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| Tatting, Tullie Textiles May 2018 |
It's happened again; despite my best intentions I've ended up being really busy and have not kept my blog up to date, oh well. I keep this blog for a number of reasons, the primary reason being that I find it a really good way to review and reflect on what I've been doing. It's also a good way of sharing what I'm doing and on a practical note of keeping an easily accessible record. I enjoy writing posts on here, regardless of whether or not anyone reads them but I do find that when I'm busy it tends to be one of the first things that falls off the to do list. I can then sometimes find myself in a situation where I want to write about something but feel that I must write up what I've missed writing up before. To get around this I've decided to do a couple of summary posts; that way I'll have a record of what I've done but won't feel like I must write up everything I've done since the last post in great detail and I'll be able to get back to blogging about what I want to when I want to. That's the theory...
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| Suffolk Puffs, Stapleton WI July 2018 |
As always I've been busy with my regular groups at The Heathlands Project and Prism Arts but also with lots of other projects. These include my Tullie Textiles group, workshops and other bits and pieces. I've done a couple of sessions for different Women's Institute groups this summer; a talk for Carlisle's WizCraft group and a Suffolk Puff demonstration and mini workshop for Stapleton WI group.
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| Suffolk Puffs, Stapleton WI July 2018 |
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| Suffolk Puffs, Stapleton WI July 2018 |
I'm always a bit nervous about working with WI groups as there are women there who have far more experience and skill stitching than I do. However, so far it's always been a lot of fun and everyone has been very receptive to my ideas and we've had some really interesting conversations. It was interesting doing my talk for the Carlisle group as it was a good opportunity to review where I'm up to with my work and have a think about what's next.
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| Crazy Creatures from KS1 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
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| Crazy Creatures from KS1 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
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| Crazy Creatures from KS1 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
Earlier in the year I was invited back to Wiggonby School to run a couple of creative workshops for the children. This is my third year running sessions for them and I always enjoy it, it's a very friendly school and I'm always very impressed with what the children create with me. This year I worked with Key Stage One in the morning making crazy animals from recycled materials and then in the afternoon I worked with Key Stage Two making wildlife portraits with fabric pastels and stitch. They all created some fantastic work and I think it's really good for the children to have the opportunity to try something different.
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| Wildlife Portraits from KS2 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
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| Wildlife Portraits from KS2 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
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| Wildlife Portraits from KS2 at Wiggonby School April 2018 |
I run a monthly group at Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery called Tullie Textiles. We meet on the second Sunday of each month and each session I choose an object from the museums collections to look at and I demonstrate a textile skill or technique. It's a lovely group, really friendly and I always look forward to the sessions. Some of the group have been coming for a few years now but we also get new people coming in which is great, I love it when I'm demonstrating something and then some of the more established members help newer members. I also really like that one thing tends to lead to another and it gives me a great opportunity to try new things and then share them with my group!
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| Standing Wool samples, Tullie Textiles September 2018 |
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| Fabric Tassels, Tullie Textiles August 2018 |
I think that's enough catching up for now. Hopefully I'll do another couple of catch up posts soon and then something resembling normal service can resume. Or not!
