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Blues - Blues, as in color, not mood. This piece started life as a doodle in Sketchbook followed by a few layers in PSE. The Sketchbook App is addictive, that is ...3 hours ago
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Free football and Beatles shows and early years sessions - The football show 'Kicking and screaming' and The Beatles show 'In the town where I was born' are shown at regular intervals every day. Admission to the ...3 hours ago
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Annie Williams demonstrates a still life in watercolour - I visited the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists today - because Annie Williams was giving a demonstration. Annie Williams demonstra...5 hours ago
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Reply to Over a cup of coffee... (all topics and all things) - Rob™ posted a reply: I use clikpic as well, and I've not been very adventurous with it on my site, but I've just used it to create a site for a friend an...5 hours ago
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Over the moors to Ripponden - Today I visited Gillian Travis as part of a skill swap, my knowledge of websites for Gillian's knowledge of quilt making - I know who has come off best so ...7 hours ago
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Aghooooooooooo!!!!! - Woop woop ooh agh oop! Jiggerdy jiggerdy jiggerdy la! I have stretched and finished the first two pieces for the Saatchi.... I just spent an hour with a ...8 hours ago
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Friday Freebie A hand embroidery pattern - This design could be worked in outline stitches or combined it with fused applique and beading. This pattern is part of the Friday Freebie series where ...8 hours ago
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the next book - I think I have decided on what the next book is going to be. I’m not going to say what it is yet, because the decision could change. But I figured it was...8 hours ago
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So this is next? - This is very exciting it is the next event where you'll be able to catch the Material Girls-Articulation exhibition - Bridging Waters. It is promising to b...8 hours ago
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Win One of Two Photography Courses from New York Insititute of Photography - Today I’m really excited to announce a competition here on dPS which gives you the chance to win one of two digital photography courses from one of our adv...8 hours ago
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Other Drawings - Life drawing is something I enjoy. I have spent time on a couple of workshops and practised at home. These are a few of the drawings. It seemed like a goo...9 hours ago
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Morphy Richards Essentials 70455 Compact Steam Cleaner: a review - [image: Morphy Richards compact steam cleaner]I hate cleaning. Even more than cleaning, I loathe grunge. Deep ingrained dirt that seems to be dug right in ...9 hours ago
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For Sale - As part of the wonderful kit I purchased the other day - the Big Shot - there was included an accessory kit. It is in a lovely white case and contains: a pa...9 hours ago
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More fun with the GO! Cutter - I had some fabric left from my placemats so I decided to "whip up" some postcards using my GO! Cutter. For this I used the GO! Round die. All of these shap...10 hours ago
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painting Girlie Glams & a GIVEAWAY with PanPastel - The celebration continues on my Doodles Unleashed online book tour today with another one of my favorite creative companies PanPastel. I love their vibrant...11 hours ago
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Project 3 - Stage 6: Exercise 2 - cont. - *Combining Textures and Colour Effects* Having completed the stitched sample for exercise 2, we are required to find a drawing with pastel colours to devel...11 hours ago
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Research Point: detailed drawings by Albrecht Dürer - The brief: find out about two artists who exemplify mastery of detailed drawing and make notes about their work. Choose a modern artist and one working i...12 hours ago
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Colour still... - I have been giving more thought to the subject matter I shall be photographing to illustrate primary and secondary colours. I have decided that I really wa...13 hours ago
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PS about woad Lisäys koskien morsinkoa - Louisan kommentti edelliseen postaukseen muistutti minua kolme vuotta sitten keväällä tehdystä morsinkovärjäyksestä, joka meni myös pilalle ja sain vain to...14 hours ago
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Review of Frank Gohlke’s Style - Frank Gohlke’s work came to particular attention when it was included in the exhibition “New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape,” held in...14 hours ago
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Curing Fabric Prints - Since a few people have asked me recently about curing prints on fabric, I thought I'd put what I know down here, in case anyone else wants to know. Firs...14 hours ago
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Red Flowers - Yesterday I felt like painting. And when that happens, I paint. Here is what came out of that... This measures 9" x 12" and is painted on watercolor paper...14 hours ago
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Look away now! - I know some people aren't too keen on these little critters but there's no escaping them chez Kemshall right now. I only wish we had sound effects on this ...14 hours ago
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Work In Progress: Rockstar Boro Skirt - More progress on the boro inspired skirt. I've sewn down dyed vintage laces to cover the raw seams but haven't embroidered them yet. At my current pace th...15 hours ago
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abstract watercolor flowers - Sue B here... I've been playing a bit with my watercolors this week and fell onto an easy way to create watercolor images that have the suggestion of flo...15 hours ago
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A Work of Art - Oooh, I am so happy to have this new knitting bowl. Perhaps you have seen these made from ceramic, but this one is hand made by Don Maxwell, husband of kni...15 hours ago
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Tutor Report after Assignment 2 - *Tutor Report Form* Student name: Sylvia Philpot Student number: 503311 Course/Module title: Painting 2: Exploring Concepts Assignment number: 2 *...17 hours ago
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riverstitch revisited - i had a truly joyous moment today Audrey Fittall [one of the lovely group of Riverstitchers] swung by Beautiful Silks after class today and showed us al...17 hours ago
