Papa Stour at The Country Living Fair

My Indian Slipper Cushions and Chinese Junk Table Runners are going on a trip without me next weekend to the Country Living Fair taking place in Glasgow. Papa Stour an amazing online boutique for scottish craft and design will be taking a stand at the event and I promise you that you'll find some amazing gift ideas at the event so why not take a trip (check out the Papa Stour website for how to get cheaper tickets to the event). If you can't make it to Glasgow that weekend then you should have a look at the Papa Stour website, I promise you won't be disappointed!

I've been published...

...well sort of! You will find glimpses of my Chinese Junks Table Runner in the current issue of Coast, in the Coastal Weddings Section.

I suppose the hardest thing about photographing the table runner is that it is hard to show it off when you're having to photograph other bits and pieces too! But you can catch a glimpse of it under these lovely napkins above.

And it's hanging off the end of the table on these two photos...it is a beautiful set up though, I love all the glass...so pretty. And as Coast says 'Life is better by the sea', which has to be true as I love going to the seaside.

And I am name checked below...so my first published claim to fame! If you want to see the table runner in all its glory then you can check it out at the Papa Stour website...beautiful pictures taken by Rosie Brown. Feel free to get in touch with me if you want any more information too.

Quilts and Crochet

It's been over a month since my last post, how time flies! I've been crazy busy getting ready for two events I'm doing this Christmas, one in Newcastle and one in Wales (more on those later) but I thought I would update you on a little project I helped with back in October. I produced a piece of fabric with my Chinese junks, scribbles and Indian shoes (I had free range to do what I liked which was great fun)! The fabric was used for the back of a crocheted baby blanket which was for a present, the crochet was made by a mother and her daughters, so it became a unique hand-made beautiful present for it's recipient.

Decor8 Blog

Check out the decor8 blog from the 4th October to read Holly Beckers raving review of the Papa Stour website and all about Rosie Brown, stylist and founder of Papa Stour...my Chinese Junk Table Runner has been featured! (it's a brilliant blog too, well worth a look with some beautiful and inspiring design...check out the day to day features just here)

Contemporary Threads Update

The exhibition Contemporary Threads has opened in Kelso at the Wee Gallery and here's a sneaky peek inside of what's on show (to admire and to buy). The show includes work by myself including table runners, napkins, placemats and cushions, along with a larger piece of work 'Chinese Junks' which can be seen on the left hand side of the image above. Other artists on show include Valerie A Graves with her beautiful and tactile felted pods, wall-hangings and of course some cute felted hares thrown in for good measure. Lindsay Roberts hand spins her own yarns and then uses them within her collage works to create magnificent multi layered wall pieces.

I seem to have dropped off the blogging radar over the past few weeks, it's been a very busy time for me. I'm off to London next week for a meeting about New Designers so hopefully I'll be able to let on more about that on my return.