Playing

Well having had my gall bladder removed last Wednesday via keyhole surgery I am now taking some time for continuing professional development (also known as playing!).  Here are a couple of pieces I have started using Markal Sticks, nappy liners, painted Bondaweb and cigar fibre paper.  I have no idea if they will turn into pieces of work but am just enjoying having the time to experiment.

Travelling Textile Treasures

Goodness was November really the last time I posted on my blog!  Well belated Happy New Year to you all.
Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday I was at the Crafts4Crafters Show at Westpoint, Exeter  where I ran short silk papermaking workshops for some of the lovely people I met.  I also gave my Travelling Textile Treasures mobile supply shop its first big outing and I was very pleased that people seemed to like what I was selling.  I am concentrating on supplying small amounts of materials such as silk fibres, fleece, buttons, sequins as well some of the more unusual things like Mistyfuse, water soluble fabric, Tyvek etc.

I can certainly recommend the beds in the Premier Inn - you could have fitted an entire family into mine and yes it was very comfortable and no I didn't have to share it with Lenny Henry!

Here are some photos of the silk papermaking workshops where you can see some of the people I met.

A Tidy Studio

Well just for those of you who know me and might be very surprised to learn that I do tidy my studio, admittedly not very often, here are the photos of the results of tidying my studio at Krowji ready for Christmas Open Studios this weekend.  As we all know the intention is always to keep it tidy but the reality is that it probably won't stay this way so take a good look!  There might even be room for me to transfer more from home!

Christmas Bunting

Here is the bunting I made for the Christmas Bunting Workshop on 3rd December.  I decided I wanted something a little different to the usual pennant shaped bunting and so came up with the Christmas trees with Snowmen and Gingerbread men (or persons!) appliqued onto the trees.  The Snowmen and Gingerbread men could be further embellished with buttons and stitching if you wanted to.  Although you can't see all of them there are seven trees in total and obviously the bunting could be made longer or shorter as required.

This will definitely become part of my Christmas decoration collection and I hope will be displayed for many Christmases to come!

If you are interested in the workshop please contact me for more details.

Embroiderers' Guild Workshop

I had a lovely day yesterday at the Cornwall branch of the Embroiderers' Guild day.  One of our members, Hazel Matthews showed us how to cover boxes with fabric and although mine is not quite finished I am pleased with it so far and that I now have the technique to cover other boxes in the future.  The box I covered had contained Turkish Delight which my daughter brought back from Dublin, so I now have the memory of eating the Turkish Delight and a box to keep treasures in!

And here is a photo of the rainbow I saw through the window whilst I was at the workshop!