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20 prayer flags - [image: 20 prayer flags] Twenty prayer flags hang in my backyard. This, number 20, is for Mary. [image: flag 20 for mary] [image: flag 20 for mary detail] ...17 hours ago
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FO: REC• iPhone cosy - Continuing with the colourwork challenge on the SDK group, this month the challenge is mosaic knitting. Mosaic knitting can be done flat or in the round ...17 hours ago
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International Women's Day - Today is International Women's Day which should be significant but I wonder if it really is. Things don't change - Australia has a female prime minister ...17 hours ago
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Liverpool Printmaking Exhibition - You are all invited to the private view of the Liverpool Printmaking exhibition at the Merchant Taylor's Girls School in Crosby on *Thursday 15th March fr...18 hours ago
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The Naked Artist... - ... Well, put it this way, this is the closest I could feel to standing naked in the middle of the street without actually taking any clothes off! Let'...18 hours ago
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Journal quilts, a bag, BOM - I finally finished my 4 12 x 12" journal quilts - they have to be in Canberra next Friday so I'm cutting it a bit fine but they should get there on time. ...18 hours ago
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..punchneedle plus... - Playing around with some longer loops... ...and cutting through to make a pile... I thought I'd put something else into the equation this time though. Pa...18 hours ago
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life maxims - [image: threading mistakes] the toast always falls on the buttered side. threading mistakes always happen in the middle. engrossed in the big debate whethe...18 hours ago
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Construction - I've been looking at the different ways some small things have been constructed and here are some photographs. The three photographs below show bonded bris...19 hours ago
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a bit of blog love... - Last week I had a message from Helen Hallows (whose blog and website you should def check out) telling me that she had awarded me the Liebster Blog Award...20 hours ago
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an unfinished piece for iwd - i started making this piece this morning after i found a lots of fake pearls and organza bags at the $2 shop. my first thought sequence was pearls-tears-th...20 hours ago
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Cleveland studio - Up at 5:am for a flight to Cleveland. Tomorrow, taping two Quilting Arts TV segments and a DVD which will be out at some point in the next 6 months. Will...1 day ago
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Getting Ready for a "HOT" Workshop - (Above: The Studios of Key West ... exhibition space turned workshop! This is the amazingly well lit, spacious setting for HOT, my fiber workshop tomorrow...1 day ago
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Camano Island Quilters - This morning I did my Power Point presentation for their quilt guild and everyone enjoyed themselves. These ladies love getting together and had a feast o...1 day ago
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Cross stitch update - Back to the wildflower this week - making good progress; the pieces with sections of the same colour always go faster than those with loads of changes......1 day ago
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Drop Spindle with fabric - A couple of weeks ago I went to a course at textiles in focus at cottenham and took a drop spindle course as I am wanting to incorporate some of my own yar...1 day ago
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Pictures for an exhibition - It's happening in April at Artisan, and the title is "Right on Kew". For many years Tony has been taking his camera to Kew Gardens and has hundreds of pho...1 day ago
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Wednesday Words - Just a few words... This week I discovered that she really is a fussy cat! She loves this food: For Fussy Cats!!! ***** A sheep on the farm has had a C-Sec...1 day ago
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Educational Strip What's happening to my body, it's all going mad!! - I know I've said this before about other projects but I found this hard. I couldn't decide what to do so I did some brainstorming I decided to do menstruat...1 day ago
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Tweedale Quilter - Given I am sat on a train with very little to do I thought I might as well update my blog. I've got a few things I will need to post from home but I can ...1 day ago
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Creative Stitches - Glasgow SECC - I forgot to take a photo of the stand before I left - so here is one I prepared earlier - at Bluewater in February. Well I'm here in Glasgow and not toooo...1 day ago
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Happy Birthday Leo! - What's that I can smell? Smells like sausage cake! If I give you my paw can I have some? Wow! that was easy! Down in one! Happy Birthday Leo! 12 years old to...1 day ago
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TWIST and SHOUT - In this months Twist textile magazine, about all things fibre, yarn and wool! my hand woven scarves are chosen as 'objects of desire'. Thank you twist. h...1 day ago
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The Crocheted Lace D'Oyley - Illustration: *Matilda Marian Pullan. Crocheted d'oyley pattern, 1856.* The humble d'oyley, doily, or indeed doilie, doyley, or d'oilie, is often overlo...1 day ago
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Painting begins on Life 3 - Switching Off - Struggling a bit with this one for some reason. Never mind....I'll get there I hope. I wouldn't enjoy it much if it was easy!! Left: an outline sketch of...1 day ago
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PPP5•live on Wednesday 14th March - On Wednesday 14th March 2012 Purple Podded Peas will be five years old . . . that's a whole lot of words and pictures and your lovely comments that dese...1 day ago
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misc - Hello everybody! Thank you all for your comments on Marseille. Did I tell you that Marseille is going to be the Culture Capital in 2013? I wonder if we wil...1 day ago
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Some more pictures from the exhibition connecting threads at... - Some more pictures from the exhibition *connecting threads* at Studio 61, Lee Road, London SE3. Artists include glammammama, Charlotte Grierson a...1 day ago
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Purse - Here's another purse I made using the idea I saw from a TV demonstration by Linda McGeehee. This one is lined, but that makes it bulky, so I think a doubl...1 day ago
