When I was a child, creativity came easily. I wrote most of a (terrible) novel when I was eight. (I sort of lost interest in it when I discovered that my ambition to be the youngest ever published author was not going to be fulfilled.) … Continue reading
Category Archives: textiles
a fabric fable
Once upon a time, there was a pile of fabric. It was not a pile that had been bought from a shop with a particular project in mind. Nor was it a pile awaiting washing, or throwing out. It was a pile of … Continue reading
something old, something new
This weekend, it has finally felt as though spring is beginning at last. Even I, fair-weather gardener that I am, managed to spend an afternoon outdoors, pulling out lots of dead stuff and clipping back unruly and neglected shrubbery. This is … Continue reading
mouse in a box
I’ve been having a bit of a think recently. About new things to make. Or more, rather, about new ways of presenting things I make, to make them more attractive and desirable. I still want to make little characters, because … Continue reading
textile temptations
A few years ago, I admit, I used to have a bit of an addiction. Nothing too seedy, don’t worry. For a while, I devoted many hours to it, sometimes at the expense of family harmony. But it did more-or-less furnish our home, … Continue reading
identity crisis
I made a new creature over the weekend, because I wanted to have a go at one with a pointy snout. In the past all my snouts have been made separately and stitched on after the main doll shape has been … Continue reading