TALES FROM A TEXTILE STUDIO *formerly BLAH BLAH BLOG

Vorbote des Frühlings - Herald of spring

2012-01-28T17:49:00.001Z

We enjoyed the warming sun today and so did this little flower.
Hope you are having a great weekend, too.

SchOreo Cake

2012-01-05T23:19:00.000Z

Hmmm... the house smells lovely, I wish you could smell it - or even have a slice of this cake. Delicious!

I made up the recipe for this fabulous looking and yummy tasting cake with Oreo Biscuits. I used ingredients I had in the house and found it was fun to make it all up, going through the cupboards, thinking about what might go together well and then just mix it all in.

Afterwards I googled recipes for cakes with Oreo biscuits and was surprised to find that there were hundreds already. Anyway, I still love doing the cake my way. It's easy to make and absolutely luscious, with crunchy bits of biscuits and a magnificent flavor.

So here's my SchOreo cake recipe:

4 eggs and a pinch of salt
120 g brown sugar
50 g soft brown sugar
1 Vanilla sugar
250g margarine
2 tbsp rum
¾ cup Bailey's
250 g plain flour
1 baking powder
3 tbsp cocoa powder
½ tsp cinnamon
100 g dark chocolate
1 paket (154 g) of Oreo biscuits

Beat the eggs until frothy. Add the sugar and stir in well. Add soft margarine, then rum and Bailey's and stir until well blended. Mix flour with cocoa and cinnamon and add it to your dough. Chop up the chocolate and stir it all in. Chop up the Oreo biscuits and add 70 g. Mix well.

Put the dough in a greased small springform baking tin and put the Oreo biscuit crumbles on top. Slightly press them in.

Bake at 180°C in a preheated oven for about 70 minutes.

Enjoy!

Und noch mal auf deutsch:

In einer grossen Schüssel die Eier mit einer Prise Salz schaumig rühren, den Zucker zugeben und unterrühren. Die Margarine in einer seperaten Schüssel schaumig rühren, dann die Eiermasse unterrühren. Rum und Baileys zugeben und noch mal rühren. Mehl, Backpulver, Kakao und Zimt mischen und unterrühren. Schokolade dazu. Oreo zerbröseln/zerhacken und ca. 70 g zugeben. Rühren.

Teig in eine gefettete kleine Springform geben, die restlichen Oreo Kekse auf dem Kuchen verteilen und leicht in den Teig drücken.

Bei 180°C im vorgeheizten Ofen ca. 70 Minuten backen.

Be Linen Movie 2

2012-01-04T11:31:00.036Z

BE LINEN MOVIE 2 from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo.

More about flax and it's potential in this short film.

The fabrics shown in this film make me want to work with linen again, right away. I used linen in some of my textile sculpture and found that even with 100 % linen in plain weave there can be huge differences in it's quality and feel. It's a fascinating material, I love it's unique strength and performance as well as it's natural unevenness that reminds you that the fibre is grown, not manufactured.

Flax is one of the oldest fibers used for making textiles. Dyed flax fibers found in a prehistoric cave in Georgia suggest that wild flax was woven into linen fabrics 36,000 years ago. It's ecological and versatile qualities could also make it the fibre of the future.

Be Linen Movie

2012-01-03T11:17:00.007Z

BE LINEN MOVIE from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo.

A short film about linen - it's wonderful to see people who are so passionate about that amazing fibre. Via poppytalk.

... and a happy New Year!

2012-01-01T14:26:00.002Z

2011-12-24T11:08:00.002Z

The transformation of a shirt

2011-10-06T22:18:00.001+01:00

This girl turns an XXL men's shirt into the most beautiful dresses, tops and skirts.

100 years of East London style

2011-09-02T10:49:00.002+01:00

Now here's one for all fashion lovers: 100 years of East London style in 100 seconds.
A couple dances their way through a century of fashion. [via Kottke]

The great big stitched postcard swap

2011-07-12T20:00:00.063+01:00

All kinds of creative people from all over the world will be stitching and glueing and drawing and printing and doing all sorts of exciting things to make their very own special postcard for The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. They will send their cards to their given swap partner, and then, hopefully, they will receive a lovely postcard from somewhere else in the world. There will be a postcard swap fickr group, showcasing all the postcards. What a lovely way to connect with other creative people from all over the world. This swap is running for the fourth time now, this time with theme "BLOOM".

Want to take part, too? Click here to find our more and sign up.

Oat Biscuits

2011-06-15T10:28:00.000+01:00

These are John's favorite oat biscuits:

And this is how you make them:

Preheat your oven to 180° C.

Put
75g (3 oz) self raising flour

75g (3 oz) porridge oats
75g (3 oz) sugar in a bowl and mix well.

Melt
75g (3 oz) salted butter (or butter + a pinch of salt)
1 tablespoon golden syrup
1 tablespoon milk in a saucepan over low heat. Add the premixed dry ingredients and mix until well combined. Spoon 15 - 20 heaps onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment.

Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before removing from tray.