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Header Challenge 14-03-12 = by Kathy - Now you see it // Now you dont - Here we are again, Happy as can be, All good pals & Jolly good company. YES Its time again for our Header Challenge and Kathy has chosen for her week is Now...1 day ago
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Not C&G1 - Back in September a group of like minded EG members started to meet once a month to share ideas and have a play.Different people offer to lead the workshop...1 day ago
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practice.... - My brain hurt last night...proper hurt. hurtpast participle, past tense of hurt Verb: Cause physical pain or injury to: "Ow! You're hurting me!" well at tim...1 day ago
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Some new commissions - Last week, amongst my many usual commissions I had a couple of more challenging requests. The first commission was for a chairty ball and the lovely cu...1 day ago
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Sheep - With a little French Chic! - This is Ronelle's card to me. A gorgeous array detailing some of her neighbours sheep. I love the way she has managed to catch their expressions. The ...1 day ago
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I Couldn't Resist - I know I said that I was only going to grow one variety of potato this year, but when I saw packets of seed potatoes in a shop window display at only £1.0...1 day ago
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February's Finished Item - The item I chose to make for February is Fetching by Cheryl Niamath. These fingerless gloves are knitted in an aran yarn which knits up quickly. I chose ...1 day ago
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Serendipity Studio @ Rosehill Craft & Sewing Show - This afternoon I set up my studio demonstration space at the Craft & Sewing Show at Rosehill Gardens, Sydney. I wasn’t sure how much wall space I would hav...1 day ago
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'Stitched' Blog Hop Tut. Part 2 - Now to make the fold book, decide on the pieces of printed fabric which you prefer. A useful tool is a card window made by cutting out two pieces of c...1 day ago
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1-2-3 indigo vat and some itajime at the JANM - It was nice to see so many old shibori and indigo friends. We practiced on many types of silk with the colorhue dyes. It was a real pleasure to see everyon...1 day ago
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DMC Shoppers Checklist - I have a few announcements to make. Hot and fresh from the printer, DMC’s updated Shoppers Checklist. This is a very handy tool to throw into your bag when...2 days ago
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COOL sketch! - I got a huge kick out of this sketch by Len Sime Druskovich on our Artist's Journal Workshop Facebook group, and had to share it with you--AFTER asking p...2 days ago
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Busy, busy, busy - I have been a busy, busy girl. First we made a trip to Washington DC and on to Philadelphia for the Buyers Market of American Craft to buy for the store....2 days ago
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Exercise: Diagonals - For this next exercise I had to produce four photographs which use diagonals strongly2 days ago
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Tag Tuesday - birds - This weeks tag was inspired by the paper napkin that I was given. A sheet of vintage music with a song about the sea was adhered to my card tag. When th...2 days ago
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Samples... and another book! - I wasn't going to show you any little matchbox books today. Oh no... I was going to show you a little glimpse in my sketchbook instead. Yesterday we took ...2 days ago
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oh this is much better than a Mars Bar! - When I was six I won a competition to make shortbread, and the prize was a Mars Bar! i can't remember ever having won anything since that, so a Big Thank y...2 days ago
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Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Course - On that freezing cold Saturday in February I went on a printing course at Artworks Mk in Great Linford, Milton Keynes. It was a beautiful drive with the t...2 days ago
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Buttons... - are wonderful things, so I thought I would show you some more of my collection. These are chocolate brown Art Deco glass buttons (or that is what they w...2 days ago
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An Unfolding Interest - My mind has been on folds and structure of late as a result of several strange juxtapositions in life. Visiting the Lost in Lace exhibition in Birmingham...2 days ago
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An essay on reviewing photography - This exercise is the third essay analysis. The essay is "*Words and pictures: On reviewing photography*" by *Liz Wells*and again is to be found in the cours...2 days ago
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112 in 2012 (#7) - I have taken 22 pictures in my quest to complete 112 pictures in 2012 and there are exactly 300 days left in 2012...so as long as I take 1 picture every 3 ...2 days ago
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Part 4: Drawing Figures - I’m really enjoying this part of the course (at last!). This is partly because I feel as though I’ve made a breakthrough in terms of confidence (see previ...2 days ago
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Stepping up! - This dropped through the letter box last week. It is the magazine I receive for being a member of the Quilters Guild of Great Britain. Whilst browsing t...2 days ago
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extendent embellisment - A new course by Karen working with scrim For the first course I made a piece not finished yet A good time to extend2 days ago
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Carving lino and wood! - This will be an interesting experiment! I have cut 3, 12 x 12 linos! My idea is that they will work as a unit (that would be a 3 foot x 1 foot print ...2 days ago
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Baby Goes Baaaaa! - Author Copies - Whenever you have a new book published, your contract allows you a number of free copies. How many you get depends on how generous (or mean!) the publishe...2 days ago
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Oops Forgot to Provide a Teapot/Rosewater Jug image - In my last post i forgot to post a photo of the fours Teapot and Rosewater Jug panels I have available for sale.Here they are!2 days ago
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Sketchbook competition - My thanks to Sian and her 'judging team' for awarding me 2nd prize in her recent Sketchbook challenge with my selection of 10 pages. I am looking forward ...2 days ago
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Work In Progress… - Been painting again and playing around with impasto medium. It adds a bit of body to the paint and texture. This is painted on calico. Might stitch it, mig...3 days ago
