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I am a lifelong fabric artist who loves bringing a home to life with quirky, unique and sumptuous pieces of textile art. I learnt my craft from sharing many a happy hour sewing with my talented mother. I particularly like collage, free-machining, needle-felting and creating home furnishings using a combination of machine and hand sewing. I love incorporating vintage and reclaimed fabrics, buttons, beads, jewellery and other items in my work to give them a second chance at being beautiful.

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

WOYWW - feeling sheepish

Hello all, welcome to my first post of 2016! If this is your first visit to my blog, this is my weekly WOYWW (What's on your workdesk Wednesday) post giving you a snapshot of what I'm working on at the moment.

So here's my workdesk today...

You can see I've started the new year with some dumfing (needle-felting). For New Year's Eve we stayed with friends at a sheep farm in Powys. A walk around the farm on New Year's day inspired me to work on some new 'sheepy' ideas in needle-felting and embroidery.

These are waiting for a bit of hand stitching to give some foreground detail...

Here's a close-up of the finished one...

I guess my toddler, Ben, is hoping I'll needle-felt some cows next as 'mooooo' is his word of the moment (although he also uses this to refer to moon and balloon).

Also on my workdesk is the second of two pairs of fleeces onto which I need to sew the hand embroidered logos I've made for my in laws' gardening business. Here's the first pair I completed earlier this week...

Getting four hand-stitched logos to look as close to identical as possible has been quite a labour of love!

Well that's all for this week. I've got to get cracking this afternoon with my latest customer order, another personalised picture - 'L is for...'  with a hand embroidered lion.

Thank you for visiting my blog :-)

Happy crafting,

Max x
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17 comments:

  1. Inside the artists shed6 January 2016 at 13:59

    Great sheep. I now understand a bit more since my foray into needle felting with the mouse a few weeks ago. Good luck with the lion x. Jackie 26

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  2. CraftygasheadZo6 January 2016 at 15:18

    Loving your sheep and your handy work. Take care Zo xx 42

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  3. Suzanne Alexis6 January 2016 at 15:19

    It must be so interesting to be able to make fabric creations for your home! The sheep picture is so pretty and peaceful looking. I bet your in-laws really appreciate your talent and hard work.

    Suzanne #50

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  4. Barb6 January 2016 at 16:47

    Wow your sheep are beautiful. What a wonderful craft. Well done with the logos too. You have started the year well. Wishing you and your family a very happy 2016. Barbxx #28

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  5. Bubbles6 January 2016 at 17:04

    I love your dumfing! The details you've bought out in the foreground are just perfect!
    I think your logos look very professional - a job to be proud of.
    Have a wonderful Wednesday and the rest of the week,
    Bubbles #47

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  6. Helen6 January 2016 at 19:22

    Love the sheep dumfing!! truly beautiful. Enjoy the weeek; don't work too hard. Helen 3

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  7. Elizabeth6 January 2016 at 20:47

    Hi Tilly, you make lovely dumfings - love your sheep and the hand embroidered details are perfect. At first sight, I thought the logos were machine sown - they look identical from here :) Have a great week. Elizabeth x #59

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  8. Sharon6 January 2016 at 21:22

    I like those! I bought a needle felting kit at the end of last year but haven't got around to doing it yet. Another thing to add to the list lol

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  9. shazsilverwolf6 January 2016 at 22:19

    Hi Tilly, love the needle felted sheep pic! Awesome. You could do Ben a picture of a cow holding a balloon, with a moon in the sky, lol.Have a great week, Hugs, Shaz #8xxx

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  10. pearshapedcrafting6 January 2016 at 22:22

    I love your sheep dumfings! The logos look so professional-sure to impress! Chrisx #38

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  11. Twiglet7 January 2016 at 10:29

    Those little sheepy pics look even better in real life. We need to find a good source for frames!! x

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  12. Felix the Crafty Cat8 January 2016 at 18:40

    Gorgeous felted pieces, love them. Wishing you a great woyww and happy crafting, Angela 32x

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  13. Christine8 January 2016 at 20:31

    What beautiful dumfing! Love how you make these pictures.
    Have a good week
    Christine
    Bishopsmate #53

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  14. Unknown1 January 2018 at 09:15

    Fab xx

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  15. MommaLeah12 January 2019 at 17:08

    I was wondering if you have a tutorial for your method? I would love to learn how to make landscapes the way you do.

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  16. Unknown29 September 2021 at 21:45

    Good

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  17. P. Lucas2 April 2023 at 18:41

    I would be interested in a video tutorial please and thank you...love sheep 🐑 😊

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