All very quick, very simple & very delicious. Enjoy.

Stripe Mania

2011-06-10T21:36:00.001+01:00

This is our contribution to STRIPE MANIA, a virtual meet and greet party for bloggers, hosted by Holly from decor8 and Igor. If you are participating as well please leave a link to your pic in the comment section. We're looking forward to seeing you!
See some more bloggers in stripes here at Pinterest.

John from Yorkshire, England, is blogging on The Unstuck Diaries: www.deletetheweb.com/unstuck
Katrin form Bavaria, Germany, is blogging on Tales From A Textile Studio: www.katrinfreitag.blogspot.com
and Johanna has got her own blog, BabyBongo, which is only available for family and close friends, keeping them up to date with her adventures.

Kinnersley Castle

2011-06-10T20:47:00.000+01:00

We've had the most wonderful weekend - camping and wedding celebrations on a Castle on the Welsh border with lots of amazing music from Blowzabella, Zephyrus, Boldwood, Vent de Galarne and the wonderful Andy Cutting. More about this soon.

2011-04-24T23:15:00.003+01:00

The Bluebells are out!

2011-04-17T22:24:00.003+01:00

So we went for a walk, an expedition, an adventure - with Johanna in the backpack. We we went up the hill and through the woods to a place I have never been before, a place where we thought we might find lots of bluebells, a place called Riding Woods.

And we did. We found lots and lots of bluebells.

And we found the entrance to a coal mine

that looked a bit like a hobbit prison.

And we found a swing

that looked very adventurous.

And we found nice little tracks through the woods

and lovely little dry stone walls.

[Bluebells are called Atlantisches Hasenglockchen in German.]

More beautiful bluebell pictures and a lovely post on Rona Wheeldon's blog Flowerona here.

Der Webstuhl

2011-04-13T21:47:00.005+01:00

Loom, Muenchberg, 2005 © Katrin Freitag

Machine's Waltz

2011-04-11T22:21:00.000+01:00

How beautiful is that?

"Machine´s Waltz" is a poetic vision of Paramount Têxteis textile plant, part of the group founded in 1893. Created and produced by Grafikonstruct, the film has a soundtrack specially composed by Lucas Lima.

A Virtual Photo Booth

2010-10-04T10:52:00.001+01:00

Monday again. Time seems to fly. So many things I wanted to do over the weekend... and suddenly it's Monday.

John's at work, Johanna is busy growing and teething and is pretty restless and wriggley. Currently she sits on my knee.

I am trying to type with one hand whilst holding her little fists with the other other hand in an attempt to stop her trying to type.

She has been very active today and generally really good, but very clingy. She wants to be held and carried all the time since her first little tooth appeared. She's very alert and keeps looking around as if she's just lost something, which is ever so cute and funny.

She's got such an amazingly animated little face. It's so interesting to watch her working things out. The range of expressions seems to grow steadily. Most recently she started "fremdeln". There is no word for this in English it think. It's normal behaviour in babies, that at a certain age they just cry when a stranger (or anyone apart from mum & dad) is approaching them.

It starts off with Johanna giving the person a long, serious look, then she pulls her eyebrows together, then pulls down her bottom lip, takes a deep long breath and then starts screaming until big baby tears are running down her cheeks. It's a heartbreaking show.

We've spent the last 30 minutes in the virtual photo booth.

I came across "La Photo Cabin" via Juliette on her Blog "Zuhause in Germany". Vist her beautiful blog here.

The sun is shining and we'll be going out in a minute, though we probably won't go very far as it's nearly time for Johanna's next feed.

Have a nice day and don't forget to check out Juliette's blog!

A half

2010-09-20T20:30:00.000+01:00

Our baby daughter Johanna is six months today!

Trapezius

2010-09-03T21:39:00.000+01:00

You can now watch "Trapezius", a dance film I worked on, in full length:

TRAPEZIUS from John Coombes on Vimeo.

John planned this film using one of his paintings as a starting point. He filled lots and lots of pages with his exquisite drawings, scribbles and notes and created an amazing storyboard.

painting by John Coombes

© John Coombes

While we were in amongst the preparations, building the set, holding auditions, doing various test shoots and trying lots of different lighting options, we went to the farewell party of our friends Wayne and Fran who were going to live in Australia for six months. I sneaked out the back door for a cigarette [I used to smoke occasionally] and met Ian Sanderson, which, it turned out, was a wonderful coincidence. He said he was a musician. I said we were looking for a musician for a dance film. He said he was very interested in writing music for a film.

He wrote the most beautiful tunes and came up with wonderful arrangements.

Ian tailored his music around Johns images and John cut the pictures to Ian's music. I learned a lot whilst watching the amazing process of editing the piece. Oh, and by then I have also learnt that Ian is part of the Urban Myth Club, and that his sound samples have been used by hundreds of artists including Massive Attack, Lemon Jelly, the Prodigy and Beastie Boys. It was a pleasure working with him.