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In the Beginning..... - Way back mid2007, there was a weaver who couldn't. To satisfy her yearnings she roamed the web looking at any reference to textiles. The ancronym, "TAST" ...3 days ago
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I Love New Yorker Maps - I picked up last week's New Yorker and there was another map. The one above is the iconic New Yorker's view of the US which I have always loved. If yo...3 days ago
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Challenge #66 -Sharon Robinson - Here's my entry, slightly late, needing a little straightening, ironing and quilting, but "done." I have never been a good one for following directions...3 days ago
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Silk Ribbon - I am having loads of fun doing silk ribbon work and using some of the beautiful beads I bought recently. At Exeter Quilt Show I shall be doing a class on ...3 days ago
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On the Needles - On my needles are a couple of projects---first a baby sweater in blues and brown soft wool. Here you can see the yoke and the start of one sleeve.... and ...3 days ago
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Must Try Harder!! - I have at last got down to work with my embellisher and this is the result, so far. As you can see I have begun to do some stitching. There is a lot more ...3 days ago
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Knitted CD Case? - This weekend I'm off to All Tomorrow's Parties and I am very excited. For the mixtape swap I've created a knitted ATP case. I can't believe that I avoided ...3 days ago
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PAP 2 part 4 Conclusion - Getting a sense of direction on this piece was very difficult. I knew I didn't want to approach it too literally, but had great difficulty working out a ...3 days ago
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Many birds and a chair - I taught my second course at Ineke Berlyn’s barn on Friday and Saturday, and enjoyed it as much as the first one I taught a month ago. Good lunches again t...3 days ago
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Too many irons and Toppy too - You know for a woman who hates ironing I have a lot of them in the fire right now. I have not taken a stitch all week except on the computer. I forgot to p...3 days ago
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Red Boat Construction - After spending Saturday giving the bay tree in the garden its' first haircut in 3 years using 4 different pruning tools, I spent Sunday cutting on a diff...3 days ago
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Three go mad in Dorset - Well, we had the most fabulous day on Saturday. You will remember (because I have given you no chance to forget) that it was the day of our singing group's...3 days ago
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wip Bubble HAE - completed a new page! because I only have to do 36 more...:lol: una nueva página terminada!!, ya solo me quedan por hacer 36! XD. have a great week! Tengan u...3 days ago
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Printmaking in Spain, Beginners or Experienced! - etching course at Cascada StudioAm I good enough? Many students ask me...... and heaven knows, I ask myself that, often! That question for me though, is al...3 days ago
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The Pink City, Jaipur - Early Sunday morning in The Pink City, Jaipur a few days before the Holi celebrations. Wikipedia says that the city is remarkable as a city for the width a...4 days ago
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It Must be Monday. - Already Monday has me with more sense of accomplishment than the weekend did. I know what I sewed during the last 2 days was useful and for a good caus...4 days ago
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TAST – Couching - So this week’s TAST was couching. This is a stitch or group of stitches that is so versatile that I was at a loss what to do. You can couch almost anything...4 days ago
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Mixed media painting of light beam - This painting started off as a watercolour of a photo I had taken recently in the early evening. I had over cooked the colour of the foreground and clou...4 days ago
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How Many Chilli Peppers Is Too Many Chilli Peppers? - Chillies are a great crop to grow and certanily one of our favourites here at Organic Allotment. The thing that we really like about them is that, if you p...4 days ago
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Still Painting - I did have a better frame of mind today. Instead of painting what should work as we see things, I just went with my instincts. I always feel happier when t...4 days ago
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It has been a while…. - Since my last post! I have been super busy with freelance work, I am now working on new ideas for prints so I will be posting something very soon. You can ...4 days ago
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TAST 2012 - bit more couching - Long stitches woven in and out - does this count as couching?4 days ago
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Danish FPists and Other Talented Folk - It is always lovely to see the work of other FP enthusiasts, so today I thought I would show you the work of Kate Gatti and Annette Juul, and Hanne Ingersl...4 days ago
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Assignment 5 - Drawing Figures - Tonal Study - *Tonal Study* For this exercise I wanted to do a lying pose with the models feet covering a large part of the paper and having the interest and difficulty ...4 days ago
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Fusion Workshop - Here are some of the quilts produced today in our workshop. I am so impressed with all of them. This could become my favourite workshop.4 days ago
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Hibiscus - I made this convergence-style quilt (in the style of Ricky Tims) some years ago, but have only just bound it. Its name is taken from the quilting design,...4 days ago
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Rocks in my head....... - I was reminded of this.....Sue Lawty's World Beach Project and this5 days ago
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My Books - For a long time I’ve been meaning to start a ‘Books I’ve Read’ category; I’ve been aware when reading fellow student’s blogs that I’m not only very light i...5 days ago
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Workshop on the Web & an honour - First, I've got to say a belated thank you to Jackie at Stitchworks for giving me the Leibster award absolutely ages ago, how rude of me not to do it earli...5 days ago
