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10/04/21
I saw this post by Janine Partington, who I follow on Instagram, about her project called
Material Appropriation
and thought, mmmm that sounds interesting, so I messaged her and arranged to send her some of my stuff, don’t know what yet, probably buttons, but maybe embroidery ?… Read the rest
Category: collaborations
book exchange part 4 : Lisbeth to me
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You can read “book exchange part 1 : me to Lisbeth” here
“book exchange part 2 : Lisbeth to me” here
and ” “book exchange part 3 : me to Lisbeth” here
22/07/20
When I returned Lisbeths finished book to her I also included another book for her to embellish.… Read the rest
book exchange part 3 : me to Lisbeth
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You can read “book exchange part 1 : me to Lisbeth” here
and “book exchange part 2 : Lisbeth to me” here
22/07/20
When Lisbeth returned my finished book to me she also included a 2nd book for me to embellish.… Read the rest
book exchange part 2 : Lisbeth to me
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You can read “book exchange part 1 : me to Lisbeth” here
15/6/20
Lisbeths book arrived today, and very nice it is too, I will enjoy stitching on her pages.… Read the rest
book exchange part 1 : me to Lisbeth
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31/05/20
I can’t quite remember when I first saw the work of Lisbeth Degn on Facebook , it might have been her knitting , or her jewellery but I definitely noticed her when she started sharing her 10 x 10 inch embroidered and collaged pieces she was making for The 100 Day Project.… Read the rest
a nice cube : part 2
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Here are set B cubes, you can see set A here
You can see the step by step progress of each one by using the arrows to move between the photos
cube B1
original 
contribution by Fran Harkes : “I added a small piece of red stitching” 
contribution by Dee Priest : “Drawn,stitched and beaded with a random felt piece stitched on because he looked lonely!
a nice cube : part 1
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Back in September 2019 I took delivery of this ..
It is very firm interfacing which is often used to make curtain pelmets, and I sang….
“Pelmet Vilene, oh I swear
At this moment, you mean everything
Too ra loo ra too ra loo rye aye
And you’ll hum this tune forever… “
I cut 12 of these out..… Read the rest
spheres of interest : part 2
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These are set B spheres, you can find set A here
sphere B1 – use arrows to see all of the photos
contribution by Fran Harkes “I had a small felted pebble shape that I previously embroidered so I attached it to the sphere, it’s the bit that bulges out.
sphere of interest : part 1
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In September last year I started a new collaborative project with 11 other members of a textile art group on Facebook. Most of them have taken part in previous collaborative projects but there were a couple of new people as well.… Read the rest
dear diary: part 10 – spherey good indeed
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16/01/20
One of the blogs I follow is Ann Woods Handmade , and I really enjoyed this post last January full of ideas for using up fabric scraps
https://www.annwoodhandmade.com/the-2019-annual-scrap-festival-10-ideas-for-your-scraps/
I was interested to see that she posted a follow up this week.… Read the rest
