Hello Stranger!

 Well first I must wish you all a very Happy New Year and then next I have to apologise for being absent from my blog for such a long time! Lots of stuff has been happening and so I think this blog better be a catch up first and foremost.
Brain artwork: Well the two images above show the neurone weaving I have been working on, it is still in the experimental stage but it is opening up lots of ideas.

Workshops for adults with learning difficulties: Below are some images showing the exhibition of the work they had created with myself and a couple of other artists over the term.

The following photos show the display of the work I had led....

Here are the woven baskets made from plastic milk bottles and rags, name plates made from papier mache and string,

 above are the tissue paper bowls we made based on a theme of either fire or water and to the left are our mexican god's eyes.
(We also made some gorgeous sewn picture frames that I may have shown in an earlier post but unfortunately I don't seem to be able to find a photo of them in the exhibition)



Then I must show you the homemade gifts I gave for Christmas this year. I was really inspired by my friend Nicola at Halfpenny Home Haberdashery, she showed me how to do freehand embroidery on my sewing machine and this is what it led to......

This apron I made for a chicken loving friend,

this one was for my Dad.......

I was particularly pleased with myself when I managed to do the knife and fork so convincingly even though it was only small. The last apron was for a friend and showed her house and animals.

It was also a friends birthday just before Christmas and so I made her a knitting needle roll.....

....as you can see I added all the important details in life- coffee and cake, wool and her pet cat Ruby. Finally the jumper I knitted for my eldest niece.

I hope you are enjoying the New Year, I am concentrating on keeping warm at the moment but it is beautiful outside in the snow..

...I'll try not to leave it so long before my next blog.