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eine neue Mitgliedschaft - Auf der yahoo.com/group/sofaquilter habe ich erstmals vom Blog der Lieselfriends und ihren derzeitigen BOM erfahren .Da ich die entschleunigende Wirkung de...5 days ago
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March update - After quite a few set backs I've finally sent Assignment 3 of my degree module to my tutor. I thought I was never going to get it done. If you want to se...6 days ago
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From Design to Stitch - The 2 ‘linked days’ course that I taught recently at Alston Hall went down very well. I had planned for everyone to spend a short amount of time in the ...6 days ago
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And the winners are................... - Congratulations and thank you to all who entered and made this a strong and interesting competition. Although there was a small number of entries, the stan...6 days ago
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Mary Ruth Smith Workshop - Mary Ruth Smith is a master of fiber, particularly embroidery. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend her day-long workshop at the Texas Federa...6 days ago
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Oxfam bold street needs vintage cameras, - ryuheihotoke ☮ posted a new topic: hi, i work for oxfam on bold street and we have recently started selling vintage cameras and it has helped the charity...1 week ago
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More, Mad March spots and spirals! - My JQ for March. Third month of shades of red, so this time I've gone back to my spots and spirals theme. I cut out the spirals and ovals and some flower ...1 week ago
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Landscape course - Following feedback from my tutor I have today moved my Landscape learning log into a new Blog HERE1 week ago
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Threads and samples - It's certainly been busy here the last few weeks packing kits and making samples for my trip to Jersey next week. An extra added excitement was the arrival...1 week ago
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Quack Quack Quack !!!! - If this rain keeps up I will need to grow webbed feet. We have had rain constantly for 5 days now and it is expected to continue for another week. Our back ...1 week ago
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Slow mail - I think the ongoing demise of the handwritten letter & the ‘snail mail’ posting of cards or notes to mark occasions (special or otherwise) is rather sad. A...1 week ago
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Doodle and some white work - It feels like ages since I blogged, so I thought I'd better write a post. I have been enjoying doing a little sample of white work, and have just finishe...1 week ago
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Two ATCs - Not much to show although I’ve been doing something creative most days. Some of that has been making notes about my world of Rohinval plus increasing the v...1 week ago
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Maracas - Maracas, graphite, 9 x 12" A drawing from a photo of the sea at Maracas after an ASTT plein air session on a recent Saturday, 9 x 12" sketchbook. There's ...1 week ago
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The prayer flag project - I can’t remember how I learned about this project, but I’m thinking about joining in. I find prayer flags and prayer trees captivating: the raggedness; the...1 week ago
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Module Five – Chapter TEN – STITCH TO TRANSLATE - For Chapter TEN some rubbings from the previous Chapter are to be translated into stitch, using mainly only one stitch for each sample but in different fo...1 week ago
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Just been pottering along - After all the fabric hunting I've come to a full stop. I started making one quilt and ended up doing something different, so what's new there then. I wan...1 week ago
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Awesome Student Work - I’m really enjoying working with the students in my current online class, Design Your Own Nature Quilt. One of the items on the supply list for this class...1 week ago
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{Finding My Bliss} - Perhaps I shouldn't admit this on a gardening blog, but for the whole of 2011 I fell out of love with growing my own. That's not to say that I hated it. More...1 week ago
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I swam the Channel! - Oh, the other reason for lack of postings last year was because I was busy completing the Aspire Channel Swim, fundraising for spinally injured people. And...1 week ago
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a new hat for a windy day - Finally dry, I can wear my new hat for a fresh web icon photo. I love how this turned out especially as it was all rather a leap in the d...1 week ago
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SKETCH BOOK EXPERIMENTS - Back to the sketch book to plan a set of spiral note books in steel and enamel. Planning to keep them simple, uncluttered and 3"x 2".1 week ago
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Bird House - Textile Book Club - Textile Book Club at Missenden Abbey this weekend was called 'Bird House' brilliant fun.... they will eventually be made into textile books. you can s...1 week ago
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Part 5: Project – Illustration - Part 5 : Project –Illustration Project – Illustration, including Exercises Telling a story in a single image.. A recent one that came immediately to mind w...1 week ago
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Aurifil thread bonanza! - *Look what came in the post today, how lucky can a girl be? All the way from Aurifil in Milano, Italy.* *Grazie, Alex!* Some of the threads are for Cont...1 week ago
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A doll quilt and a new love - I've been sneezing and coughing and hibernating for almost two weeks now, but yesterday afternoon I decided it was enough and I needed to shake myself. I ...1 week ago
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Chelmsford Photowalk #38 - We didn’t get to do a walk in January, and I thought I might be on my own this month, but in the end I was able to combine CFDPW38 with the GNPC Special In...1 week ago
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ssshhh, dont tell anyone - but I have started something new! I know I said I wouldn't do anything until Mar and to be honest I might leave it until April but I realised I needed some ...1 week ago
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Change of Plan - again! - Well, I changed my mind - I type faster than I write and can rewrite stuff without having to cross it out or scrunch it up and start again, so the blog is ...1 week ago
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Part 3: Theme Book - There are a minefield of dilemmas in life that your mother never tells you about and that is exactly how I feel about choosing a topic for my theme book. ...1 week ago
