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27/01/20
I sent this postcard for a swap on the theme of “Yellow and Orange” and it has arrived with it’s recipient. Note the letterbox stamps, swanky, eh?
Here’s another swap I did, the theme was “Sender’s Choice”, I made it using recycled packaging , old stamps, a photo from a photo book, and some doodling.… Read the rest
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23/01/20
Today I posted one of the sets of collaborative cube templates on to the next person. I had 2 weeks to add my contributions to them, here’s what I did.… Read the rest
14/01/20
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I’m taking part in a collaborative textile art project in which 12 of us contribute to 12 cube templates which will eventually become 3D cubes. Last night I started on my second cube template, you can see the first one here.… Read the rest
07/01/20
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Someone in a Facebook group said “Have you heard of “Mail Me Some Art” ?” and I had not, but I have now.
They have a blog
I signed up for it and have joined in my first swap which is on the theme of “Ascemic Writing” which I knew little about, but learnt from this blogpost
I prepared an A4 sheet of paper by stencilling with acrylic paints, leaving it to dry and then rubbing over it with different coloured inks.… Read the rest
Now the nights are drawing in and the leaves are beginning to turn my mind turns once more to collaboration.
It’s been more than 2 months since the last one finished, and I am only now getting round to blogging it. Summer got in the way, I guess.
Myself and 9 other members of a textile group on Facebook took turns to contribute to some felt covered pebble* shapes that were kindly made by a member of the group.… Read the rest
I’ve been taking part in another collaborative project with 9 other members of a Facebook textile group, this time we took it in turns to contribute to 10 5 inch embroidery hoops. 
Some of the previous projects fitted into a large letter sized envelope and this kept the postage costs to a minimum. However the hoops needed to go in a small parcel, so I suggested that to make the most of that we should make them 3 dimensional.… Read the rest
I’ve been taking part in another collaborative project with 10 fellow members of a Facebook textile art group, and it finished today.
Back in October I made an A4 sized piece of fabric and marked 11 heart shapes on it.
In a previous project we made round brooches that you can see here
For the hearts we reversed the order they were sent in, so the person who contributed 1st to the round brooches was last to contribute to the hearts.… Read the rest
We are lucky to have the very talented Ruth Zanoni Roskell as a member of one of the collaborative textile groups I belong to. I have long admired Ruth’s work which you can see here
I really admire her dexterity on a sewing machine. With a seamingly simple line of thread she can create characters with such individual personalities.… Read the rest
Seems like the only time I blog nowadays is when I’ve got a collaboration to show off, and I’m happy to say that I’ve got another one.
You can see the previous ones here  here  and here .
This time myself and 7 members of a Facebook textile art group took turns contributing to these squares
First up was Angela Boyce
then they went to Carol Macdonald
next up was Annie Mac
henceforth to Ruth Zanoni Roskell
they then wended their way to Jane Spencer
next up was Kate Stuart (photos to follow)
and then on to Kirsty Mason
last to go was me
I then girded my loins and chopped all of the squares into 32mm x 32mm pieces…..… Read the rest
… for a collaborative textile project, and would you believe 3 come along at once!
I have blogged about the 2 previous projects here and here . I thoroughly enjoyed them, and was delighted to fnd another group of people who were keen to have a go as well. We worked on round brooches, each of us adding some textile art and then sending it on to the next person.… Read the rest
