My  cushion sewing workshop @ The Studio with 6 lovely women.

 

I'm running a new Saturday Morning Art Club! Weekly at the Studio Morland, open to children of all ages but under 6 must be accompanied by an adult and spaces are limited. learn art in a relaxed and fun atmosphere and make new friends! 

Places and Spaces

Emersive Educational Arts Trail surrounding the theme 'Places and Spaces' at Morland Area School. A week of art workshops including paper mache, clay, textiles and print-making, cumulating in an arts trail opened to the public and family BBQ.

The Studio

Exciting times

Birds

Project with several primary schools in and around The Eden Valley. Designing, creating and decorating papier mache birds with Key Stage 1 pupils.

Group Portraits

Been wildly busy sewing these lovely fabric group portraits, commissions are welcome and it is very easy to connect with me through my Facebook page.

Rob, Donna, Annie and Mavis

Fabric Portraits

Grace, Jack and Kevin, family portrait commission

                 

Lantern Festival

Ewanrigg Lantern Workshops and Parade in Maryport, in support of SOBs (Save Our Bed Campaign)

   

Open Studios

Solfest

Solfest on site-artist creating a jungle-themed garden, flags and festival flutter by me.

Storytelling Chair

The Morland Storytelling Chair textile project. Workshop leader and upholsterer.

Angels and Clouds

I've been busy sewing celestial beings for a pop-up gallery I held in my lovely Cumbrian Cottage last Saturday. Turned out to be a very nice day indeed, quiet but steady and I did phenomenally well in sales, selling out of nearly everything and accruing lots of orders so I will be busy with my head down and foot on the treadle for a while. Thank goodness for coffee and kittens, if you have both of these things then there is always an excuse for a break. ;-)

Cact-fabulous

It may not feel very deserty around here in the sub-zero Cumbrian hills but I am busy making cacti, these little guys are so much fun to sew and turns out they are perfect pin-cushion material. I am rubbish at keeping any kind of plant alive so here's the perfect scenario, felt plants that won't disappoint.I do have a lot of vintage pots that need filling so it's win-win. ';-)

Elf - on - a - Ledge

I know how wrong it is to be actually thinking of Christmas in October but sometimes needs must. This little Elf commission was my first elf, hopefully not my last. The first Elf will always be special and I did find it tricky to let go of this little one, he has big ears and is particularly keen on snow-boarding.

Elves should not be kept as pets but if they turn up at your house wrapped in tissue and brown paper via the postal system then you are legally allowed to keep them, do not feed them cumquats under any circumstances. 

Betsy

Bestsy is a little fabric portrait made from vinatge and up-cycled fabrics and fine felts. Partly machine free-motion-stitched and hand embroidered, these are unique (no two are the same) portraits that come complete with frame and hook. They are backed with felt and ready to display anywhere in your lovely home. 

Bruno

Marcel

Tortoise Love

Vintage Portraits

My Family

My latest collection consists of portraits, inspired by some quite formal Victorian portrait-photographs I saw on-line, which I loved. Then I found these little hoop/frames and thought they would be perfect, although they do seem very difficult to source. Here are my first pieces, my family, minus the pussy-cat, I have had to put him on hold as he is proving quite tricky.