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Japanese Bead Embroidery, progress - I am still working on my phase four still. I have a month and a half to finish it. I still think it possible, but aim going to need to work a lot more th...1 week ago
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A Really Good Day - with Wonky Bits! - Saturday was the latest meeting of Contemporary Quilt Region 14, a workshop with tutor Janet Bottomley on Liberated Piecing. One of the best workshops I'v...1 week ago
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Burgh Island - 1 minute exposure of rock features of Burgh Island in Devon. Post processed with Nik Silver Effex pro1 week ago
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Eco Daisies Workshop - For my local readers (I know there are a few of you!), I will be giving a workshop on making flowers from plastic bags at the Green Community Shop & Centre...1 week ago
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Finished! - This is the blanket I've been working on for what seems weeks,using my lovely rolling machine.I thought it would be a good idea to use it as a sort of sam...1 week ago
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Saturday - I am completely lacking in any inspiration for a title so Saturday it is. I have just spent a very enjoyable time at an Area Day at which Effie Galletly wa...1 week ago
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Effie Galletly - Today was the Area day for Region 10 of the Quilters Guild which covers Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and after an ...1 week ago
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Archi-texture - That was the latest challenge theme for the International Quilt Challenge and you can see my interpretation of it here. I’m sorry I’ve been a bit absent re...1 week ago
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Exciting Project - The SerenTex textile group has just become involved in a very exciting project called Adain Avion. Read all about it here. We were contacted by Wendy Cou...1 week ago
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Opaque Colour Mixing - I was now being asked to do something I hadn’t done before in painting – make something paler with white, as opposed to diluting with water. One doesn’t ...1 week ago
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January postcard - January was bitterly cold in Geneva, with some record low temperatures, so there was no way I was going to go out walking and collect things fo...1 week ago
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Drawing at the Mediterranean museum - I have been drawing with two friends at the Mediterranean museum today (or The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, as they state their na...1 week ago
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Composition - foreground object - Want to evaluate what achieved in the composition project especially for the foreground object and cannot quite so am blogging another post instead. I wish...1 week ago
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Exercise 23:Control the strength of colour - Brief: To examine the differences of a definite colour I can get by changing the aperture (forgetting the obvious difference in under and over exposure). I...1 week ago
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INSPIRED TO STITCH - an exhibition of mixed media textile art from 1 - 31 March 2012 - Still working hard on my exhibition pieces and accessories for the days when I will be attending I will be at the exhibition on these dates and times Thursd...1 week ago
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If you go down to the woods today..... - I found this the other day and told a couple of friends about it. They suggested it was something I should not pass on as it sounded a bit creepy. Now, w...1 week ago
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Studio for hire - juliereynoldsphotography posted a new topic: Fully equiped studio for hire. Elinchrom D lights, 2 x 400, 2 x 200, gels, barn doors , black and white back...1 week ago
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Moods I and II - A couple more of my embroideries for a local exhibition. The photos of the framed finished pictures aren't very good so I am posting them as works in progr...1 week ago
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Wings - I thought I would share a few of these photographs, taken recently beside the lake at Callendar Woods: (as usual click on each to see bigger versions)2 weeks ago
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Hayley and Lee wedding.. - I recently had the pleasure of photographing Lee and Hayley Nortcliffe’s Wedding day.. they were such a lovely couple to work with! Here’s a little sneak p...2 weeks ago
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Reply to Which flash - Beaso 1 posted a reply: Totally agree with the above, 430EX II has served me well for the last two years, it's well made and delivers excellent results.2 weeks ago
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bookshelves - Almost half the walls in our smallish home are lined with bookshelves – all of the Ikea Ivar variety. Plain and solid – and full – they do the job quietly....2 weeks ago
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A year of stitching - Last January I decided that Iwould take time out from the C & G Diploma course; it had taken me over a year to complete module 2; it was taking me longer ...2 weeks ago
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Food photography – From Snapshots to Great Shots - While I’ve been taking pictures for my colour assignment, I’ve been recommended the Food Photography book written by Nicole S. Young. Thanks Vicki for the ...2 weeks ago
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Irish Dance Dress–Design Ideas - This is rather a long post as I have wandered around a lot trying things out over a few weeks and did not want to write it up until I had a clear design to...2 weeks ago
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This and that. - Etsy is a great place isn't it? I have had these pieces in my ETSY shop more or less since I started it. They've had a lot of comments 'faves' and treasuri...2 weeks ago
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Folded Fabric Flowers - I've gone from struggling to find new ideas for things to make and sell to now having too many!! I'm finding it all too easy to be distracted from doing so...2 weeks ago
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And I thought that it was just me! - And I thought that it was just me! sometimes I feel like “What’s the whole point?” “Will I ever get there?” “I wish I could throw the towel – but I won’t!”...2 weeks ago
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Away from the Daily Grind - Part 2 - (Here is Part 1 of this series) In January I put five videos of artists painting outdoors ("away from the daily grind") into one post. In today's post ther...2 weeks ago
