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26/05/20
Here’s a card I sent for a swap on Swapbot, I’m doing one every month in 2020 on the theme of portraits.
It’a actually the other bit of the photo I used for last months, here they are back together again.… Read the rest
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08/04/20
Right up until the day before the “100 day project 2020” started I was unsure if I was going to take part. Last years was fun, but it took a lot of organising.… Read the rest
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10/02/20
Today is the the last week of my Made on Monday 2019 project, I have made 52 5×5 inch mixed media pieces, it’s taken me 56 weeks, but that’s not bad.… Read the rest
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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
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
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17/12/19
I heard today that the postcard I sent to Australia has arrived safely after 2 weeks, always a relief because sending them naked is a bit risky, especially ones like this with loose-ish stitching on them.… Read the rest
In this post I’m going to do a round up of the various swaps I’ve recently been involved in. I’ve been having fun with Swapbot , you can read about it here. I took part in a swap on the theme of “Monochromatic Purple”
I sent this card on the theme “Whatever”
I sent this handmade notelette…
Here are some handmade postcards I received as swapbot swaps.… Read the rest
I am taking part in the Made on Monday project again, I did it once before in 2016, you can read all about it here It involves making a new piece of 5×5 inch art every week for a year, and posting it online on a Monday. You can read about the project, run by Kate Bridger here
The first time round I used fabric scraps from my ample scrap box, which never gets any less ample.… Read the rest
Yay, I have completed my 100 Day Project which consisted of me making a 2 inch mixed media piece for 100 days . It has taken me 171 days, but I got there in the end. For the final phase I used fabric that I received in a swap from Marianne Tighe.
She dyed it herself using the ice dye method and Procion Dyes.… Read the rest
