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Revisiting a classic
I have been working on a new project, which I will blog about shortly, and I thought that I would get out my copy of The Shining Cloth by Victoria Z. Rivers. It is a great book, a bit of a classic...
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The joy of making
I am not entirely sure what this post is going to be about. I spent quite a lot of the weekend sewing, which was a massive luxury. I am preparing a new talk which will be given its first airing...
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Gillian Travis at Malvern Quilt Show
There was a lot of lovely work on show at Malvern, but the ones I liked the absolute best were Gillian Travis’ Indian quilts. I think this is probably because my own work is going through such a...
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Relaunching the Laura Ashley quilt
I have had a new lease of life with my Laura Ashley project. My huge Body Shop/Anita Roddick quilt has finally gone to its new home and this seems like a good time to make a start on the large Laura...
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What I did yesterday
Something slightly different today. I have been working on presentations of working women in a suite of magazine issues from 1984-1985. The magazine is Working Woman, which I just about remember....
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Finger painting 2
The first exercise in the finger painting course that I have been following was just to make finger prints. I was really inspired to do this by the exhibition of Richard Long’s work at the Arnolfini...
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Strange what you find on your phone
I was clearing out some photos on my phone and found this picture of a page from my sketchbook when I was doing my neckpieces project. Thought it was worth another airing.
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C is for children’s art
Some of you might know that I have been on quite a lengthy period of sick leave. One of the things that I have done during this time is to follow a web-based mixed media art class. It follows the...
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Laura the fox takes a moonlight stroll in her new lacy black stockings
Last week I went to Bristol Quilters’ workshop with Mandy Pattullo. I had a great day. Mandy Pattullo is an artist whose work I have admired since I saw it at the Festival of Quilts a couple of...
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Straight stitching
Most embroiderers, myself included, have at least one book on their shelves called something like 101 Embroidery Stitches. This is a bit like having all those programmes on an automatic washing...
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