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Concerning dolls and perfection
For my birthday, my very generous mother bought me a Mimi Kirchner doll. I have wanted one of Kirchner’s dolls since I came across her work in a book on doll making and used it to create my Laura...
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Little piece of improvisation
Just a quick post. This is a little panel – 12″x12″ which was an improvisation as part of my on-line art class. The starting point was to have a person, an animal and a plant. You had to change...
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More embroidery
My last post was about the fox piece that I started at the Mandy Pattullo workshop I attended. I really like Mandy’s work and I wanted to do a bit more with some of the ideas that we discussed at the...
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More applique
This is the latest of my Mandy Pattullo/Laura Ashley pieces. The background is pieced paper (English method) hexagon patchwork with an overlay of Laura Ashley fabric applique. I had thought that I...
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Teeny tiny sewing machine
I have just come back from a long weekend break in Spain. While we were there we had a less than successful stay in Murcia, where the Medieval Historian had been many years previously. Sadly,...
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Joy in work: feathers
Very occasionally I get to write one of these posts about when a piece of work just goes amazingly well. This is one of those occasions. It feels like I just turn up and provide the hands but the...
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Field notes from Utopia
A couple of months ago, I went on a fantastic weekend at Shore Cottage Studio. I have blogged about this before, but, to recap, it is a gorgeous studio on the Dee Estuary which runs short courses on...
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
Knowing that I am a big fan of the writer, a very dear friend of mine gave me a bottle of Dorothy Parker gin. The gin is the sort of alcohol-rich distillation that would make the average sailor...
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Soft launch at Pomegranate
Saturday was a big day for me. I invited four friends to come and try out my studio as a space for workshops. I was really anxious in case it didn’t work. It is snug, and people have to cooperate...
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I recently went on a really great workshop organised by Selvedge magazine. It was called a ‘Craft Spa Day’ and was held in Bloomsbury. Selvedge, by the way is a fantastic magazine. It has the most...
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