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I fondly look at this page as an extension of my sketchbook. Updates will pop on and off as I work through projects and ideas. Finished pieces will proudly make their way to my portfolio, but here is where the fun happens!
Much of what you'll see here on this page has no name, no beginning or middle, but hopefully one day an end. As I proudly put finished pieces on my instagram, here I like to show more of the thinking and thought process.
I love the addition of light. Fabrics can behave very differently, some become highlighted, almost spotlit, others soften and mute. An interesting result comes when the illumination comes from behind, bringing the light through the piece, you will often see my work photographed from behind.
Sheer fabrics can be awkward to work with, but readily allow for that light to filter through, offering subtle colour changes, and a glance at what is beyond.
I have been experimenting with different sheers, English Paper Piecing them together, then inserting them by hand into a Bojagi background. These work well as panels with natural light behind, or smaller pieces hung in windows.
As I toss ideas around and play with ideas for workshops in the year ahead, it's also a great opportunity to finish projects off, and that is to say they never quite end up how I thought they might in the beginning!
I am a member of the Quilter's Guild who frequently run challenges for their members. These are always great starting points for any project, and offer structure and deadlines, which ultimately means you need to start and indeed finish a few projects without distraction.
This untitled piece is almost done. You can see how I'm trying to lift the four blocks up and away from the white background using the black as a background perspective. I have started to separate the blocks with a grey outline, but am thinking of a more bold colour, maybe a red?
Traditional Japanese resist-dyeing technique. Patterns are created by folding, stitching, twisting, compressing which prevent the indigo from reaching areas.
A gorgeous project I started with Littleheath Barn in the summer that I just can't wait to get on with.
Using up some silk scraps from a previous project, I'm playing here with the red border, using fabric paint. This is purely a sketchbook entry, with a view to finishing off another piece with the same technique.
Once again, here I am using the colours to create the depth.
Hopefully the blue square should move from being in the background to the foreground in these two samples.
Just playing with simple colour configurations, and trying again to use colour and shape to bring that 3rd dimension in.
Obviously just a quilt top at the moment, I am undecided about the quilting as yet.
Breakdown Printing continues to delight me. Whether or not I'm preparing fabrics, or have a project in mind, I love the whole process and its mess.
Much fun using a multi-textural approach. Any scraps to hand are roughly tacked onto a shrinkable hessian style back, washed on high to obtain maximum shrinkage, then hand dyed - the result is a bit lumpy, but very interesting!
Too often do I chop off the edge of my fabric, omitting the very source of where it was born.....why not make a feature of the cast offs??
Here, quite cutely, I've experimented, and was quite charmed with the result!
Must not take everything too seriously..
Tons more breakdown printing. I'm preparing fabrics for a project I have in mind.
Here I am experimenting with layered printing - not quite finished,,
Tons more breakdown printing. I'm preparing fabrics for a project I have in mind.
Here I am experimenting with layered printing - not quite finished