WOYWW 664 - Gummy Silk and Doodly Birds

Wednesday again, doesn’t it come round quickly.

This week instead of shoving out of sight the fabric samples

I’ve made and don’t like, I’m going to curate them with

bits and pieces from around the house into wooden box frames.

This way I’ll have a constantly changing display of collages

on my studio wall for inspiration and meditation.

Monday night our textile group held a handmade paper making

workshop online. My goodness what a fabulously quick technique.

All you need is some gummy silk, baking parchment, an iron,

a water spray bottle and some bits and pieces like flower petals, threads,

anything flat to lay on top.

How to :

Lay thin strands of the gummy silk on top of a piece

of baking parchment.

Spray with water till damp

Lay another piece of baking parchment on top

Iron on a hot dry heat 

And there you have it.

Suppliers of gummy silk if you want a go

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RAINBOW SILKS

I’ve bonded this paper to a piece of cotton with Bondaweb

then machine stitched over it.

This is the back. I’m going to be adding some hand stitching next.

There’s potential to make paper to write on, make books, vessel’s,

stitched art, collage.  Stick with me. Hopefully I’ll have more

to show you next week.

Here’s a blast from the past. 2010 to be precise. I know some of you

will remember the Doodly Birds I created.

It came up on Facebook memories. There’s still a few nesting around

the world in the form of bags, clocks, cups and coasters. No I’m not

tempted to reintroduce them. My head has been pecked enough

with these cheeky chirpies.

Have a good creative week folks

Lynn

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Little Stories of life with the HOLLAND’S

Waking up the morning after Storm Eunice I looked out

across the valley to be met with a snow storm.

Not a sheep in sight or a blade of grass, only the tops of the

trees showed any signs of colour and they were rapidly

becoming white.

This sign tickled me. My sister who lives in Oxford

and is a true northern lass, quotes it to her fellow workers.

As it was obviously going to be a stay at home day

I settled into my craft room and made a bag for a special

book I received this week.

Books that I treasure all have their own little fabric bag,

mostly made with pieces of vintage material.

This image came up the other day for the clothing company

Toast.

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I have a few pieces myself.

My thoughts were of how fabulous that they had used an older model.

Hopefully it shows that you don’t need to be young to be stylish.

Their colour descriptions appeal to me as well.

The outfit below is listed as

SAFFRON & NASTURTIUM 

We watched an online talk in the evening by

Great British Pottery Throwdown host Keith Brymer Jones.

It was really good, he’s such a sensitive soul and

enormously talented.  I’ve got his book on order as well, so

plenty to look forward to while the weather does it’s worst.

Stay safe and warm

Lynn

xx

WOYWW 663 - Listen to the pouring rain

Hello Wednesday desk hoppers, was I harping on about the

rain last week ?  Well I’m still harping on about this week.

It feels like it’s never going to stop and according to the forecast

we’ve got it every day until at least the 28th.

Still it’s an excuse to play with the new variegated threads

that have arrived from Rainbow Silks. Watch out for more

water soluble bowls and fabrics coming soon.

We don’t do Valentines Day in this house but we did drag out

the daft Cupid video we made in lockdown and got a few laughs

and cheery comments about it on Facebook & Instagram.

After 43 years together I’m happy to say we still rub along

well together. I think it’s the non stop banter and laughter

that does it.

Can’t hang about as it’s Blood Donation day.

Zoom Pilates and zoom textile meetings on the go as well.

Yesterday was the dentist and next week it’s mammogram.

Its busier than working heehee.

Keep crafting 

Lynn

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Here comes the weekend

There I was minding my own business admiring the snowdrops when

all of a sudden the dirty stinking water from the bird feeder ended

up all over my head and to say I smelt like a sewer is putting it mildly.

Lesson learnt  - don’t forget to give the birds fresh water regularly.

Someone posted this on Facebook this week, it’s our exam results

from school in 1972.  For some reason my six C.S.E. results are not in there

or my typing but at least I got some recognition for my Office Practice skills.

My first job on leaving school was in the accounts department at

Rediffusion television. My dad got me the job, one of the customers

of his mobile fruit & veg van “The Fruit Bowl” was the manager there.

Fortunately my low grade in maths didn’t put them off employing me.

The original school which was a girls grammar school, then a

high school for boys and girls has been knocked down in recent

years and replaced with a modern building.

This week we’ve woken up to some amazing misty mornings,

only to be replaced within no time with winds and rain every day.

So I’ve not been anywhere, preferring the warmth of home

and the comfort of a nice hot cup of tea, a bit of stitching, reading,

shouting instructions to Alexa to play various genres of music

depending on my mood and what I’m doing. My best friend’s

dad has had me listening to James Taylor this week.  Great music

for crafting along to.

My fixation with creating online jigsaws from my own photographs

and improving my word skills with scrabble and the latest once a

day Wordle puzzle continues. Apparently it’s been sold for

millions to the Americans.

LINK TO ONLINE JIGSAWS

Watch out it’s addictive

Nothing to see here this weekend apart from a couple of

friends calling round for a beer or three.

We will be watching The Great British Pottery Throwdown.

Last weeks episode was my favourite so far, creating vessels from the

1960’s.  I’ll be giving the BBC 1 new thriller Chloe another go.

I’m not to sure about it yet.  Hasn’t there been some brilliant dramas

on recently.  I was hooked on The Responder with Martin Freeman,

it was very intense.

Hopefully we will get some milder weather soon and things

will continue to pick up.

Have a lovely weekend.

Lynn

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WOYWW 662…… Water, water everywhere

Gosh where did that week go.

We’ve had some horrendous weather, some days to

wet and windy to be going anywhere.

After seeing my fabric bowls last week a friend said will you make me

one for my front room. Some hours later spent hammering away at the

sewing machine and using a ton of sewing thread, here it is.

Here’s some other water soluble fabric samples I’ve been doing

for my course work.

I’ve trapped twisted raffia, wool and silk threads into this one and used the

fancy stitches on my sewing machine.  The little dress and brooch were handmade

and gifted to me some years ago by blog friends.

The prompt for February over at my No Rules Textile Society is

AUTOMATED STITCHING 

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We are exploring all the fancy stitches that we rarely if ever use.

Here’s a start to my samples.  I’ve used the Shibori fabric I dyed back

in November and a piece of cut up vintage fabric

That’s all folks from me this week.

Have a super crafty time

I’ll be chained to my sewing machine if you’re looking for me.

Lynn

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WOYWW 661 - Stitching magic and a trip to market

2022 is becoming a real learning curve texturally with

the new water soluble online course I’m doing and prior

to that a week of stitch and fabric painting.

I’ve been back on the machine making another fabric bowl.

Look they’re multiplying 

There’s been a trip to the famous

Bury Market, Lancashire which is about 20 minutes from home.

We got chatting to this lovely fabric stall holder.  His family

have had the stall for 76 years and had some real tales to tell.

They had some fabulous double sided wool materials.

If I was a dressmaker I’d have been bringing home 

some of the black dogtooth one.

The market is on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and folk

come on coach trips from as far as Southampton.

It was great fun to visit with plenty of places to have a cuppa

and lunch.

This’ll make you splutter.  As much as I love the styles and

how they coordinate colours, there’s no way I’d pay the prices

of clothing and interiors company Cabbages & Roses.

I did spot a frock equally as nice online at good old M&S for

a mere fraction of the price and I’ve teamed it up with a Scottish

made tank top I got in a shop last year in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Well back to the stitching now.

Have a good week everyone.

Keep crafting

Lynn

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