Archive for January, 2010
Henry’s Scraps
Henry (5) is writing and drawing all the time now and he loves to leave his little messages all over the house for us to find. I found these two yesterday. Wonderful aren’t they?
Scraps
I’ve been working on some new applique designs this week. I’m a messy worker and so every un-wanted fabric scrap goes straight on the floor. When I (eventually) tidied up I noticed how pretty and interesting the scraps were. So, I thought I’d come up with a way of using them: This is all my leftover fusible applique scraps, ironed willy-nilly onto […]
Still here…
Well, we managed two days at school this week. During which I worked on some print ideas. As you can see I haven’t got very far. What do you think? But we woke up to fresh snow and so the schools shut yet again. There will be no work for me today. Maybe tomorrow? Please, pretty please…
Much the same
You’ll have to humour me if you live somewhere that gets cold snaps every winter because we don’t and so I have never in my entire life seen icicles hanging off my bedroom window! You’d think all this time inside would have enabled me to get some sewing and creating done wouldn’t you? But actually, it seems to be […]
Snow
Well, we had a wonderful Christmas full of family, friends relaxing and indulging. And now, after nearly three weeks of festivities we are more than ready to get back to normal. But instead of going to school, work and my beloved studio as planned we woke up to this: What do they say about the best laid plans? […]