Give-away

I promised you a give-away, so here it is. You’ll remember (keep up at the back) that Phillippa Lack gave me a piece, that featured in her Workshop on the Web article, to give away. Well, I have to confess that I got muddled and announced that her article was in the March issue – actually it is in the June one. That will teach me to set articles so far ahead of the date! I shall still do the give-away, though, and will add lots of stuff from me. If you win the Phillippa piece please make a donation to a charity of your choice, as that is her wish.

So, we have the following goodies up for grabs. First the Phillippa piece – it’s a delightful small quilt – about a foot square.



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Here is a detail. It is a lovely piece of work.

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Plus lots of packs of mixed goodies, including useful stuff like water-soluble film, Lutradur, lovely yarns and fabrics, machine threads (including some Madeira metallics). I’ll also add the odd stitched sample to some of the packs. Again, it would be good if you put a few coins in the charity box if you win. I have lots to give away. Here is a small sample of the goodies on offer.

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Leave a comment if you want to take part. We will get Fiona over to draw the winners (there will be lots) one week from today – March 8th.


Had a fantastic few days at Urchfont Manor College last week. I’ve been on a diet, so the wonderful food was hard to resist but I did quite well. Our group meet there regularly and have such fun – one of us does the lesson and this time we were working on collagraphs – the collages that turn into printing blocks. You need a press but Jane Wild showed us how to use a pasta machine (they are really quite cheap to buy) instead. Jane has an article in the new issue of Workshop on the Web on this technique (http://www.workshopontheweb.com/).

This is one of Jane’s prints – her inspiration is often drawn from faces, like this one. I think it is fantastic.
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And a detail. Don't you think it is amazing how well the textures of scrim and lace come through on the paper.

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Here is Sue, inking up her plate - actually we used acrylic paint with an extender mixed in to keep it workable longer.

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Now to wind the plate through the machine. This was a spectator sport - as you can see.

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The results were lovely - see below. The sleketon leaf worked so well.

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I was working on my fossil fish (there’s a surprise) and I'll show you some of them in the next blog - I want to do a little bit of stitching first.

Back to work today, but exciting work as the Sue Rangeley book is about to go to the printers. It’s so beautiful I can’t wait to hold it in my hands as a book. More about it on http://www.d4daisy.com/.