I used to be a chef in an earlier life. Creating art in a different medium but definitely still art. These days I still love my food but can just appreciate the work of others. My kitchen at home is now the domain of my husband who loves pottering

The prompt for this quilt was Lyrically Speaking and the temptation to use lyrics was strong but I am very aware of copyright issues so avoided this direction.  However over the last few years I have been plagued with Ear Worms – those snatches of tunes or lyrics that appear

When the Lyrically Speaking prompt was announced by Martha Ressler, two things immediately came to mind. Firstly the issue of using lyrics in artwork. A few years ago I made a quilt for the ‘Beneath the Southern Sky’ Exhibition curated by Brenda Gael Smith in which I used some lyrics

    I love texture and can often be seen running my hand over tactile surfaces, taking close up images or just admiring the intricate details in nature. For this prompt I decided that, so many times, we are asked not to touch textile art when my hand, so now

Here we go again for our second challenge.    There are many ways to be touched – physically, mentally or emotionally.  Some of us will take this literally and others will delve into their deepest thoughts.    In our art we often work on pieces which are not designed to

As soon as the prompt of Sound was announced my mind went to sound waves. I love the repeat patterns and lines created by the variations and wanted to replicate them in fabric.         My work is a graphic representation of multiple waves all overlapping and probably

When I first read our prompt my immediate reaction was Sound Waves. I usually go with the first thought and as I love pattern and repetition I did an image search on them. Image searches are a wonderful way to get an instant library of images to get your mind