Making Life more Beautiful
I don’t like buying Christmas presents. I find it stressful, and I hate being under pressure to buy. So generally I give my children money and try to make something small, as an expression of my love, as well. Last … Continued
I have already blogged about the top I made in this fabric. This post explains how I printed the cloth. But first a word about beetles. My Mother and Jenny had an “uggh” reaction to the beetles, which is understandable … Continued
I made up the shiny beetle fabric. It was all cut out waiting to go. I had meant to wait until after Christmas. But those shiny beetles kept winking at me. The lovely off-white tailors’ tacks were calling out. “The … Continued
I am doing a 12 week course in screen printing at the Mary Ward Centre. In the first few weeks we tried monoprinting, and then we created silhouettes which we turned into paper stencils. These were used to get familiar … Continued