Laugenbrezel - Bavarian Pretzels

2010-09-02T10:00:00.002+01:00

I made Laugenbrezel "Pretzels" this week and it was a big success. They tasted exactly like they should do when you have them at a beer festival in Bavaria.

I made up a recipe by throwing 3 different ones together to make it work the way I wanted. Here's what I did and how I did it:

Bavarian Pretzels:

Ingredients:
500 g plain flower
1 ½ tsp fast action bread yeast
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
50 g butter (+ some butter or margarine for the baking tray)
150 ml water
100 ml milk

You’ll also need
500 ml sodium hydroxyde solution (4%)
and coarse salt.

You can order sodium hydroxide via your local pharmacy. They might even make the solution for you. Let them know that you want to use it in food, it has to be clean. I got some natrium hydroxid pearls at the pharmacy and make up my own solution. It’s a bottle full of caustic soda in pearls. This is not the soda you use for normal baking, this stuff is normally used for clearing blocked drains and stripping furniture. So be very careful with it.

4 % means 4 g of natrium hydroxid in 96 g of water. Use cold water! It will get hot. (20 g natrium hydroxid in 480 g water)

So let's get started...

Butter your oven tray (thick!) and preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Don’t use Aluminium foil or baking paper, the sodium hydroxide solution will destroy that.

Mix the flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Add the butter (in little flakes) and slowly add the mix of water and milk while kneading. Knead until you get smooth dry dough. Do not add additional water, just keep kneading, you’ll get there.
I let the bread maker do all the kneading for me. I set it for pizza dough, but take it out earlier as you do not want the dough to rise yet.

Divide in 6 equal lumps which you then roll into 50 cm long stings, which are a bit thicker in the middle and narrower at the ends. Then form a pretzel!

Let the pretzels rest for 15 Minutes.

Put on disposable gloves and goggles. (I’m not kidding. Do not touch the solution with bare hands!) Make up your solution or open the bottle of ready made sodium hydroxide solution and pour the acquired amount into a glass or china bowl (no metal!). Now dip the pretzels into the sodium hydroxide solution. Only for a moment, not longer than 5 seconds and place them on your baking tray.

You can use a sieve and pour the solution into a glass bottle for reuse, but make sure you do label the bottle and keep it out of children's reach.

Take off your goggles and gloves. Take a sharp knife and make a cut at the thick middle bit of each pretzel. Drizzle some coarse grind salt over the pretzels and put them in the oven for 15 – 20 Minutes at 180 ° C fan assisted top and bottom heat.

Have them still warm with some thinly sliced Emmenthaler cheese with salt and freshly ground black pepper sprinkled on top and some chilled German beer.
Prost!

UPDATE: cover your worktop with lots of paper

Back from Bavaria

2010-09-01T22:56:00.004+01:00

We've had a wonderful summer. We really enjoyed our first big trip with our little one and there are lots of new tales to tell. So stay tuned.

The advantages of having a very small baby

2010-08-03T22:48:00.001+01:00

When Johanna was born, 4 months and 2 weeks ago, she was only 1490 g and around 40 cm long. Yesterday she got weight and measured again: 4620 g and 55 cm.

We are so proud of our little girl. If she keeps growing at that speed she'll have to move to the bottom drawer by the end of next week.

First smiles

2010-08-01T10:38:00.003+01:00

first smiles from Katrin Freitag on Vimeo.

Johanna practising first smiles on 21st June. She's pretty good at it by now.

I put this video on Johanna's private blog, that we started for our families to keep them updated, and I cannot believe how often they have watched it!

The Other Corner

2010-07-30T21:56:00.000+01:00

Another peek into our living room, that used to be the office of the printworks. It seemed to be a very dark room. It was painted glossy pink, which didn't help making it look bigger. After being in there just once I was convinced this room had very low ceilings, while in fact they are 3,20 m.
When I say the room was painted glossy pink I mean THE WHOLE ROOM - not just the walls. They've been painting the ceiling and the radiators in the same colour. To complete the theme they also had pink blinds. (!) Maybe Barbie did the interior design...

On the floor there used to be a dark blue carpet and underneath we found red carpet and underneath that we found an uneven concrete floor.

John knocked out some of the uneven bits and put down new concrete. On top of that we put polystyrene and wooden floorboards, we took off the attic floor. I painted the walls and ceiling white. And... we had a window custom made to match the others at the printworks.
We put in our stuff and voila... WE LOVE IT!

What do you think?

The Transformation of The Old Printworks

2010-07-29T21:54:00.003+01:00

Today you'll get a peek into our new home. So much has changed since I have seen the Printworks for the first time. Looking back at the photographs I took then, I realize how much we've done to the place to make it ours. We bought it in July 2009 and moved in in September.

Here is a photograph I took a year ago - and one I took at the beginning of March:

It's hard to believe that this is the very same corner of the very same room.

The Bavarian Window

2010-07-28T11:54:00.000+01:00

I haven't been blogging for a while, but I think it is time now to get back to it and tell you what we've been up to for the last few months.

