CANVAS BAGS!
Don’t miss my eye-catching Canvas Bags – Ideal for those little shopping trips. New design just out!
I take a lot of photographs of all sorts of things, including my makes, my students’ makes, crafty moments and details from everyday life, especially floral portraits, light and shadow, glorious colours and found patterns. To see more of my own and my students’ work, please visit my Pinterest page.
Nine blocks on the theme of log cabin, and just at the variations you can create using simple strips of fabric in different tones and positioning. Great way to@use up scraps. These measure approximately 13 inches square but imagine then scaled up or creating multiples of a single block in varying fabrics and then creating a quilt. I shall be making more of these but in a different colour way before too long….just for fun. And next year I will be running a two day course @oxford_summer_school exploring this classic block and the creative adventures you can have with it. #logcabin #creativepossibilities #patchworkersofinstagram #learnsomethingnew #joinme …
Monday morning and I am on a bit of a roll with these variations on log cabin. Really quick and easy to put together but oh so very satisfying!! #logcabin #patchwork #mondaymornings #metime #justkeepstitching …
I`ve had a very peaceful day stitching various blocks based on the classic log cabin design. Could this be developed into a new course??? Would you be interested ? #logcabin #patchwork #patchworkersofinstagram #therapeutic #mindful …
Second time in one week, more Boro inspired stitching, this time at the Queens Park Arts Centre in Aylesbury, a community hub of creativity. I always love seeing the variety of different outcomes on these workshops, everyone has their own take in terms of fabric choices and stitching styles, very liberating. #learnsomethingnew #handstitching #boroinspired #loveteaching #creativeday …
I had a great time today with the lovely ladies of @pierpatchersquiltinggroup in Southend introducing them to Boro. They produced a great variety of handstitched panels and patching. #boroinspired #handstitched #patchwork #loveteaching #learnsomethingnew …
Some highly visibly patched jeans that I had forgotten I had done until my daughter appeared them this morning #visiblemending #patches #jeans #blue #denim …
Sifting through piles of random `stuff` this morning and came across this. I remember the production at the amazing Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester but couldn`t have told you who was in it… and just check out that cast!!!!! #nostalgia #royalexchangetheatre #cast #lovetheatre #memories …
Work in progress shot of my daughter`s latest quilt. She`s working her way around the edges, two are bound with pieced bias binding and two are whip stitched together, a technique she has used before and I haven`t seen any one else use. #quiltbinding #stitchingbyhand #handstitching #workinprogress #proudmumma …
This has been on my to do list for a while….patch over a thread bare hole that was gradually increasing in size. So time for some visible but coordinated hand stitching and mending, very satisfying. #visiblemending #handstitched #catsofinstagram #weekendactivity #mindful …
Came across this drawing of Jinx complete with lettering made up of his tail, that I did when I was ten. It was a birthday card for my dad. Spookily similar to my current needlepoint of said feline. I haven`t changed much!!! #archive #catsofinstagram #drawing #needlepoint #lettering …
Spotted this little picture of a piece of patchwork very familiar to me in the current edition of @valelife It`s part of an article promoting Queens Park Arts Centre in Aylesbury where I will be running a visible mending workshop inspired by Japanese Boro on 19th September. Check out their website for more details and bring along something that needs some love and mending. #learnsomethingnew #joinme #sewingworkshop #visiblemending #queensparkartscentre …
A quiet afternoon of improv stitching. Jinx is slowly emerging from the canvas stitch by stitch in beautiful @appletons_wool Accompanied by delightful production of `Pride & Prejudice` on BBC sounds… purrrfect! #sunday #stitching #catsofinstagram #needlepointersofinstagram #mindfulness …
The charity shop gods were very kind today! 4 mint condition Alessi bowls for £3….. not even £3 each just £3 the lot!!!! #charityshopfinds #alessi #lovecharityshops #feelingchuffed #thatwilldonicely …
So thrilled with these beautiful wools from @appletons_wool They are the perfect match for recreating Jinx in needlepoint. Can`t wait to get started. #britishwool #needlepoint #gingercat #handstitched #mydesign …
Some process pictures of my new project, a needlepoint celebrating my first cat when I was a very little girl, Jinx.
