Everything seems to be go go go. It is so fast-paced there is something to be said for the “slow movement”. One of my favourite ways to slow down and take a breath is the sewing technique of English paper piecing (EPP). Traditionally EPP was just hexagons into flowers, but it is so much … [Read more…]
I just recently discovered William Morris. I finished a needlepoint for my mum that she had started many years ago (the trellis design) and I fell in love. So I started to look into where this design came from. I think that Morris still influences many designers and artists to this day. He was … [Read more…]
I believe we can be mindful about what our brains are doing, and change our behaviour to channel the dopamine response in the right direction. For me, that direction is creativity. I started to research creativity and ways to improve it and dopamine just kept coming up. Then other links and pathways. So a little … [Read more…]
Many people say I wish I was creative…. What separates people who feel creative to those who feel that they are not creative at all? Really it is that belief that you are creative. The belief that you can and you will. But what does it mean to be creative? Creativity is the combination of … [Read more…]
Simplifying my life – Getting more time and space to be creative I love being creative because when I think of a new idea it is a rush. I get a sense of satisfaction and happiness. To put ideas together that just work perfectly especially when it all turns out the way I picture it. … [Read more…]
I am writing this piece as another international nurse week comes to a close. It is a Beneath the Stitches but in a different way. Beneath my day job as a perioperative nurse, and no not just a nurse but a nurse with many years of training and many skills. So I thought something … [Read more…]
Instagram, it is a great platform to find inspiration, and some accounts are especially good at boosting our visual creativity. Instagram is an integral part of what we call the ‘visual web’. The visual web represents a continuing revolution in the way we communicate – it is a new language of images, stickers, videos … [Read more…]
Back in 2015, I started to see smitten quilts and hexagons appearing all over Instagram. I was so in love – so smitten. smitten (definition) Smitten means overwhelmed or struck by something, usually love. The way you light up every time the waiter comes over to your table, it’s obvious you’re smitten with him. In … [Read more…]
I started my new hexagon quilt in February 2015. It is now the end of March 2016 and it is completed all 1600+ pieces. I put a border on it, bound it and hand quilted it with Perle cotton. I used a #11 milliners needle and bottom line threads. The templates and papers were all from … [Read more…]
Part two of my Instagram series… Instagram would be one of the most favoured social media sites in the quilty world. It is photo based and quilters are very visual people so it makes sense that quilters and quilting images are flooding IG. IG is an app that you can download onto your phone. You … [Read more…]
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