My apologies to everybody from the BYW class, especially the "Valley of Blogs"-girls, for dropping out so abruptly at the end of the course. I missed time in the forum due to the early arrival of our baby daughter.

First of all I want to tell you that our little one has been a star. She recovered from surgery and grew stronger every day so despite the early complications we were able to take her home 10 days before her due date. I am so grateful for the care she got from nurses and doctors at the hospital - they were brilliant - as well as for all the support from our families and friends.

John was a star, too. Johanna was in hospital for 55 days, I was there every day and John was there most days. I know it must have been hard for him. When he was not able to go, because of his work, he was always there when I came back from the hospital feeling exhausted and incomplete.

It's been an exciting time, sometimes difficult, but mostly wonderful.

Looking out of the window of our flat in Bavaria this morning. It's been such a peaceful and quiet moment with Johanna falling asleep on the sofa making soft little giggley noises.

It's a girl!

2010-04-17T23:17:00.002+01:00

Johanna Marie-Louise Freitag Coombes

Our baby daughter arrived on 20th March 2010 - nine weeks early.

She had to undergo a surgical intervention as her oesophagus (foodpipe) did not join up with her stomach.

She has recovered from surgery and everything else is fine with her. She is amazingly strong and has done brilliantly. She is beautiful and we cannot wait to take her home. She probably needs to stay in hospital until around her due date, the 23rd May.

Frau Heuberg's Swap

2010-03-06T20:20:00.002Z

My old baby bedding needs mending before our little one arrives. The baby will sleep in the cradle next to our bed for the first few months, but when it moves into its cot it shall have the baby bedding that I had, when I was a baby, which naturally I deeply love!

The two designs on top and the one with the apples are by German textile Designer Graziela Preiser. Her iconic and award-winning designs from the 1970's are currently relaunched. Have a look at her website here.

It's amazing how cheerful and bright the colours are after 35 years, 4 children and lots of little visitors. Just the corners suffered a bit, as my younger sister used to fall asleep with one thumb in her mouth and the other one busily scratching through the fabric she held in her tiny little fist.

So when I saw that Ines from Frau Heuberg is offering exactly the fabric I need in her weekly swap...

...I tried to find something in my studio which might make her happy to swap with me.

So I offered lovely Ines one of my handmade corsages and a paper garland.

The music sheets I used have aged beautifully with a warm tint of brown. A few month ago we moved into a building that was owned by a pianist and member of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. I found lots of old music sheets and as this pianist also was a printer by profession and our house used to be his printing workshop we also found some paper punches, which I used for the smaller circles. The bigger ones I had to cut by hand. I also used pages from and old copy of Jane Austin's "Sense and Sensibility".

I quickly hung the 3.6 metres long paper garland in our living room, took a photograph and send it to Ines.

She instantly agreed to the swap.

Thank you so much, Ines. You made've my day!

Landlust

2010-02-15T23:37:00.006Z

When I was in Germany over Christmas I came across the latest issue of "Landlust", a living/gardening/cooking magazine.

“Landlust” started in October 2005. In November/December 2005 it had 10 000 readers. Latest known figures:
648 866 sold issues in August 2009. It’s a big success and if you get the chance to have a look in one of their recent issues you'll understand why:
Beautiful images, mouth-watering recipes, useful tips for gardening, inspirational decorating suggestions, peeks in craftsmen’s workshops, knitting instructions for cute gloves... all presented in a lovely way.

When I first found it I really enjoyed reading this magazine, in fact I read six copies in a week. I found it very relaxing, as it was not about celebrities, the hottest clubs and the latest fashion, but about slowing down and enjoying simple pleasures. You’ll find quiet and detailed observations of everyday occurrences, traditional craftsmanship, and sustainable products that are easy to read and that appreciate the finer things of life.

The overall impression of the magazine is extended by the use of matte paper that looks and feels much better than glossy magazines.

Topics are often related to country living. Alongside “Landlust” the publisher, Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster, mainly publishes agricultural magazines, like Top Argar, which my father is reads regularly. I recently read that the chief editor Ute Frieling-Huchzermeyer, who studied agriculture and was writing for Top Agrar before, has no computer in her office. She prefers to dictate her texts and discuss topics. She has finished articles printed out to proofread.

I’m very lucky, my sister gave my mum a subscription for this magazine for Christmas, and my mum keeps all the magazines for me to read when I am back in Germany. :)

I liked their topics; informative, inspiring and beautifully photographed.

I recently became proud owner of a garden. It still looks a bit like the car park it was, but I am trying to do my best to change that.

They also feature on crafting and DIY.

When I checked their website I found they've got most instructions available online.
These cute gloves are knitted with Rowan yarns, and as this is manufactured in a nearby village I am very tempted to go there, stock up with their fine threads and get the knitting needles out.

