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Archive for April, 2009

Last Saturday found me in East Yorkshire with a lovely bunch of ladies from the East Yorkshire Embroidery Society.  I had been to the group last year when I gave them my talk “From Here To There And Back Again” or how I weave my Friendly Plastic work into my textiles – the journey from [...]

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Do you find yourself with too many bits of paper and magazines to read and digest?  You then have to deicde whether to keep them and “file” them (I have a large number of File Piles), or put them straight in the recycling bin.  If you do keep them and eventually move them from the [...]

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I am more than delighted to announce that I am running a workshop in the grounds of beautiful Tintern Abbey on the Welsh Borders near Chepstow in September 2009.  Having met a lovely lady called Adrienne Goodenough on the Friendly Plastic Yahoo List, I have been offered this delightful spot to run a class.  Adrienne [...]

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Jana Ewy put out a design challenge on the Friendly Plastic List and blog for everyone to make a doll.  Not just any doll, but one that featured an image of the maker when they were young and as they are now.  I duly got involved because I thought it might be a bit of [...]

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For regular readers of this blog, what I am going to tell you about today will not need any further explanation, just a link to the DOT group blog where you can see the whole story of our most recent round of Consequences.

For those of you who have absolutely no idea what I am talking about, [...]

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OK, I just had to let you know about a fabulous exhibition I have just been to in Lincoln.  It is not on for long, just this week from 13th to 19th April 10am – 4pm at the Gallery at St Martins but it really is worth seeing.  The artist, Janet Wain is truly an artist, and [...]

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Following on from all the interesting conversations on the FP blog about colouring Friendly Plastic, I have put together a sampling pack of colouring mediums for you to try out.  

The pack contains 10 sheets of Heat Transfer foils which are the quickest and easiest way of adding colour to the reverse side of your FP.  [...]

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