-initial doodle -redraw on layout paper -repeat and refine -enlarge on photocopier -enlarge again to desired size approx 38cms -draw onto canvas -stitch eyes. Await wool delivery from @appletons_wool #newproject #needlepoint #needlepointersofinstagram #handstitched #catdesign
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Papercuts from yesterday`s course @oxford_summer_school . A great day of creativity and fun. I am always impressed with how students go from total starter to cutting original complex designs in a few hours. #loveteaching #papercut #monogram #learnsomethingnew #rewardingjob …
It`s @worldcatday so here`s my needlepoint portrait of the magnificent one. #tuxedocatsofinstagram #needlepoint #mydesign #handstitched #cat …
Day four @oxford_summer_school and here are the fb results of my Borrowed from Boro course. Two days of handstitching, layering, creativity and hilarity! So chuffed! #boroinspired #learnsomethingnew #stitching #loveteaching #sewers …
Splendid start to @oxford_summer_school with my `Design your own quilt` course. Lots of creativity, busting rules and going off piste. Delighted with the results. Two days of inspired by Boro starts tomorrow. #craftworkshop #learnsomethingnew #quiltersofinsta #mywayquilt #loveteaching …
So lovely to catch up with this marvellous woman, Deborah Alma also known as the emergency poet, in her @poetry_pharmacy_ in Bishops Castle. I highly recommend a visit to this special place, a visual feast and so inspiring. The bony chap is known as Robert Graves……obviously! #bishopscastleshropshire #inspiring #recommend #poetry #worthavisit …
An impromptu road trip in our ancient VW in the Welsh borders. Lettering in mosaic and bricks in Presteigne and a lovely campsite at @waltoncourtcaravanandcampsite Old Radnor run by Jean who just happens to be a fervent recycler of fabric and patchworker… obviously we had nothing to chat about!!!! 😆Perfect weather and absolutely no time schedule whatsoever. #ontheroad #lettering #camping #exploring #welshborders …
Some details from my Boro inspired jacket including the inside which reminds me of a map of fields. I was really pleased with the tiny scissors and top hat logo that was on one of the shirts I used. I tidied up the edging inside with a broad bias binding. I am running a one day workshop at the Gerrards Cross Summer School on 31st July @gxca_uk Check their website for details. It`s a creative liberating way of stitching and a little bit addictive! #summerschool #boroinspired #learnsomethingneweveryday #gxca_uk
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My Boro inspired jacket is finished!!! I bought a linen jacket for a pound and decided to transform it into something completely different. I layered wadding and scraps of secondhand shirts, including labels (gives the patchwork provenance) with hand stitching using cotton perle in various colours. If you fancy having a go at this creative and mindful technique join me at @oxford_summer_school 5/6 August, there`s a couple of spots available. Details via the @oxford_summer_school website. #handstitching #boroinspired #joinme #craftworkshop #learnsomethingneweveryday …
My amazing mum, 92 and a half putting me to shame recently!! She sets the bar high!! #mother #keeponkeepingon #cycling #putsmetoshame #motherdaughterlove …
I`m off to the Apple Blossoms WI tomorrow to give my `Playing with Knives`, a look at some of the different versions of papercutting around the world, the different techniques and finishing with a demo. So I have designed a logo for the group. Hope it`s a cool evening, hot sweaty hands and paper are not a great combination! If this sounds like a talk a group you know of might be interested in dm me. #logo #handdrawn #papercuttingart #handdrawntype #lettering …
One from the archive. Designed and stitched in 1992 using stranded cottons for my mum. Might revisit some of these icons at some point, may be in a different colour way. #archive #needlepointersofinstagram #mydesign #handstitched #needlepoint …
Spent a delightful afternoon @bailors.field in Garsington pulling and bunching onions, gathering basil and drinking tea. It`s a great local business growing veg, salad and flowers that you can order and it all arrives in a hessian bag. And on a Tuesday afternoon you can help gather and assemble delicious edibles. #localbusiness #afternoon #delicious #fresh #garsington …
Monday morning and I am binding a rug that had sustained moth damage along one end. It`s just like binding a quilt except bigger and tougher! I am using a heavy weight cotton fabric to create the binding, it looks like denim but is a different weave, a very robust needle and some strong linen thread that I have had for years waiting for the right project….and this is it!!! Naturally my feline is supervising and Radio 4 is perfect company #mondaymornings #inthegarden #rugrenovating #handstitching #verysatisfying …
Well that was a lovely, creative fun day with the ladies of Aylesbury Vale Stitchers. The workshop was my Borrowed from Boro, starting with a introduction to Japanese Boro and then students bringing their own interpretation of the technique to their stitched panels, some big, some small all unique to their maker. #boro #craftworkshop #handstitched #patchwork #loveteaching …
Looking for to visiting the Aylesbury Vale Stitchers on Saturday for a day of Boro inspired stitching, so am sorting out an array of examples including my not quite but soon to be finished jacket. If you would like me to come to your group dm me 🤗 #learnsomethingnew #handstitching #craftworkshop #quiltersofinstagram #lovestitch …
Don’t miss my eye-catching Canvas Bags – Ideal for those little shopping trips. New design just out!
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