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Dragon Hide No 2
As suggested by the title, this is the second blog post on my series on dragons with my grate frend, Beatriz Acevedo. This is another piece which has a lot of stitching on it because I had time over...
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Dragon Hide 3
This is the third dragon hide in my series with my Grate Frend, Beatriz Acevedo. I am aiming for 25, but we’ll see how far I get. This one is made from a bag of beads I got for three pounds in a sale...
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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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Little piece of improvisation
Just a quick post. This is a little panel – 12″x12″ which was an improvisation as part of my on-line art class. The starting point was to have a person, an animal and a plant. You had to change...
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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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Textile at at Southmead Hospital Bristol
I went up to Southmead Hospital in Bristol the other week for a bit more prodding and poking, and in the brand spanking new building they have decided to include a small gallery. My eye was initially...
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A period Laura Ashley bedroom open for visits
The Medieval Historian and I brushed the gathering dust off our National Trust cards and went to Newark Park to see a bedroom specially decorated to feature in the Laura Ashley home catalogue: I was...
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My last post was about Newark Park and the Laura Ashley bedroom. While I was there I also found time to admire some of the wonderful needlework around the house. There is a good range of embroidery,...
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Brunel Broderers’ Exhibition at Newark Park
On my recent visit to Newark Park I was lucky enough to see the Brunel Broderer’s exhibition, which was of work made in response to the house and gardens. I really hate singling people out in...
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A small thing
This is short post about this very small piece which measures about six inches by four inches. It is made on a piece of old quilt with needle-turned appliqué. The appliqué is mainly done with plain...
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Frome Vintage Textiles Market
I spent most of Saturday morning at a vintage textile market in Frome. This was a mistake, as it is always a wallet-hoovering occasion when I meet old fabric in a commercial setting. I spent rather...
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Joy in work: feathers
Very occasionally I get to write one of these posts about when a piece of work just goes amazingly well. This is one of those occasions. It feels like I just turn up and provide the hands but the...
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Field notes from Utopia
A couple of months ago, I went on a fantastic weekend at Shore Cottage Studio. I have blogged about this before, but, to recap, it is a gorgeous studio on the Dee Estuary which runs short courses on...
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Modernista Easter
It seems to me that not everyone wants pretty pastel things at Easter and so I did a bit of What if? thinking. What if we made some decorations which were based on a bit more sophisticated palette...
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I recently went on a really great workshop organised by Selvedge magazine. It was called a ‘Craft Spa Day’ and was held in Bloomsbury. Selvedge, by the way is a fantastic magazine. It has the most...
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