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New Skys and Horizons.....a lovely day out! 10 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
I've been trying to go to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham UK, for a few years. Unfortunately for mums of young children it falls slap bang in the middle of school holidays and has previously clas...
The grand unveiling <.....trumpet fanfare please.....> 16 Jul 2013 | 01:31 pm
After a rather jam packed week of stitching and various school events I have managed to finish my quilt of the Century! Whoo hop for me!! I think I've had an out of body experience with it all. Setti...
Just tying up loose ends.......hardly! 4 Jul 2013 | 12:46 am
So this is the final instalment of 'making the squares'. Printing patterns caused my the most headaches I think, the little dharlings were more interested in painting the letter and around the letter...
A speedy update 27 Jun 2013 | 01:59 pm
After the dyeing came a quick day of Shibori and indigo dyeing with Year 5's. As you can imagine, shibori even in it's simplest form with 60 children was a challenge. 'Make sure you have a knot at the...
My biggest quilt yet! Stage one.....dyeing fabric with Yr6 20 Jun 2013 | 02:01 am
A few short weeks ago I came up with a great idea to make a quilt with children at our local school to celebrate their Centenary. It would involved every child in the school, a combined rather large s...
Playing with thickened dye.....at last! 24 Apr 2013 | 04:02 pm
Printing with thickened procion dyes, lots of words here, no pictures until the end. I've been wanting to try this technique for well over a year. I liked the idea of being able to dye fabric and the...
New textile mini project for me 28 Mar 2013 | 02:22 pm
As part of my teaching the City and Guilds Level 2 course I have been experimenting with some interesting techniques and materials. I wanted to try out free motion embroidery with painted quilting, a...
Fabric collage 24 Jan 2013 | 02:51 pm
This was a project started a few weeks ago with some idea of collaging fabrics and techniques together to make a larger piece. I played around with Brusho to create a mottled background and then sta...
Hemmed in: sorry it's finished...... 7 Jan 2013 | 09:57 pm
There have been textile ups and down's in 2012, I'll gloss over the downs and concentrate on the ups for now.... This 'was' a lovely and inspiring exhibition in the crafting metropolis that is Milton...
Step back and be inspired 13 Jun 2012 | 04:48 pm
Just before the wet and soggy half term, I took a jolly trip to London to see The Queen. Errrr no. I took a jolly trip to see the exhibition of textiles to see the 'Queens' of modern textile design ...