As a textile lover I was thrilled when I found these photographs of old embroidery sample cloths on their website:

photograph: Annegret Weber, Detmold
Annegret has put all the embroidery patterns and samples she made in school in 1964 in a small book and added the samples her mother made alongside a small collection of different embroidery techniques she gathered.

photograph: Renate Schade, Hamburg-Blankenese
Renate worked the embroidered cloth of her aunt into a quilt. The pattern and colours she used show the cloth off to its best advantage and turn it into a beautiful unique ornament.

I nearly forgot: “Landlust” is published every second month and costs 3,80 Euros. They do subscriptions world wide.

Have a look on their website here: http://www.landlust.de
I just had a glimpse at the March/April issue there and cannot wait to read it.

All images in this post unless otherwise stated © Landlust (Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, Münster)

Happy weekend

2010-02-12T12:32:00.002Z

Inspiration in sunlight

2010-02-11T13:15:00.000Z

I took some more photographs of my inspiration board on Monday. The sun was pouring in through the big pane windows and it was a lot of fun to capture some details.

Tales from a textile studio

2010-02-07T22:59:00.002Z

While I was working on the inspiration board for this blog, I finally found the name I was looking for. And it was there all along.

I feel I do really need to change the name. Though I liked "Tapetenwechsel" and what it stands for, I think most people probably will not be able to pronounce it (or remember it).

Any thoughts?

Inspiration

2010-02-07T22:53:00.000Z

So here it is, my inspiration board.

I'll print this image and put it in the notebook you see in the bottom left corner, where I keep a record of things that inspire me. As this inspiration board should show my personal style and how I want my blog to look like, I decided to assemble some of my work* on the table, instead of just sticking cut out pictures from magazines onto a board, like I have done previously for coursework at university. I will take some images of those mood boards this week to share them with you here on my blog.

I should have taken the photograph in natural light, but I admit, I didn't. Sorry.

I had a very busy week and today, after lunch, I wanted to have a short nap, before I finish my homework and woke up hours later. By then the little daylight that we get here in the north of England in February was gone. I can sleep for hours and still feel tired - maybe the energy burst you should have in your second trimester of pregnancy is just a myth.

Anyway - I got up and took some images of the board, without flash, in my textile studio, but was not too happy with them. So I went through to my partner's photography studio and used the big daylight flash.

[image I took in my textile studio - not too happy with it]

I left the arrangement on the floor and will go back tomorrow afternoon (if I get back home early enough that is) and take some daylight pictures from different angles.

*I put two of my fabric designs in the background and arranged some of the things I make and sell in my Etsy shop on top, together with some of the materials and tools I use, oh - and a couple of pictures I cut out from a magazine.

Please comment! Don't be shy.

Trapezius

2010-01-31T14:05:00.000Z

TRAPEZIUS, John’s most recent dance film, has been accepted at two more festivals.

It will be screened most nights from 7th Feb 2010 to 4th April 2010 at Xtend IV, in South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, as part of their LIFT OFF! dance festival this spring.

First we have been told that it would be part of a larger showreel of dance films, but then the festival director liked it so much, TRAPEZIUS is now being featured on it’s own screen.

It will also be screened at Phoenix Picture House, Oxford at a special screening event alongside a new commissioned work for “Dance Festival - DANCIN' OXFORD.” on 21st March 2010.

And here are some images of me preparing the backdrops used in this film.

The bump

2010-01-30T00:06:00.001Z

There's something I haven't mentioned on the blog yet...

John and I are having a baby. It'll be due at the end of May. We are so happy!

Handles

2010-01-29T21:37:00.000Z

We finally got handles on our kitchen drawers and cupboards. It was quite tricky without them, but if you start with the bottom drawer and then pull out the next one... well you get the idea.

The decision-making was quite tricky, too, as I really like these:

[found at car möbel]

but we finally settled for those:

[found at ikea]

as they go well with the oven handle and all the other stainless steel in the kitchen. There is already different types of wood going on and I wanted to keep things plain and clear.

Tapetenwechsel

2010-01-26T10:11:00.000Z

Thinking of renaming my blog...
So far "Tapetenwechsel" is my favourite name. Litereally it means "change of wallpaper". It's also used for changing location. And as this is what I am doing at the moment (literally and in a metaphorical sense) I think it might be the right name.
As I am designing wallpaper (amongst textiles and other things) it could stay the name of my blog even after all the moving and decorating is finished. Once we've settled in we will still need a "Tapetenwechsel" from time to time, as you could use this expression to discribe that you want to get away for a few days and stay somewhere else, i. e. need to look at different wallpaper.

Does that make sense, what d'you think?

The Poppies

2010-01-22T23:03:00.000Z

I am nominated for "The Poppies", a virtual awards ceremony, on Poppytalk, one of my favourite blogs.

Take part in this event celebrating the Handmade Community and browse through the lists of nominations here to find your favourite handmade accessories. Or just click on my name, and vote for Freitag Design! ;)

Correspondence between Goethe and Schiller

2010-01-20T21:18:00.000Z

Computer Journalist Giesbert Damaschke puts the correspondence between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller on a blog - in real time.

