Artwork and garments made from or incorporating fibre and textile.
A FUN SHOPPING TRIP, PICTURE FRAMING, WALK-IN PANTRY REVISITED, AND A MISSING DIAMOND FOUND Picture framing Yesterday my hubby and I went to a lovely part of town where there is a pedestrian precinct with interesting and quirky shops. The main reason for our outing was so that I could take a couple…
STUDIO TIDYING, TEABAG STAINS, CROCHET AND EMBROIDERY, AND ORGANISING A NEW PAINT BOX - ACTIVITIES DURING ONLINE ART COURSE REST WEEK I saved this as a draft on 1st May and then forgot to publish it. I posted it on 19th May, back-dated to 1st May. What did I do in the rest…
HANDS - A DRAWING TO KEEP ME GOING, AND RESURRECTING THE PERSIAN TILES CROCHET THROW Drawing hands Until my new pastel pencils arrive next Friday, I cannot get on with the online art course work. Not wanting to be idle and needing to keep up with my art practice, I drew some hands…
REMAKING A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF KNITTING A beautiful and generous gift A couple of years ago an artist friend gave me a beautiful knitted stole she had made. I was absolutely thrilled to receive this as it was so brightly coloured and very much her style. However, a stole is not something I…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
EMBROIDERY ON MY SECOND VICTORIAN APRON Second post of the day Back in November I began work on my second Victorian-style linen apron, designing the embroidery and transferring it onto the fabric pieces for the bib and pockets. You can see this here. I began the embroidery but have not done very much…
CROCHET ELBOW PATCHES I am gradually working through my hubby's winter woollies, ready for him to wear as the weather gets colder. Each year in the spring, I wash all our jumpers and put them away ready for the following winter, but I don't always get around to attending to any repairs at…
BEGINNING A SECOND LINEN APRON, AND SOME HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY From the outset, I intended to make two vintage-style linen aprons, and last week I began working on the second one. This one will have floral embroidery on it, in a more traditional style. I have already cut the various pieces to make the…
I MADE AN APRON! Since starting my Bonnie Bags project, I've been getting more sewing videos coming up in my feed. I do follow a few channels which show how to make authentic period garments, and while I am not really into this, I am interested to see how things were done in…
IT'S CURTAINS FOR SHOSHI No - that isn't metaphorical, thank goodness - it's literal! Bedroom curtains In my recent charity shop haul, I bought a pair of pale cream curtains with decorative tops. I bought them primarily for the gorgeous trimmings on them, but then I thought I could actually use the curtains.…