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Portraits - Off to the market again with camera and flash... I asked this lady to pose for me and am quite pleased with this natural shot. Some minor post processing w...2 weeks ago
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There's been a little bit of stitching going on..... - ........ both hand and machine Plus some knitting ...... The youngest was very partial to her friend's snood/continuous scarf loop thingie the other day ...2 weeks ago
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Tag Tuesday - Valentine's Day - Made this small art doll for Tag Tuesday. The theme was Valentine's Day. *(Click on photo for bigger image)* On a bit of a roll with these, I've scraps of...2 weeks ago
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Painting, Painting, and MORE Painting - This was an experiment. I managed to change the look of the fabric, but I don't think it was necessarily an improvement. It started with a piece of dyed fa...2 weeks ago
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Back to Camellias - As soon as I finished Floral Melody, I felt the first pangs of post project blues coming on. I had anticipated this and put Camellias onto the stand to get...2 weeks ago
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SEWING BOX - Back in 2007 I went on a workshop to create a collage that was printed on to fabric, I came away with two collages of my parents and they sat in my UFO b...2 weeks ago
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more fleece... - I did promise not to buy any more fleece.........I did promise to try and spin what I had stashed away.......But..... [image: small shetland fleece] [imag...2 weeks ago
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Ellie Marbus Felt Art - We've been sent two stunning images of the art felt garments of Ellie Marbus from the Netherlands. Ellie previously worked in clay and wax until she disco...2 weeks ago
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Agate linocut (three-block linocut) - The aim of this project was to create a print from three separate lino blocks. For the subject matter I chose an agate. I wanted to do something a bit more...2 weeks ago
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I heart BCN - Como conté en otra entrada, me mudé a Barcelona exactamente el día de mi 50 cumpleaños. Un año después dibujé esto para regalárselo a alguien muy querido qu...2 weeks ago
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Painted papers - When I took the City and Guilds Course, we learned to make a wide variety of painted papers as a way to experiment with color and techniques, to explore de...3 weeks ago
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inspired to stitch - goodness what a bad blogger I've been ... I started the year off in such a prolific manner ... determined to keep up with my blog and lots of projects and ...3 weeks ago
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Reply to Setting a price for a painting - folio3 posted a reply: I agree with everything Jane says. Cost of paint, canvas and frame if it has one, is the gallery going to take a percentage, what ...3 weeks ago
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FORMAL ASSESSMENT - Having almost missed the boat I sent off a guide describing my workbook blog and Assignment Web site to OCA today. I wanted to make it easy for the assess...3 weeks ago
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life drawing - I’ve just finished a series of life-drawing classes. This was a new discipline for me. It really pushed my skills in drawing, perspective, scale and compos...3 weeks ago
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Waffling on - We always laugh at DH because it doesn’t matter what you ask him for - a certain size screw, a piece of wood at such a length, plastic tube this or that di...3 weeks ago
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Mixed media - Deze lag al een tijdje te wachten - ik heb het geborduurde lapje (met de vogels etc) wat meer context gegeven door het op canvasboard te plakken en stof t...3 weeks ago
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Just Stuff - I have been pretty busy since the last time I blogged here. January always brings with it the really well intentioned plan that I will actually get my tax...3 weeks ago
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Happy Valentine's Day - "The Heart Book is regarded as the oldest Danish ballad manuscript. It is a collection of 83 love ballads compiled in the beginning of the 1550’s in the ...3 weeks ago
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Off on my Rambles - This Wednesday I am off on my rambles again. This time it is to Egypt with Colouricious. I will be doing a block printing course with Jamie and Marilyn. DH...3 weeks ago
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After Dubai - It was rather a strange feeling once the Dubai project was complete as it is after all the projects I have produced. A bit of a 'where to go next' feelin...3 weeks ago
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Blackshot 21 - ------------------------------ These photographs were from a live rock band Blackshot 21 shoot. The main challenges in this was the light; or lack off I ...3 weeks ago
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Painting over Collage - Week 6 - This week on Life Book 2012 was a Workshop with Tamara Laporte using paper collage on watercolour paper. Tam uses gel medium to stick her collage paper do...3 weeks ago
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Competition Entry - Looking Into - My subject is one of those things for hanging jewellery on - a headless and armless lady in a lilac dress with hooks for the jewellery. Mine has lots of ...3 weeks ago
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Birdcage - Found this birdcage today, will be fab in the shop once things are all up and running :)3 weeks ago
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From this to this and this. - My old sewing room, and now it is a bedroom again. Even with two beds and a chest of drawers and a little wardrobe, it seems so much larger now. Today Col...3 weeks ago
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TAST 2012–Week 6–Chevron Stitch - This is my offering in Chevron Stitch for Week 6 of TAST over on Pintangle. I think it has a bit of a Weeping Willow look about it and it incorporates Ch...3 weeks ago
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Sketch book challenge - Last month I Joined up with the sketch book challenge as I thought it would give some ideas for subjects to keep me going on my personal challenge of a ske...3 weeks ago
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Silhouette bouquet - Last weekend my sister in law and I went to the Craft4Crafters show at Exeter and had a nice day out and bought some bits and pieces. When we got home we...3 weeks ago
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Chapter 12 - Ideas for Designing a Functional, Three Dimentional Embroidered Item - Stage 1 A selection of small three dimentional shapes made from calico. Stage 2 Based upon animal patterns and shapes researched earlier in the module, a...3 weeks ago
