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  • Open Studio

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    This weekend I’m holding my annual open studio and combining it with a book launch! Studio outside So if you are local – Leicester – then do pop in – Fosse Centre, Mantle Rd, Leicester, LE3 5HG studio inside Saturday 8th November 2-4pm and Monday 10th November 6-8pm A few books lined up…

  • A sea of tiny quilts

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    I’m submerged in a sea of quilts and other such stitchy things. Tiny but very time-consuming things. Once free of the quilt-a-rama, normal service will resume. I can’t show pictures of any of the pieces as they are all for books to be published in 2009-10. I love making stuff for books; designing and making…

  • This is not fabric

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    Really its not. It just looks like fabric. I am not buying fabric. Or clothes. OK. I confess, its a whole suit.I am weak. But it is such pretty tweed. And it is winter. Although actually I bought it purely for the fabric and I want to make a handbag from it. With Little Betty!

  • Little Betty

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    In an unscheduled change from my usual family of Bettys, may I introduce Little Betty, the sewing Debutante.

  • DO sweat the little stuff

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    I’ve been working on some ideas for new small products, suitable for the limited purse-capacity of most people at the moment! So for a start, new Pebble brooches made from recycled wool. Large ones are about 5cm (2″) and the small ones about 3cm (1″-ish). Prices around £6-8. What do you think?

  • Commission

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    My friend, the jeweller Rachel Emmerson recently asked me to make a pair of Garrick panels to display her lovely jewellery on. Here they are at Origin. She was exhibiting just around the corner from me, which was convenient for chatting and sharing a wee tipple in the evenings.

  • Its out!

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    Sew it Up has been spotted in the wild In all good bookshops now! Identification and image courtesy of Jean, chief-bookspotter and reviewer. Also spotted and reviewed by Vivienne.

  • I’ve been weaving!

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    I’ve just completed a small (teeny) commission for Warrington Museum’s new exhibition on ancient Peru. They needed a small piece of woven alpaca, some alpaca fleece and a bit of handspun yarn.Stupidly I started off thinking I didn’t need to set up a proper loom and gave myself a real headache. So I got my…

  • From little acorns grows a big leafy framed thing

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    Remember this piece? Here it is at the show. I had a nightmare about this one being at the framers. I dreamed that they had trashed it and I had to spend a long time shouting very loud. ‘Cause shouting makes it better, of course. I never normally shout, I just dream about getting very…

  • A New Year

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    As Origin is the focal-point of my year, I suppose today, the day after the end of the show, is the start of a new year.So I have some new year resolutions: Apply for Origin again next year. Or maybe not. I don’t know. (a good start, this one) Remember (and do something about) my…