Tuesday 22 April 2014

The Shirt Collar Project


This is just a little glimpse of my completed collar for The Shirt Collar Project - a collaboration involving ten British female textile artists and the original idea of my pal, the lovely Kathleen of Murgatroyd and Bean fame. We were each given a vintage shirt collar and given free reign to re-create it. You can read more about the project at the A Group Gathering page and see glimpses of the other artist's work. I'm excited to see the final collars in all their glory and the different ways the artists have responded to them........

Monday 14 April 2014

In bloom






Here's another little stitched sample I've made for inspiration at my next workshop...it's stitched onto the back of a tatty little piece of quilt which I've tea dyed - it's satisfying  to make something unloved and discarded bloom again.....

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Nature Cure - Another Gentlework Workshop



A lot of my work is inspired by nature so it seemed only fitting to make it the theme of my next workshop at Rustic and White in Shrewsbury - it would be lovely if you could come along.......

Nature Cure

Stitching solace inspired by flora and fauna

Enjoy a day of gentle hand stitching where you will weave together nature finds and paper ephemera with vintage fabric to create a unique and inspiring textile artwork.

on
Saturday 10th May 2014
from 10am to 4pm
at
Rustic and White, 23 Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
SY1 1XB

Cost £55
Includes all materials, tea/coffee and cake

Contact Jo at Rustic and White to book
rusticandwhite@mail.com
or message her via Facebook

(All materials provided, but please bring your sewing kit and any personal textile treasures that you would like to include in your work)





For more nature inspiration - you might like to look at my Nature Cure board on Pinterest...........