From SE Pakistan....

….To my sitting room.

Remember I said I bought a lovely piece from John GIllow at the World Textile Day in June?
Here are the photos to enjoy, I make no excuse for there being rather a lot of them!

 

Bees at work

Off out for lunch at Floors Castle Garden Centre.
Fabulous food and flowers.  Perfect combination.

Bees on Eryngium Jos Eiking.

 

Barter Books

Impossible to visit this second hand book shop without bringing part of it home. 

Nothing better for a Sunday and yes thats my boy. :)

Foxgloves

 Seems we are being over run with Foxgloves this year.  

I LOVE them, so more the merrier.

 

You can see more gardening pictures here.

Sketchbook work in Mixed Media/2

Two works using silhouette ideas.

 

"Let your artistic soul fly"

Colour

Nothing makes my heart sing more than the right colours bouncing and zingy off each other.

I took this photo yesterday and realised all of my favourite colours were in there. 

Along with a favourite flower.

 

JQ March 2014

Continuing with the theme of a "sense of place", "trackways",and a "personal journey" within the Land of the Far Horizons.
Interpreting the Northumberland landscape, with special reference to the archaeology and history.

Hand dyed fabrics, oil paint rubbings of ancient deer, thoughts of rituals involving antlers, the hunt and the chase.
Hand stitched with silk threads.

Think I have the urge to get the dye pots out again…..

 

Sketchbook work on Holyhocks

I wonder if I should just paint….. however I love textiles too much.

But I do sometimes get worn down by not being recognised as a “serious" artist (and not making much money!)

Some Hollyhocks for you to enjoy, mine are about 5 inches tall in the garden, but I am a proud “grown them from seeds” gardener.

 

Sketchbook work in Mixed Media

 

Mini Samples and Journal Quilt

 

Continuing with the theme of a "sense of place", "trackways",and a "personal journey" within the Land of the Far Horizons.

Interpreting the Northumberland landscape, with special reference to the archaeology and history.

JQ for April 2014

Generic view of the rolling hills with reference to the cup and ring carved rocks found in this landscape.
Hand painted canvas, FME.

 

Sketchbook Mixed Media

 

Friday the 13th….. well so far its been OK. (Is it safe to say that at midday??)

I’ve just booked a lecture to Newcastle Embroiderers Guild.  I’ll be presenting “Land of the Far Horizons” on April 18th 2015.

I’m working on pieces for Festival of Quilts and hope to reveal those to you soon.

Meanwhile here are some recent examples of the artwork I’ve been producing in my sketchbook.  I’ll post a few over the next week.

 Enjoy!

 

 

The Art Quilt

A teaser for you.  

Working on the Art Quilt for Festival of Quilts.  
Very much “In Progress" 

 

Holiday in Keswick

For sale

Various things for sale.

It’s CLEAR OUT / UP TIME!