Working on designs for New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

Such beautiful images of art and craft .... I particularly love these stools by Nick Barberton seen on the right hand side of this spread. The new brochure design for the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham will be out soon.

Invited to do another artist-in-residence day at Baylis Court

Haven't got a date fixed yet, but I am delighted to have been asked to return to Baylis Court School in Slough again for another workshop day to inspire their textile students. The theme is 'Recycle' and the students have been exploring artists such as Cas Holmes, Natalie Chanin and Alison Willoughby.
Right up my street ... I can't wait. It was a lovely experience last year and the girls were really enthusiatic. The school is a Specialist Arts College and received an Outstanding Ofsted report in 2008.

2011 - exploring structures

Sabi Westoby exhibition

I'm very pleased to be working with textile and mixed media artist Sabi Westoby on the design of her new website and publicity material for her new exhibition 'Filamental'.
The website design has come together really well and we're really pleased with it. And here is the poster design which shows details of Sabi's beautiful work:


Poster for Sabi Westoby, textile and paper works

 The exhibition opens on 11 February in Thirsk, North Yorkshire and runs until 24 March. I'm just sorry its such a long way away from me here in Ascot. I hope you can visit, but if you are a long way away too, there is an extensive gallery of Sabi's work to be explored on the website.

SewHip magazine feature

Very excited to say I'll be busy over Christmas, working on a project to be featured in SewHip magazine in the spring. Watch this space ...

Pictures of Dublin

Here are pictures of Dublin ... a few more can be found at the end of the album to be found on my Make Something of it website

Thank you everyone who joined me for a fantastic couple of days, really inspiring to see what you all achieved in such a short space of time. And thank you for the positive feedback - it was great to feel that you got something out of the workshop and will be taking it on to more creations.


For a more leisurely approach to exploring your creativity with recycled fabrics - join me in Burgundy for a workshop retreat with the Really Big Dream Company from 6-12 May.

Recycled workshops at Knitting & Stitching Shows, London & Dublin

Phew, such a busy time! Just back from Dublin and with Alexandra Palace over too, I've had a great time and met lots of lovely ladies who joined me for my recycled notebook covers, and lettering applique workshops. I'll post some piccys as soon as I can.
Can't wait for Harrogate K&S ... I'll be there on 25th and 26th November, where I'm doing 6 workshops. Lucky there is no weight limit on suitcases on the train. I bearly scraped on my Dublin flight with 20.2kg with enough materials for 4 workshops.
 
Hope to see you there!

Having a Really Big Dream!

“Do you dream of making accessories for yourself or things for your home?

Would you like to express yourself in art textiles?
Do you want to create your own designs and discover or develop your creativity with textiles?

If ‘YES’ come and find inspiration and fresh ideas in beautiful Burgundy ....

I am teaming up with Janice at The Really Big Dream Company at her wonderful 18th Century farmhouse where we are offering week long residential craft retreats. The aim of the workshop is to loosen up and start creating – sewing, stitching and constructing - with recycled fabrics. Recycling builds creative skills offering endless possibilities and unexpected results. You will be encouraged to create things from recycled fabrics and old clothes (yes, it’s environmentally friendly) and make something more of your creativity. Find out more here.

Make something of it website

I'm very excited to have launched my new website: http://www.makesomethingofit.co.uk/

Its all about being creative with recycled fabrics - building confidence, being experimental and learning to upcycle. There are lots of pictures in the galleries, and I'm going to add an online shop soon.

Art in Action

I'm helping out on the Crafts Council / Craft Club stand at Art in Action on Thursday in Oxfordshire. With other volunteers I'm going to be showing people how to knit and encouraging others to pass on their skills through the Craft Club and Knit 1 Pass it on schemes run by the Crafts Council.

At the Private view - Slough Museum

We held our Private View towards the end of the exhibition for 'Whatever floats your boat ...'. I was very pleased with how the exhibition turned out on the whole, with very few glitches considering the time we had to plan and install the exhibition.

My piece was a series of 5 hangings inspired by Ellimans Embrocation - a medicine invented and originally manufactured in Slough.

We were very pleased to have Nigel Bird photograph the event, and the Mayor of Bracknell Town as a VIP guest.