It’s been a busy few days! Workshops, talks, new work and hospital arts. St Bede’s Hospice have asked for a new project that will help transform a small sitting room into a quiet and restful sanctuary for patients, family and staff. I have designed a wall feature of 5 or 6 long panels that willContinue reading “Life as a Textile Artist”
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Pondering whilst hand stitching.
With each piece I get so far with machine stitching and then discern the need for the marks that only hand stitch can make. I guess it’s the first indication that a piece is nearly complete. The act of hand stitching slows things down and gives me time to ponder on the piece in hand;Continue reading “Pondering whilst hand stitching. “
Connecting with Landscape
2017 has rolled in with strange weather. One day freezing, the next double digit temperatures. Winter weather alternating with, what feel like, cool English Summer days. Goodness knows how nature will cope with these crazy days. It has given me chance to get out walking in the hills and at the coast, feeling a connectionContinue reading “Connecting with Landscape”
Donna Cheshire Textiles 