Well, nearly real time, there is a delay of 215 years. Letters form 1794 - 1805 will be posted on the date they were written.
Giesbert Damaschke started on 13th of June 2009, and as about 1011 letters were exchanged over a period of 11 years he plans to be finished on 27th of April in 2020.

Good luck with this exraordinary project. It will be interesting to see if these two classical authors will be able to succeed in the blogging world.

Click here to get to the blog:: Briefwechsel-Schiller-Goethe

(AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz)

Recollection

2010-01-19T23:12:00.000Z

Here it is, the first post labelled "my work". I'll keep posting about my work every Tuesday now.

Dionne's invite form the previous post reminded me of a picture I took for my degree project.

That's just a snapshot of the piece still at the sewing machine, but I liked it so much that I wanted to have it on my invite and the cover of my book. So we took some more photographs

and finally came up with this one:

Last week...

2010-01-18T23:17:00.000Z

On Monday, the first day out after being snowed in for a week, I went clothes shopping in Leeds. Tuesday I finally managed to unpack the last two boxes that have been underneath the big table in my studio since our move in September.

I've been cooking (and eating) lots of warming winter soups this week.
Carrot and Ginger soup on Thursday, with a lovely Welsh opera singer called Richard Parry.

Friday was spicy lentil soup with “Spätzle” with Martin Riley, an opera librettist, screenwriter, storyteller and dear friend.

Saturday we went to the opening of an exhibition of works by textile artist Dionne Swift at the Bankfield Museum in Halifax. I was very curious to see her latest work as soon as I had a look at the invite.

The exhibition continues until 7 March.

We had a fantastic night out on Saturday, when we went to The Green Miller, a pub in Huddersfield to celebrate Ruby Black's birthday. Ruby is a fashion and beauty photographer. Check out her beautiful website here.

photograph: Ruby Black

Then on Sunday I made minestrone for 7 people and, after a snowball fight and a long walk at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, it was exactly the right thing to have.

New Year – new start

2010-01-17T22:52:00.000Z

The last few months I was so busy with the renovation and the move that I neglected this blog, but there is still so much to tell as 2009 was such an exciting year! I’ve been working on various creative projects, but I’ll tell you about those later. I’ve collected lots of ideas and taken hundreds of images and I can’t wait to share them with you.

I plan to blog more regularly this year and I’ve been thinking about the subjects I like to write about and allocated each subject to one day of the week.

Monday – about my week
Tuesday - projects I am working on
Wednesday- other blogs and websites I like
Thursday- documenting the renovation & decoration of our new live/workspace
Friday - online finds / flea market finds

What do you think? I am grateful for any advice.

Moving

2009-09-18T18:42:00.000+01:00

All August we have been converting the printworks and finally things take shape. So we are about to move from Bankfield Mill

to the Old Printworks in Clayton West.

We have been shifting stuff most everyday, bit by bit.

But hopefully some of our friends will help us this weekend. It would be great to have some more hands and extra wheels to shift the bulky stuff. We should be able to crack it in a long half day, then we’ll light up the BBQ and crack open some beers.

[images, and indeed some of the text, by John Coombes]

Telegraph review: The V&A's World Beach Project

2009-09-06T22:39:00.000+01:00

Hoooray!
Sue Lawty, who had the idea for the World Beach Project, just told me that my piece for the project was heavily featured in the Telegraph review!!

Here are some images Sue sent me:

Can hardly believe it: It made it to the front cover of the Telegraph review!
Sometimes it is worth getting cold fingers. :)

[click on the images to enlarge]

Very cold fingers indeed, as we went to a beach in North Yorkshire on a stormy cold December day. See more images here and here, or go to the V&A site to find out how to join in.

Here's the link to the article on theTelegraph website - (and there's my piece).

The Daily Telegraph is one of the biggest newspapers in the UK with a daily circulation between 842 000 and 911 000.
That is more than Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Sueddeutsche Zeitung together! - I am quite gobsmacked.

The article is great, congratulations to Sue! I hope many people will be inspired to create their own piece and take part in this fantastic project.

Superfluous signs

2009-08-01T22:10:00.001+01:00

Some more signs had to come down at the printworks.

And whilst John was up there to check if the big sign at the front would come down easily he put in the missing apostrophe.

I think he just couldn't resist. Punktuation mistakes really bother him.

The Paper Collar

2009-07-18T22:57:00.001+01:00

Late last night whilst John did some lighting tests I was folding sheets of beautifully aged paper to form a collar for todays photography session.

[photo: John Coombes]

Todays Photo Sesssion

2009-07-18T22:56:00.000+01:00

Been working on another photo session today. This time we have been shooting upstairs!

Possibilities and facts

2009-07-18T22:12:00.000+01:00

The possible flowers have turned into real flowers,
the possible garden has turned into our garden
and the old printworks, well, John signed the contract last week and we will turn the old printworks into our living and working space.

Taking the sign down.

