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2023 – End of Year Review

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…

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31st December 2023

Fibre and Textile Art

Skirting the Issue

SKIRTING THE ISSUE At the County Show last month, I bought some new clothes from an ethnic clothing stand, including a long multi-coloured tiered skirt made from 80 percent silk. Absolutely gorgeous, except that it had a deep shirred band at the top, and I really don't like this style. I bought a…

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12th June 2023

County Show

Birthday / Outings

Devon County Show, 2023

DEVON COUNTY SHOW, 2023 Friday was my hubby's birthday, and since the Devon County Show usually falls around this date, we decided to go, and make it a birthday treat - actually a joint birthday treat as my birthday is at the end of the month. It is always the best day out…

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21st May 2023

Bladder / Cats / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / WOYWW

WOYWW 575 – More Knitting and Knives, Kitties but no Karnage this week (thank goodness!)

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? As before, there isn't anything worth reporting on my actual desk. This week, on the creative front, I have been concentrating on my knitting. Knitting The black sideways knit UFO This is coming along nicely. I blocked it out on my blocking mat, in an attempt to…

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10th June 2020

Birthday / Cards / Cats / Drawing and Painting / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Mixed Media Art / Paper Art / Teabag Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 572 11th Anniversary! A celebration of UFOs.

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? We have now been asking each other that question for a total of eleven years now! Not that I was involved at the beginning, but I've been around for a good few years. We usually do an ATC (Artist Trading Card) swap to celebrate the anniversary but…

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20th May 2020

Bladder / Cats / Computer / Digital Art / Drawing and Painting / Food / Health Issues / House / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 566 Mandala Drawings

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Well, I can actually say that this week there has been something on my desk for once! - apart from a messy dumping ground, that is. This is by way of a bit of a break from Celtic knots. Mandala Drawings In some ways I would prefer…

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8th April 2020

Cats / Diet / Digital Art / Drawing and Painting / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / WOYWW

WOYWW 564 Digital Celtic Knots

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Celtic Knot Motifs This week I've been working on the Celtic knot motifs again, this time using the Procreate drawing app on the iPad. I wanted to try and create a metallic gold look and think I've semi-succeeded! This is the first rendering. I experimented a bit,…

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25th March 2020

Cats / Diet / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / House / Teabag Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 563 Bleaching Teabags Again, and Knitted Bunting

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Teabag Bleaching I've been bleaching teabags again! You may remember a few months ago I had virtually given up on this project because I couldn't get a satisfactory result. The other day I had a new idea - to use the Clorox Bleach Pen on the wooden…

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18th March 2020

Cats / Drawing and Painting / Food / Paper Art / WOYWW

WOYWW 562 Celtic Knot Motifs – Completing the First Batch and Starting the Next

What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday? Not a great deal on the actual desk. I've put some of my stamps into my new folder but they aren't fitting in that well... I want to store them with at least some of the original packaging so that I know what they are, but the…

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11th March 2020

Bible Study / Bladder / Cards / Cats / Colorectal / Computer / Diet / Digital Art / Drawing and Painting / Fibre and Textile Art / Food / Health Issues / House / M.E. / Mobility aids / Paper Art / Teabag Art / Teeth / WOYWW

2019 – The Year that Passed in a Flash and What I did in it

Time for my annual review at the close of the year. This year has passed so quickly that it has left me gasping. The days seem to have flashed past me like for the hero of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine... For some of the time, it's been more a case of what…

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31st December 2019