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War collar number two
The second collar in my series of wearable armour for corporate women is this blue neckpiece. The idea here is to make a protective piece. So, according to the sort of folklore I was brought up...
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The Athena Collar
For some reason, the photographs on the blog are getter worse. I still can’t find my proper close-up camera for the details, and I like to use my camera phone so that the pictures will load quickly...
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Janet Clare Workshop
I was very lucky last week to go to Janet Clare’s talk at Bristol Quilters and then to her workshop the following day. The talk was about publishing her books, and came in a series of talks we have...
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What I did at the weekend
You may be familiar with the phenomenon of saying yes to something which seems in the very distant future only to find it coming up very quickly indeed. Well, flicking through my diary last week to...
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On the joy of getting something right
Last week I had a particularly bad day at work. I went to a meeting where just about every behaviour I warn students about was on display. So, no-one (except idiotic me) was prepared to stand up to...
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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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Latest additions to my Laura Ashley project
First of all, I am very sorry about the long gap between this post and the last one. I know a high proportion of people like to read the blog on Sunday afternoons, and I haven’t been providing you...
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What I did at the weekend
If you read my previous post you will know that I have had a very busy time recently. So this weekend, although I have a head buzzing with Laura Ashley ideas which need making, I found myself making...
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Mr Finch
Finally, finally, finally my copy of Mr Finch’s book has arrived. I made a cup of good coffee and sat down to read it. That isn’t my hand, by the way, the picture is from his Facebook gallery. Mr...
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Latest Laura Ashley panel
I have started doing some work with Laura Ashley fabric again. This time there is no rush. It’s not for an exhibition or a conference paper, so I can take as long as I like. It started with one of...
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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 at the weekend
These are really not very good photographs of the work I did on the new Laura Ashley piece. I have had a big burst of interest in this quilt, and I am wondering if it is because the other large piece...
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What I did at the weekend
On Monday night I gave a talk to the Westbury Park Quilters on Album and Friendship quilts. I have been doing some research on these on and off for several months, and one of the most intriguing...
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Bloggy the Blog Dog
I bought this fantastic little dog at the Bristol Embroiderers’ lovely show at the weekend. I just loved his exuberance. He’s like a 3D sampler with his beautifully couched back and his french knots...
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Falling in love again
There haven’t been many posts recently as I have been finishing things off and there hasn’t been much to report, but suddenly I have quite a lot to post about. This is a big project from my work on...
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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life?
This is quite a small panel, one of the last ones I made, but the one which will be in the top-left-hand corner. Some of the panels have fents or offcuts instead of costume prints, including this...
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Inspired by Janet Edmonds and Vincent van Gogh
On Wednesday I went to a great workshop with Janet Edmonds which was based on working with van Gogh as inspiration. I knew it was going to be a good day when I sat down next to lovely Nathalie who...
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van Gogh in purple and yellow
This is the second sample from the Vincent van Gogh workshop, this time working with purple and yellow, which co-incidentally were the colours of my school uniform. I love this combination, although...
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van Gogh Green and Red Inspiration
I chose this slightly less well-know study of sunflowers for my red and green piece: We used straight stitches and then whipped them with contrasting colours. I thought my finished piece looked like...
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van Gogh inspiration purple and yellow part deux
This yellow and purple piece was based on experimenting with buttonhole stitch and detached chain or laisy daisy stitch. I really liked the delicacy of stitching into the buttonhole stitch with...
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