Christmas seems to have come up very quickly this year & I’m not well prepared! Lucky I’m not hosting anything but I did manage to make my present for the family secret Santa – a tote bag made of upholstery fabrics that had been gifted to me. I tutored some print workshops recently for a […]
Some of my demo pieces from the heat transfer workshop – above was a fairly random arrangement of torn painted papers and resists (fern leaves & yarn) which were heat transferred onto delustred satin – came out surprisingly well! In this sample, a lace doyley was used as the resist. The paper (right) was painted, glad […]
My blog has been a little neglected recently. There have been a few things happening – first, I’ve finally started the blog for Designing Women (a textile group I’m a member of). Its early days but I hope it will have regular posts, member profiles, lots of pics and information to share. It is a […]
Exciting mail today from another of Judy’s generous blog giveaways – thanks so much Judy! Not much happening here in the way of art lately but I went to Trudi Pollard’s exhibition opening at Genesis in the Hills last Saturday. Some great work on show and I bought one of her framed pieces. Its only […]
These lovely & totally unexpected goodies arrived in the post today from Judy in SA. I was so surprised and very touched by her generosity. Thank you Judy! You can see more of her beautiful creations on her blog. I’d also like to thank everyone who left such caring and supportive comments on my previous […]
I finished this sketchbook cover yesterday. ( opened out above and closed below) Not my usual colours but I’m happy with it.I’m teaching two workshops in Bunbury soon, one is called From Trash to Treasure, which is about creating things from leftover scraps of fabric, yarns, ect. so I thought I would get some examples […]