Category: textiles

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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…..… Read the rest

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you wait all year…

… for a collaborative textile project, and would you believe 3 come along at once!
I have blogged about  the 2 previous  projects here and here . I thoroughly enjoyed them, and was delighted to fnd another group of people who were keen to have a go as well. We worked on round brooches, each of us adding some textile art and then sending it on to the next person.… Read the rest

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heart to heart….

Back in June I blogged about a collaborative textile art project that I took part in, read all about it here
I ended by saying “watch this space” for the results of the second round  of the project  which involves heart shaped brooches.
Today I posted the finished brooches to the participants, and this is a record of how they progressed from start to finish.… Read the rest

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enough about you, let’s talk about me….

My relationship with Facebook is complicated.
I was strongly FB-phobic for many years until a mate gave me his password as a Christmas present so I could nosey on my friends and not miss any invitations to parties. I spent an obsessive  few days delving into every crevice of everyone I knows activity/photos/friends/friends photos/friends of friends photos etc etc until I thought my head would burst.… Read the rest

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catching up with myself….

A recent lightbulb moment  lead me to realise, a decade later than everyone else, that I can upload photos from my smart(er than me) phone to my blog at the same time as I do it to Facebook and Instagram. This means, in theory that I might, maybe, hypothetically, be more likely to blog more often if the photos are already in place, all I need to do is add a running commentary on a day to day basis, perhaps.… Read the rest

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COLLABORAMA – a collaborative textile art project


A chance conversation in a Facebook textile art group I belong to led to a collaborative project that started in Febuary and has come to fruition today.
Myself and 9 other members of the group took part.
I prepared an A4 piece of fabric, added some bits of fabric (to alleviate the oppression of the blank page) and drew 10 circles on it.… Read the rest

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vroom vroom aaargh!

A couple of weeks ago, another of my domestic sewing machines bit the dust. It’s gears crumbled, most likely due to the amount of zigzagging I subjected it to whilst making lots of brooches before Christmas. I had the choice of getting it repaired, getting another similar one, or taking the plunge and investing in an industrial machine that does straight stitch and zig zag.… Read the rest

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Rhymes with “Safe Assett”….

I have long been a fan of the fabric designed by Kaffe Fassett and his partners Philip Jacobs and Brandon Mabley, collectively known as “The KFC Collective”.
The bright, bold, joyous designs are instantly recognisable and very appealing . However I had never actually bought, sewn with, or even been in the same room as an actual piece of the fabric.… Read the rest

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Scrappy New Year !

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I have completed a year of the “Made On Monday” project, which involved making a 5 inch piece of artwork every week. I chose to make mine from the scraps left over from my other textile work. The sharp eyed amongst you will spot that there are more than 52 in the photo, but what’s a couple of extras amongst friends?… Read the rest

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constructive proCRAFTination……

In general I love my job, I feel very lucky that I can make a modest living by selling the things I create in my workshop. My least favourite bit of my job is tidying that workshop. I have recently made over 500 brooches to be sold at Winchester Cathedral and York Christmas Markets.art-brooches_24
My workbench was piled high with brooch debris.… Read the rest