STITCHWORKS

It was a lovely sunny day in Winchester yesterday and I tried to appreciate it in the way a visitor of mine recently did. Firstly I went to...

On Friday this week I went along to a workshop organized as part of The Big Draw which is now an annual event in England to encourage drawin...

I enjoyed my visit to the Knit and Stitch on Sunday. Its three years since I was there, which I think is a good thing as everything seemed ...

I have been working on some felt using Lisa Klakulak’s method of free machining to build up texture; obviously this is only in a very amate...

Another Treasury here Lovely title 'Autumn spiked with Turquoise'. Its nice to be chosen.

This morning I am preparing for a short workshop as an introduction to the possibilities of using Transfer Paints. Of course the first thin...

Banks Street Arts 2nd Artists' Book Exhibition here . October 8th - October 31st 2nd Sheffield Artist's Book Prize 10.00 am - 5.00 ...

A nice surprise to be in this treasury of felt and stitch. See it here.

Generally messing about and needing to get out of the doldrums. I was trying to remember how to make a felt bowl as it is a long time since...

This is quite fun to work on – I must admit it took me a year to get round to taking the photographs. In a drawing class we took some hedge...

Micro-Pages flyer_ back Originally uploaded by www.abigailthomas.co.uk

I’ve had a busy week so far. I was pleased with myself this morning having remembered how to set up a DVD slide show for my group next week;...

mosaic monday Originally uploaded by cathy cullis Click on this to see Cathy Cullis selection, which kindly includes my felt.

Last week I decided to give myself a break from planning the evening classes and workshops and to treat myself to making some felt. I wo...

'LaceWing' One of my former tutors Val Campbell-Harding used to say that the back of a piece of work was often more interesting than...

One of my new heroes is Alisa Burke whose work I have mentioned before. I liked her style because it is very much art based. I first came ...

I made my first attempt at making Elderberry Jelly this week. I added plenty of lemon juice but it took two attempts to get a set. Left with...

These are two samples from my City & Guilds course. Its good sometimes to look through the folders full of samples for inspiration and ...

This is a stitched piece which I recently completed using the ‘snow writing’ symbols. The symbols were printed out onto calico from the com...