Jill Allen and her patchwork bags 2020 to 2021

 My Lincoln friend of 30 years has been producing these lovely bags during these difficult times and has sent me photos to enjoy them and there are more!

Julie creates Japanese patches with her sewing machine Feb 2021

 

Julie wrote 'Preferred the hand stitched one. Was able to get a better finish.  However I didn't like this one at first so rushed it.'

But I think it is great and I love the the orange and brown together.  

Brusho with fabric medium - Julie tested it and Kate had a go too

The fabric medium means that Brusho paints can be easily used in textile art. We have used them here as backgrounds.

Julie

Kate

Julie found a u-tube that inspired us both.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR20hXHfcupqpCwJXMNZhbx0QAcjY6BCVGXqu75S9hm2_fLlbLapdpknz1A&v=wZFmXNN3Vlw&feature=youtu.be

If you have a go remember rubber glover - we both had strange coloured fingers for a couple of days.

from paint to cut felt - Ivon Hitchens painting in Usher Gallery Jan 2021

 Here is the painting in the Usher Gallery; it is represented as a landscape image. I had seen this work in the gallery through the years and never questioned it.

While I was studying it carefully - first with two watercolour paintings and then with a cut felt textile piece - I realised that it was portrait in shape and represented flowers and foliage in vases on a table.

The flower were cultivated poppies as indicated by the attached foliage.