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A little play - [image: Four curves] [image: SerenTex 028c] These were created in Paint Shop Pro using some of my backgrounds and some sketches I made some time ago. [...4 weeks ago
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Stitch, Cloth, Shimmer & Shine - We had a rather nice delight earlier this week as Sarah’s the first pre-release copy of her latest and now sadly last book arrived at Craftynotions, The bo...4 weeks ago
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Doctors and health - As we age, Nature is not so interested in keeping us healthy once we pass childbearing age - after all, we have either served our purpose to procreate, or...4 weeks ago
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the Cretan Stitch - My ongoing work in the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge features small sampler pieces of each week's featured embroidery stitch. The fourth week (of TAST -...4 weeks ago
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Shutter Speeds - The object of this exercise is to take a series of photographs of a scene or a person involving movement. Movement needs to move across the field of view, ...4 weeks ago
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Winner - Hello, I nearly forgot it was time to draw a name, where has the week gone. I put all the names in a bowl and my husband pulled out a name,I didn't take a ...4 weeks ago
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part 5, project 2 – preparatory work - I have chosen to develop a print based on the Millennium Clock which is in the Royal Scottish Museum. It is loosely linked to my theme of time and the body...4 weeks ago
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One the Design Wall - This design is from Sarah Nephews book. It is piecing together nicely.4 weeks ago
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Washi Tape - A Journal Page (Plus Mixed Media Houses & Flora's Bloom True E-Course) - I (along with the greater part of the paper arts world!) love washi tapeand Cute Tape - where I have purchased the majority of my washi tape collection - ...4 weeks ago
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All sent for assessment - Today I posted my work off for assessment. What a wonderful feeling handing that parcel over the counter at Royal Mail. Now I wait for the results. I can no...4 weeks ago
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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum London. - I found this a fascinating exhibition as it covered a period from when I was aged twenty three to forty three. I was able to see how the underlying philoso...5 weeks ago
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feltedfibers' photostream - [image: leaf dish a][image: pleated back of vessel][image: swirl dish a][image: gotland vessel][image: slate buttons on gotland felt][image: book cover a] [...5 weeks ago
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And now for something woody . . . . - We had Christmas in Germany, near Munich, and one of our trips was to a Wildpark at Poing. A delightful bird feeder caught the eye and gave Derek inspirsa...5 weeks ago
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My field - One of many photos of 'my field' Since coming back from Australia I have continued on my series of the field below us in the valley. I took photos and ske...5 weeks ago
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Padding... - Lil Pixie left a comment here asking what padding was. According to Wikpedia *Padding* is thin cushioned material sometimes added to clothes. It is often...5 weeks ago
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Printing - I've become quite fed-up with the price I have to pay for clothes (another downside to being overweight) so I 've been making some tops lately (with the he...5 weeks ago
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The Most Expenisve Photograph – Emporers New Clothes? - The most money ever received for a photographic print recently was on – at least for me – one of the most uninteresting photographs I’ve ever seen. This ar...5 weeks ago
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I'm in Somerset Studio Magazine! - If you haven't checked it out yet I am in the newest issue of Somerset Studio (January/February)! The amazing Seth Apter and I worked on a collaborative...5 weeks ago
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Why wander? - Her crown has been secured, and she trails a veil that remembers her path... Of couse the question is, why is she wandering? Sometimes p...5 weeks ago
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Reflections on the Course - How did the course compare with expectations? I started off this learning log with a comment “I want to find new energy and ideas for my own practice throu...5 weeks ago
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Pt 2, Exercise 6 Curves - 1/800, f11, 27mm Curves. I took the image above when out looking for curves, of which there are certainly many in the resulting image, but the overall domi...5 weeks ago
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Breakfast with Martin Parr - A couple of weeks ago I went along to the Breakfast with Martin Parr event at the Open Eye Gallery with three other OCA students. Martin Parr is curating t...5 weeks ago
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January Ambitions - What with the new year I always feel invigorated and want to start lots of new things. I am trying to start a jewellery business, but also have two freela...5 weeks ago
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Conclusion - Have now completed *Art of Photography *and am submitting for assessment. In effect, this is the final post. Reviewing the last few months, I thought it ...1 month ago
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Urchfont Manor - Regular readers will know that for the last few years I have been going to the Distant Stitch summer school at Urchfont Manor near Devizes in Wiltshir...1 month ago
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Ministry of Culture and Communication Building in Paris - I am going to start my new focus blog, with these photos I recently took of the building which houses the french Ministry of Culture and Comm...1 month ago
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Project: Moving figure - *Exercise: Sitting and Waiting and Fleeting Moments* *Quick drawings of people out and about. Use times of waiting to draw. Identify the key person and dr...3 months ago
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The project is now closed. - *The project is now closed. Thank You to all for your wonderful pennants *6 months ago
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3 comments:
How exciting. Well done.
I recognise a few of those works of art Susan--well done.
Of course you are an artist. We all consider you as an artist.
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