. It feels like a treat, or a reward to make something that I don’t intend to sell, just for the pleasure of it. It is also an easily accesable displacement activity when I can’t be bothered doing any proper work.… Read the rest change of heart…
I’ve been taking part in another collaborative project with 10 fellow members of a Facebook textile art group, and it finished today.
Back in October I made an A4 sized piece of fabric and marked 11 heart shapes on it.
In a previous project we made round brooches that you can see here
For the hearts we reversed the order they were sent in, so the person who contributed 1st to the round brooches was last to contribute to the hearts.
stitchin’ time….
Another month over, another month of (pretty much) daily Stitch Meditations under my belt.
I stitched for 24 days for at least 15 minutes every day on this piece of barkcloth curtain fabric.
I worked on a 7x7cm square each day, here they are in no particular order.
This is the finished piece.
When it was done I had to decide what to stitch on next.… Read the rest
I stitched for 24 days for at least 15 minutes every day on this piece of barkcloth curtain fabric.
I worked on a 7x7cm square each day, here they are in no particular order.
This is the finished piece.
When it was done I had to decide what to stitch on next.… Read the rest
give me an om….
End of January 2019, how the heck did that happen?
Oh yes, it happened because time flies when you’re having fun, and I have been having fun, handstitching daily for the last 50 odd days. I happened upon a Facebook group called “Stitch Meditations”, and watched a video by a textile artist called Liz Kettle and I thought I’m having some of that.
girls, girls, girls…
We are lucky to have the very talented Ruth Zanoni Roskell as a member of one of the collaborative textile groups I belong to. I have long admired Ruth’s work which you can see here
I really admire her dexterity on a sewing machine. With a seamingly simple line of thread she can create characters with such individual personalities.
hashtag one hundred….
Yesterday was day 100 of my posting a photo of a piece of work I have done in the past on my Facebook page and also on InstagramYou can see individual photos of all of them here.
Why do I bother, you might ask? Well, truth be told, it makes my life a bit simpler, gives me an excuse to interact with social media every day without having to think too much about it, and without the pressure of having to have something new to show each day.… Read the rest
we’ve been framed …….
Seems like the only time I blog nowadays is when I’ve got a collaboration to show off, and I’m happy to say that I’ve got another one.
You can see the previous ones here  here  and here .
This time myself and 7 members of a Facebook textile art group took turns contributing to these squares
First up was Angela Boyce
then they went to Carol Macdonald
next up was Annie Mac
henceforth to Ruth Zanoni Roskell
they then wended their way to Jane Spencer
next up was Kate Stuart (photos to follow)
and then on to Kirsty Mason
last to go was me
I then girded my loins and chopped all of the squares into 32mm x 32mm pieces…..
