Wild About Poppies
I feel like I’ve come to the end of this particular poppy piece; “Large Poppies” and it is now ready […]
Category:textile art
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
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