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  • 10 questions with answers for beginner sewists

    10 Questions and Answers for Beginner Sewists

    May 13, 2015March 13, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    I have been sewing my own clothes since I was 10 years old and I can honestly say that it is a lot ofΒ fun! I love walking down the street in something I have made myself, knowing that I could walk past 1000 people and none of them…

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  • circle skirt

    How to Make a Circle Skirt

    May 11, 2015May 27, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    When I posted about my Cherry Blossom Dress, a couple of the people who were kind enough to leave me comments said that although they didn’t feel ready to try to make a whole dress, just making a circle skirt might be more achievable. Circle skirts are fab….

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    A Guide to Pattern Pieces

    May 7, 2015May 27, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Making your own clothes without a pattern can be a lot of fun.Β It always feels amazingΒ to wear something that you have designed yourself and that fits as well as having chosen the fabric and made it upΒ it yourself. This is something I have done a number of times…

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    How to Make a Fridge Notice Board

    May 4, 2015March 13, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    This was my fridge. Every time the boys came home from school or an activity with a letter, it went on the fridge. Every time we got a notice about bin collections or a dentist appointment or a money off voucher, it went on the fridge. The fridge…

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  • making artists' trading cards

    Making Artists’ Trading Cards

    April 29, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    Over the last few days I have been using my watching-tv-hands-needing-something-to-do-time to make some artists’ trading cards. These are for a swap being organised by Vicky atΒ Lucy Blossom Crafts. As I have never made ATCs before, and being anxious to get it right, I checked the internet to…

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  • felted fenland landscape

    A Felted Fenland Landscape

    April 25, 2015March 23, 2016 Living a Creative Life
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    One of the reasons I wanted to take up wet felting was because I felt (haha!) that the fenland landscape round here would lend itself well to the process. Because it is so flat around here, you can see for miles, and the fields give a kind of…

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Wild Blossom Companion: A Gentle Beginning

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What does late summer feel like to you? I find i What does late summer feel like to you? 

I find it a weird time of year. In some ways it feels like summer still. The weather is still warm and will hopefully be a while before we're back into winter coats again. But the light has changed, the hedgerows are full of berries, the early mornings are colder and the nights are drawing in.

It feels almost sad, but not really because autumn is lovely! πŸπŸ‚

I've written a post about it on Wild Blossom Life. The link is in my bio if you want to read it πŸ’–

#wildblossomlife #seasons #latesummer #mononoaware #creativelife #nearlyautumn
Today I should have done housework and attacked th Today I should have done housework and attacked the garden, so I went for a walk and took a nap.

I would not feel better if I had done the things I should have done instead of the things I wanted to do.

Sometimes the boring things can wait πŸŒΈπŸ’–πŸŒΏπŸŒž

#norfolk #summer #creativelife #getoutside #fieldnotes
July... 🌸 Blackberries that are starting to lo July...

🌸 Blackberries that are starting to look ripe, although they might still be a bit zingy for most people's tastes!

🌸 Fields full of wild flowers 

🌸 Lots of sunshine!

🌸 Some of the wheat is nearly ready for harvesting. 

🌸 Shady lanes are blissfully cool

🌸 The wild and jungly buddleia in my garden is covered in butterflies

If you like the idea of slowing down a bit and noticing the seasons changing, along with some ideas for gentle, open ended creative things you can do that reflect the seasons, you might be interested in the Wild Blossom Companion. It's a themed, monthly guide for creative people and is available as a subscription or as standalone months. There are links in bio, or DM me if you want to as anything. πŸ’–πŸŒžπŸŒΏ

#july #creativelife #seasonalinspiration #summer #norfolk #enjoyingtheseasons
A new project! It was years ago that I realised A new project! 

It was years ago that I realised that the landscape here in Norfolk is so often stripy. Fields, hedges, lanes, the sea, clouds, all manage to arrange themselves into a series of stripes.

The idea of making a neat little drawing or a painting might feel like too much, especially if you are somebody who likes the idea of making art but are afraid of doing it wrong.

Making a picture by assembling stripes can feel much less intimidating. Some of the decisions have already been made, and the stripes mean that one thing in particular is the focus, rather than all of it and not knowing where to start because it's all too much.

The next thing I'm going to do is sew the stripes together, then I might add some embroidered poppies to the foreground. At the moment it is under a tea towel to protect it from the cats!

This idea is a creative invitation from June's Wild Blossom Companion. I've assigned a theme to each month, but plenty of the themes can be revisited at other times of the year as well.

If you'd like more information about the Wild Blossom Companion, there is a link in my bio πŸŒΈπŸ’–

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#wildblossomlife #wildblossomcompanion #stripes #Norfolk #seasonalcreativity #creativeinvitation #creativeideasforsummer
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