Craft

Remains of the Day Journals

Posted on 15 August 2010 in Craft

Well, long time no see. I’ve been a bit neglectful of this blog over the past few months; mainly due to having a lot of other things going on in my life like, oh, publishing my first book and walking…

My first ever items for sale!

Posted on 16 August 2009 in Craft, Folksy

I’m selling some stuff on Folksy! It’s very exciting. I’ve always wanted to sell my crafts, there’s something that really appeals to me about it. So, I finally got around to setting up a folksy shop and putting some lovely…

Quilted Card holder

Posted on 3 August 2009 in Craft

I made a quilted card holder (for credit cards, or in London, maybe an Oyster card). Here is one side: I really love this fabric. I really enjoyed doing the embroidery in particular. The other side: A close up of…

Obsession No. 295 - Mini Art Quilts

Posted on 31 July 2009 in Craft

Yes indeed, I have a new obsession! Inspired by Sew Somerset magazine and various other lovely sources on Flickr e.g here, here and here… I got the bug and simply HAD to make one myself. Here’s the results: So do…

Wedding Card

Posted on 15 July 2009 in Craft

I made a card for my brother’s wedding at the weekend. It took me ages, but I’m pretty pleased with the result. I got the idea for the shape from a book on card making that I have, but I…

Colour Palette

Posted on 15 July 2009 in Craft

For a long time I’ve found it difficult to define my own colour palette for my own craft and art activities - something that seems, at least from admiring others’ work, to be a major part of developing a personal…

New Obsession No. 456

Posted on 10 July 2009 in Craft

I just bought this AMAZING book about paper art, called Paper, by Black Dog Publishing. Every page features an incredible piece of work by some talented artist or other. Sitting on the tube flicking through, I was literally gasping at…

Can you tell what it is yet?

Posted on 6 July 2009 in Craft