Felt, Museum, and Garden.
Here's a bit of felt at last. I've been invited to exhibit at The Gallery at the Wharf in Burscough for their exhibition 'Flower Power' during the summer. So I had to be a bit floral. I don't know if...
View ArticleMore power to the flower
Before I start rambling I have remembered to say a big thank you to everyone who leaves a comment on here. I can't reply to a lot of them that come to me via my 'social' inbox, I don't know why I can't...
View ArticleMidsummer Moments
After the panels for exhibitions..its brooches!I had quite a thrash recently as you can see.One or two were pale and pretty but this picture doesn't really show it. I put daisies in the centre. Some...
View ArticleCat sitting :the best job ever.
Family holidays in my childhood were often spent in North Wales in my Auntie's caravan. Abergele, then Conway were the places we returned to. It often rained. We sat on benches on the great Orme and...
View ArticleJust padding about.
Well guess what I've gone and got? An Ipad air. I don't need it. I can hardly justify buying it but its so lovely and I used my birthday money. I am a gadget freak. When we went to the Apple store I...
View ArticleTweeeeeee....?
I'll be honest..all those non-textile activities have been a kind of therapy for me, since I wasn't accepted to two events I really wanted to do. It made me question my 'status' am I a dabbler, and...
View Article'Citin'
Wouldn't you think that constantly making brooches would make me a bit more careful of time saving?I do the stitching and then roughly cut them off the main piece of felt.It would make a lot of sense...
View ArticleSymi again.
Its a long time since I posted and today I'm going to do two posts. The other one is about Yarndale. This one is a reminder of our trip to Symi on 11th for a week, and I enjoyed it more than ever. It...
View ArticleHellos and hugs.
Life has been a bit hectic lately. Two posts today. this one and one about our Symi trip which is here if you'd like to read it.If it isn't enough to have made almost 100 brooches and lots of small...
View ArticleMusings on the past and the future.
In the haitus between the great thrash for Yarndale, and the coming thrash for Christmas, I have been musing on my work.At Yarndale, I had a lovely appreciative couple who loved my work. However the...
View ArticleAlice, Sebastian, Colm, and Cheska, Elton.......and me.
Last week we had a little visitor. Cheska. Of course, despite the fact that I was the one who welcomed her, introduced her to Hetty, kept the peace, kept the cat away, guess whose knee she...
View ArticleRetrospective
This is retro in more ways than one..I've had this fabric for years and years. I think it's early 60s and was in my scraps box. I almost used it as brooch backing fabric. But then I examined the...
View ArticleVenetian memories
A very long time ago it seems, I met a lovely lady who asked me to make a piece of embroidery for or rather a collection of small pieces mounted together. We discussed colours and she said 'think old...
View ArticleNovember.
My goodness its a long time since I posted.Thank you all for the lovely comments and support I get here even though I hardly go round and read other blogs. I spend far too much time on Facebook...I've...
View ArticleAdvent, christmas and beyond.
My goodness its a long time since I started this post and I'm only finishing it today, 27th December. The big day is over, most of the things in these pictures have gone to new homes.I made a lot of...
View ArticleJust in time
Just in time to get a blog post in January.To be honest I haven't been myself and not inspired at all until recently.But I had requests from a couple of galleries and shops and it gave me the kick up...
View ArticleSatisfied
The Post-Christmas Blues Creativity boost has been great.First I made the brooches in response to lovely shop/gallery requests and I think that got my Creative Muscle toned.I was struggling on with...
View ArticleMarching on
Where has March gone? On the last day of February we travelled again to Ballyvaughan for the Concertina school.While my husband was learning we 'wags' (haha!) were having some creative fun in our...
View ArticleLast day of the Month.
Well it seems my blog has become a monthly event. So once more I'm just in time for the month. I almost forgot that April has only 30 days.Sadly some of those days saw the demise of these trees. The...
View ArticleMay
This is rather early for me in May so you never know I MAY even do another. (see what I did there?)Its because I have stuff to blog about although my photographs are now spread around various 'devices'...
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