Studio Glimpse

2009-07-12T09:25:00.000+01:00

ArtWEEK Fringe @ Holme Valley Warehouse

2009-07-11T08:31:00.000+01:00

There are some gorgeous things on display at the Holme Valley Warehouse.

I fell in love with this little creature. Introducing... Brains Floatation Device for fairies.
See more "Brains Fairy Aiding Inventions" by Samantha Bryan
on her website.

Raku fired sculpture by Andrew D. Hill.

Possible flowers

2009-07-10T00:18:00.000+01:00

Possible flowers for the possible garden.

Holmfirth ArtWEEK

2009-06-22T12:19:00.000+01:00

I will be exhibiting at the Holme Valley Warehouse in Honley
next week as part of Holmfirth ArtWEEK.

‘thoughtful art’

an eclectic mix of fairies & 3 dimensional art

Thursday, 2nd July - Saturday, 11th July 2009

Holme Valley Warehouse

11 Westgate
Honley HD9 6AA

You are welcome to come along!

The vegetable high bed

2009-06-19T11:49:00.000+01:00

We were building a raised bed for vegetables at the possible garden yesterday.

It's been pouring down with rain.

We built the wooden frame on Thursday evening and went back yesterday to fix some polythene to the inside. Then we started filling in twigs and sticks for the first layer.
Next layer will be cut grass/turf and then maybe some horse manure.
Then straw or hay and then a thick layer of leaves,
then compost and finally topsoil.

The frame is 240 cm long and 160 cm wide, which is a bit wider then recommended but I will still be able to reach across.

Can't wait to plant my seedlings outside! Meanwhile they sit here at the studio at the window cill.

The new lens

2009-06-16T23:09:00.000+01:00

John got a new lens for his camera today. It's a Nikon Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D AF and John seems to love it. I was allowed to have a go with it as well.

So he took pictures of my basil and I took a picture of him.

My basil.

My sweetheart.

The dead tree in the buttercup meadow

2009-06-16T23:01:00.000+01:00

Seen in Yorkshire on Sunday, 14.06.2009

Art Market Holmfirth

2009-06-08T16:39:00.000+01:00

I have had a good day at the Art Market in Holmfirth yesterday.

Me on my stall...

just finished setting things up and waiting for the first people to arrive.

My friend Rebecca, with one of my corsages in her hair, helping me at the stall. She's been great!

ByGraziela

2009-06-05T18:46:00.002+01:00

These gorgeous posters are now available at byGraziela in a limited edition. The posters are made of original wallpaper from the 70's, with Graziela Preiser design .

I cannot decide which one I love more, the ABC pattern or the farm. Circus is also available.

[source of images byGraziela]

UPDATE: I ordered the ABC one, it just arrived and l love it. I need to get it framed! :)

Coutdown for the Art Market

2009-06-05T13:46:00.000+01:00

Only two days left!

I found this gorgeous cube calender at the Open Market in Huddersfield.
But right now I am not counting days, I am counting hours. Still SO much to do for The Art Market on Sunday!

I finished this piece last night. Now that I've done all the figurative embroidery and print on cotton and silk, the pieces have to be framed and labeled and... I'd better stop blogging and get back to work!

The Mysterious Tree and Buttercup Meadows

2009-06-02T16:02:00.000+01:00

There is a huge tree in the Possible Garden and for weeks we did not know what it was. Now, finally, the leaves came out and we were able to identify it.

Apperantly it is a Robinia pseudoacacia also known as Locust Tree.

The German name is Silberregen, literary translated silver rain. In a few weeks time it shall be in blossom and we shall see why.

At the moment it's got very bright green young leaves that looked amazing against the clear blue Yorkshire skyes yesterday, so John took this picture.

It's been sunny and hot and we've done a short trip to the garden, only to find that we do not have to water the plants as the snails have already eaten most of them.

On the way back to the studio we passed meadows that were blazing yellow.

Buttercup meadows in West Yorkshire.

Dança em Foco

2009-06-02T08:01:00.000+01:00

Hooray! The short dance film "Trapezius" of my sweetheart John was selected to be shown at dança em foco, the international dance film festival in Rio de Janeiro.

Congratulations to John! This is the third year one of his films has been in this festival.

I did a lot of work on this film as well so I feel a little proud myself. :)

French window

2009-06-01T12:27:00.000+01:00

Well, it is not exactly a french window, but it is a window in France.

photo copyright © Katrin Freitag

I just fell in love with these gorgeous tall old windows, the blue shutters and the beautiful curtains.

Provençale interieur

2009-06-01T11:03:00.000+01:00

Desire to inspire, one of my favourite blogs, just wrote about provencale interior designer Nathalie Vingot Mei. Read the article here.

photo copyright © Nathalie Vingot Mei

Look at Nathalies portfolio here.

And here's me taking snapshots of where we were staying:

La Provence

2009-05-31T20:30:00.000+01:00

The landscape was just gorgeous and even better than in any picture or painting. We found some wild thyme on that hill. What we haven't used for cooking yet is in a bowl on our kitchen table. Fragant memories of Provence, dry soil and a warm summer breeze.

