Sunday...

Painting in progress...

Clouds and patterns...

Yesterday saw me visiting (a very cloudy) Manchester for some inspiration, which I found at Platt Hall, Whitworth Gallery and Castlefield Gallery (there are unexpected things happening there). Having never visited Platt Hall before I was really taken with the beautiful building and textiles housed there...

New work...

this is what I'm working on, hopefully it'll be transforming into a painting soon...

Textiles fair...

Kind of want to keep this to myself, but realise that would just be mean! The Manchester antique textiles fair is an amazing event with a dizzying array of stalls, from clothes and cloth, to lace and buttons. I have been a number of times in past years (and plan to be there in March!) and I have to say it never fails to deliver.

Animal print...

I wouldn't normally talk about fashion on here, but I am liking the new take on animal print from fashion designer Charlotte Taylor, she's also originally from Lancashire which is no bad thing!

Sunday forests...

This is where Sunday took me...

Hey ho lets sew...

Weekend fun on Saturday, I went to my first ever craft afternoon, and it was very enjoyable to meet so many lovely people!

Painting...

This makes me want to paint again...

by Genevieve Dionne via here 

New work...

This is what I was working on this Sunday, a mix of paper, fabric and thread...

Pretty flowers...

Happy Valentines, these were waiting for me when I got home, hope your having a nice evening what ever Valentines day brings you...

I want to play...

How amazing is this, reactive paint by Shi Yuan, via here

Spring...

I think spring may be on the way, its a glorious sunny day here and feels milder, the light coming through the windows some how puts you in a positive frame of mind. Lots of little jobs to do today but hopefully I'll have time tomorrow to spend some time being creative...

What a week...

I think after the week I've had I'd really rather live here (via here)...

Atelier story exchange...

We have our second book on our atelier story exchange project. After the kerfuffle over the Blackpool Culture Shop project at Christmas it went by the wayside some what as we got a bit disheartened, however we have now kick started it again for the new year. We are working on the third book we've been sent and would really love to hear from anybody else that would like to be be involved, find out more about it here.

Lobster and swan...

I received the lovely pin cushion that I won from over on the Lobster and Swan blog this morning. It red, white and stripy and make a very cheerful additional to my sewing kit...thank you again!