Sunlit July
The weather has been so warm and sunny recently (hip hip hooray!) that I’ve been feeling the need to use […]
Category:Textile Art
Taking a Larger View
In recent days, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking (not always a good thing!) but this time it’s been
Open Exhibition at the MAC
Today I submitted my offering to the Open Exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham (MAC). The submission process
Bokhara Couching Tutorial – WOW
My first ever published embroidery tutorial has come out in the summer edition of Workshop on the Web! I’ve chosen
Lush – The Life of a Peacock
Here’s an update of my peacock embroidery. It is proving one of those embroideries that never seems to be quite
On the Edge of a Feather
[wpg] I’ve been planning a large peacock embroidery involving the whole peacock not just the imagery of tail feathers. I
Wild About Poppies
I feel like I’ve come to the end of this particular poppy piece; “Large Poppies” and it is now ready
Passion for Poppies
My love of poppies was rekindled yet again (!) by the late appearance of clumps of sumptuous oriental ones in
Make Your Own Fabric Markers
[wpg] I’ve fallen in love with Copic markers recently but after some research, found out they are not very light
Bokhara Couching
[wpg] I’ve been having a little go with some hand stitching trying out various stitches. One of my favourites that
Textile Experiments
[wpg] I’ve recently become interested in doing something different with fabric painting – so trying a few textile experiments. I
Brown Grasses
“Brown Grasses”. It was created from Bogoak tweed bought in Donegal Town, Ireland at McGees. It’s gorgeous fabric and
Peacock Goddess
I created this silk scarf for a private commission. Interestingly when the person received the scarf she told me she’d
Little Cartwheels
[wpg] I added bits of yellow felt and some machine stitching using couched threads to the base fabric first then
Poppy Love
Poppies, I return to them again and again as an art subject because they are so beautiful, dramatic and with
Patchwork Progress
[wpg] A bit like Pilgrim’s Progress I think; trudging along carrying a bundle! I’ve been doing a bit more to
Messing Around
[wpg] This is just a bit of mucking about with some spattered silk dupion as the background. Then I added
Leaves
[wpg] I used my laptop screen as a lightbox and traced the images of some leaves of cow parsley or a
Green Umbel With Darker Shade
Another update showing the darker looking umbel head with some almost blue-black flowers dotted amongst two shades of lilac ones.
Green Umbels update
[wpg] This one has been hanging around for a while after I finished the chain stitching on it and decided
Catch Up
Hey! Happy new year everyone! I hope it’s a wonderful and creative year for you! So here’s my progress lately: