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Out of fashion at glHoltegaard
I am still in Copenhagen enjoying an extended work visit. My hosts are quite wonderful and suggested that I might like to see an exhibition just outside the city in a little place on the way to...
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Kaffe Fassett at the London Fashion and Textiles Museum
Yesterday I went to the London Fashion and Textile Museum with my Grate Frend, Beatriz. We went to see the Kaffe Fassett exhibition. She had never heard of him, which I found a bit strange as all...
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Second of my touch pieces
When I first started the Walter Benjamin ‘Destructive Character’ piece, I thought I would do something around deconstructed stitching, which went through a bit of a vogue in the 1990s. Basically it’s...
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Festival of Quilts, NEC
Retro, one of the magnificent quilts on display at this year’s Festival of Quilts This year I managed to get to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. I went with my Grate Frends, Alison,...
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Rebecca
A very good friend of mine is having a bit of a torrid time of it. She is a particularly big fan of my dolls, so I made her a present. It’s a bit whacky woo woo for me, but she is made as a healing...
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Textiles for when you can’t sleep.
The other night I was finding it very difficult to sleep, so I turned on the television and watched Troy (2006). It is not a great film, but it does have the most fantastic costumes. The Trojans wear...
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Mandy Pattullo at the Festival of Quilts
I posted earlier in the week about the Festival of Quilts at the NEC. I had walked all the way round several times, I thought, but almost at the end of my visit I came to a white cube gallery that I...
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Strongly recommended blog
Captain’s log, supplementary, as Captain Kirk used to say. This is a lovely blog for anyone who loves historical textiles:...
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Shopping in Marylebone
This blog has been a bit sporadic recently because I have had a very busy summer either in transit or under the weather (the two might not be unconnected), and I have been working on a biggish...
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Inspiration from this season haute couture
I am not what you would call a fashionista, although, as a fabric lover, I do like clothes, but even I have been struck by the Fall (sorry) 2013 campaigns. The current Chanel campaign is really...
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My latest Laura Ashley project
It’s been quite a while since my last post. This is mainly due to the day job which is becoming increasingly demanding. I have also been working on a couple of things which are for a Bristol...
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What I did at the weekend
On Saturday I went to Builth Wells in Mid Wales to do a talk for the area day of the Quilters’ Guild Region 12. Their small but magnificent banner is shown in the picture above. Quilters, kindly...
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What I did at the weekend
I had a great day on Sunday after a not very thrilling week. I have been working on a new series of small pieces as part of my big Laura Ashley project. I am making some little Saint Lauras as part...
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Work in progress – Little Lauras 1
My new project involves making a series of small panels of little Saint Lauras. I started by making a biggish piece of machine-made crazy patchwork, using my faithful Bernina and the Singer my mother...
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In which it is revealed just how shallow I am
Last week I had a fantastic time in Oxford and London. I was in Oxford to give a talk to the lovely Oxford Embroiderers, and London for a meeting of a research team. While I was in Oxford I...
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www.spoonflower.com
I dare say that people reading this blog all know about Spoonflower (http://www.spoonflower.com/). I am always the last to know. It’s a site which prints your fabric designs on a variety of fabric...
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New Year Doll 2014
Every year I make a New Year Doll. I do this on New Year’s Day, and the only rule is that it has to be made on one single day. Last year I cheated a bit and assembled a doll from the arms and legs...
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Should you happen to be in Copenhagen…
This is a very quick post. I am in Copenhagen to do some external examining work, but I couldn’t let the opportunity slip by to go and have a look at the new fabric shop that has opened on...
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Little Laura no 2
This Little Laura uses one of my favourite stitches: fly stitch. Here there are some examples used as a stand-alone stitch, but also to sew down some substantial sequins. There are also beads sewn...
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Little Laura 3
I do love an encrusted surface and this Laura has a lot of very shiny black beads appliqué-d down the right-hand-side. There is an old turquoise bead earring on the left, which I got in a lucky bag I...
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