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Weaving Volcanoes

You’d have thought we’d all have had enough of volcanoes just recently, wouldn’t you?  But it seems I just can’t help myself!  I’m now weaving them!  Yesterday it was dunes and waves, today it’s volcanoes!  I was watching The...

Fashion & Textiles conference

Apologies for sending this out again, but there was a technical problem with the links which has now been solved.  Do check out the links as I think you will enjoy them….. This weekend, I represented the Midlands Textile Forum at a sister event in the eastern...

It’s been an interesting March so far.  Firstly there was Hattie on YouTube, which as I write has had over 1300 visits (and certainly not all by me!!)  Secondly I have been writing a booklet to accompany a workshop I give on Texture in Textiles.  It’s the...

Staffordshire Hoard

Today I gave myself a birthday treat – I went to view the Staffordshire Hoard – a treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon gold weaponry that was unearthed in a farmer’s field in Staffordshire during last summer.  It’s absolutely amazing!  The size of the...

Kuwait Impressions #3

On my last day in Kuwait, we visited the Al Hashemi II dhow which stands proudly on the waterline below the Radison SAS hotel.  Although the Maritime Museum was closed for a conference, we were able to wander over the dhow and take photographs.  It is a truly...