Well, that’s not strictly accurate. Of course I teach embroidery, but it’s not the most important part of my job description. What I actually teach …
Creativity
My wish for you? Go make some mistakes!
Hello Beautiful Stitchers! It is an utterly beautiful autumn day here in Perth and my fingers are itching to be stitching. But before I allow …
Is the creative life fundamentally selfish?
I have a new favourite blog – The Textile Blog by John Hopper. I only had to read one post and I knew that I …
The creative process – from a scientist’s point of view
Where does the time go? I have been busily travelling over the last few weeks and have so much to share with you all. First, …
Why do I blog?
Starting a blog is a pretty daunting thing. I find myself wondering, will anyone ever read this and why? Am I making it interesting enough? …
Learning from my students – again!
Do you remember that I wrote about painting on canvas a few weeks ago? Last week I ran the second class on that project where …
The joy of teaching
I had an “Aha!” moment yesterday – one of those days when you say to yourself, “Yes! I know exactly why I am doing this”. …
Playing with stitches
Don’t you love the fun of playing with stitches? I think my favourite thing about canvaswork embroidery is that it is so easy to play …
Creativity
Do you consider yourself to be creative? I used not to, but over the last few years I have become much more comfortable with believing …