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Little Laura 5
I rather let rip on this one and added about as much embellishment as I could squeeze in. Sometimes more is more. I think it works because there is a lot of patterning and repetition in it,...
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Little Laura 6
This seemed like a nice Little Laura for Valentine’s Day (which happens to be my birthday), because of the little red enamel heart; I like this one because the stitchery at the bottom of her skirt is...
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What I did on Sunday
Well, I should have been working at the day job, but for some reason I have the big Urge to Create yesterday and so I gave in. I finished the last of the little Laura panels just after lunch and I went...
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The £50,000 question
Big Keith’s appraisal in ‘The Office” Events took a surprising turn this week: I had a really useful appraisal with my new colleague, Jon Beaverstock. Appraisals, for those of you fortunate enough...
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A post as much for me as you
Today is a momentous day. I have finally started work towards my book. I have sat down and written out plans before for a book which all came to nothing, because I think books have to be ‘ready’...
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What I did at the weekend
On Saturday the Medieval Historian and I went to the Gwent Quilters. This was a return visit for me, and I wondered why the MH was quite so keen to come with me. Then I remembered the lovely lunch...
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War Collars project
I have spent quite a lot of the summer at conferences presenting my research to my colleagues. One of the new projects for this year was on the connection between suits of armour and contemporary...
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Latest additions to my Laura Ashley project
First of all, I am very sorry about the long gap between this post and the last one. I know a high proportion of people like to read the blog on Sunday afternoons, and I haven’t been providing you...
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Public engagement – Thinking Futures Workshop and Glamorgan Quilters
It has been one of the busiest two weeks of my life, which is why I haven’t posted anything recently. First my lovely PhD student, Zara, had her viva. Although this is her oral exam on her thesis, I...
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Latest Laura Ashley panel
I have started doing some work with Laura Ashley fabric again. This time there is no rush. It’s not for an exhibition or a conference paper, so I can take as long as I like. It started with one of...
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Relaunching the Laura Ashley quilt
I have had a new lease of life with my Laura Ashley project. My huge Body Shop/Anita Roddick quilt has finally gone to its new home and this seems like a good time to make a start on the large Laura...
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What I did at the weekend
These are really not very good photographs of the work I did on the new Laura Ashley piece. I have had a big burst of interest in this quilt, and I am wondering if it is because the other large piece...
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Falling in love again
There haven’t been many posts recently as I have been finishing things off and there hasn’t been much to report, but suddenly I have quite a lot to post about. This is a big project from my work on...
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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life?
This is quite a small panel, one of the last ones I made, but the one which will be in the top-left-hand corner. Some of the panels have fents or offcuts instead of costume prints, including this...
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What I did at the weekend
This weekend was spent filling up the reservoir, as it were, as I spent a lot of time with my Grate Frend Beatriz at exhibitions and in art shops. On Friday we went to the blockbuster exhibition...
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What I finished off at the weekend
I am still working on this large Laura Ashley wall piece, although there are other things I should be getting on with. As I mentioned in a previous post, I lost all interest in this piece and so I am...
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Under lock and key
(Please note: this is one of my slightly more academic posts – continue reading at your own risk of terminal boredom!) One of the reasons that I like using textiles as part of my academic work is that...
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Laura the fox takes a moonlight stroll in her new lacy black stockings
Last week I went to Bristol Quilters’ workshop with Mandy Pattullo. I had a great day. Mandy Pattullo is an artist whose work I have admired since I saw it at the Festival of Quilts a couple of...
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More applique
This is the latest of my Mandy Pattullo/Laura Ashley pieces. The background is pieced paper (English method) hexagon patchwork with an overlay of Laura Ashley fabric applique. I had thought that I...
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Still more applique
This piece is backed onto some curtain interlining and then washed in hot water to give it a vintage feel. This particular interlining seems to turn into tungsten steel when you give it this...
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