The vinyard and farmhouses on Domain de Sigalous.

Domaine de Sigalous

2009-05-31T20:20:00.000+01:00

Yes, these are the flowers you see through the window on the photograph of the previous blog entry.

And this is were we have been staying and working.

Provençale inspiration

2009-05-27T23:19:00.000+01:00

Just came back from a short trip to the South of France, with new impressions, fresh ideas, beautiful bundles of lace and lots and lots of photographs.
We also brought back some bottles of the very tasty vine they make at Sigalous, and some olive oil and wild thyme. Thanks to Jeanette and Alain.

The Art Market & Vanstallation

2009-05-21T11:23:00.000+01:00

The Art Market is a unique event where selected artists & designer-makers sell beautiful homewares, garden sculpture, jewellery, paintings, fashion, photography and more, direct to the public.

The concept is to have a gallery of stalls, each manned by the artist/maker, showing, selling, receiving commissions and often demonstrating their own unique works.

The Art Market’s aim is to stimulate interest, knowledge and sales of good quality art, craft & design.

The Market is in the centre of Holmfirth, a small creative town in West Yorkshire. The Art Market is run by The Art Market Team small team of artists, for artists and lovers of art.

The benefit for the artist is direct contact with buyers, finding out what the buyer likes about their work, receive commissions, meet lots of other artists and designer/makers and avoidance of gallery commission, all for a very low cost.

The benefit for the public is the chance to ‘meet the maker’, find out about the making process, & the artists inspiration plus buy and commission amazing, unique works directly, missing out the gallery.

Also, it’s a great day out! We have live music, food and drinks and a welcoming atmosphere.

I'll be showing my work at the Art Market in Holmfirth on 7th June.
Here's the official invite:

We would like to invite you to…

June 7th & 14th 10am – 4pm
Holmfirth Indoor Market
Holmfirth, West Yorkshire

80 Artists and Designer-makers selling their own original work
Demonstrations
Live Music
Food and drink

Only £1 entry!
(free entry to our Art Raffle)

For a list of all the artists and designer-makers, directions, parking and much more – check out our website www.artmarkets.co.uk

The 3rdArt Market is included in Holmfirth Arts Festival when there are many other things going on in Holmfirth in June – live music, workshops, Vanstallation & performance. Event listings can be found on www.holmfirthartsfestival.co.uk

Also The 4thArt Market, in time for Christmas, on 22nd November 2009

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Also come along and see…

‘Vanstallation’© Art installation in vans…

We are looking for Artists to create unique installations inside their vans. Big vans, small vans, work vans, campervans, caravans, all kinds of vans with art installations inside. Performance, sound, light, art, sculpture whatever you like…

The second ‘Vanstallation’© will happen on June 14th 2009 12 – 4pm in the centre of Holmfirth. Would you like to take part? Apply on line at www.holmfirthartsfestival.co.uk or email vanstallation@googlemail.com
Deadline 1st June.

Please feel free to pass this on to other art and design lovers you know!

[text by the Art Market Team]

Moldgreen Barbie

2009-05-20T10:45:00.000+01:00

Found just outside my studio, on a pavement in Moldgreen, Huddersfield, UK.

The Art Market

2009-05-19T18:25:00.000+01:00

I'll be showing my work at the Art Market in Holmfirth on 7th June.
Find out more on their new website!

Beautifully designed by Takae Mizutani.

Waiting For Godot

2009-05-19T16:45:00.000+01:00

We went to London on Wendesday to go to the Theatre. So here's John and me, waiting for Waiting For Godot.

The play, the actors, the stage design, it's been brilliant!

And the theatre itself, Theatre Royal Haymarket, has got the most amazing decor. Sadly it is not allowed to take pictures inside, so to see the stunning painted ceiling and get a glimpse at the balconys and for the whole flair you have to go there yourself.

Here's a picture of the box office and Martin and Rebecca getting our tickets as this has been a treat for us.

Seeing Captain Picard dancing with Gandalf was a real treat!

Pear vases

2009-05-12T09:50:00.000+01:00

These vases are so cute! Can't remember where I saw them first, but luckily found some here at Noun, amongst many lovely vintage finds.

Blah blah blah...

2009-05-11T15:30:00.000+01:00

by Mel Bochner.
I agree.

See more of his work on his website.

News from my Etsy shop

2009-05-09T12:04:00.000+01:00

Spring special: FREE SHIPPING!

★★★FREE POSTAGE ON ALL ITEMS ORDERED IN MAY!!★★★

Just click here to get to my etsy shop.

Places with a past

2009-05-01T21:28:00.000+01:00

I like places with a past. I like to be inspired by what was there and then find what might be.

The entry to the former metioned "possible garden" is not a beauty [yet]. But when you are there, you see all the potential and all the possibilities and then, somehow, you can almost see and feel that something special has been there before. A truly loved garden.

This photograph of the very same spot was taken in the fifties or sixties. Imagine what this may look like in colour!

Brambles

2009-04-29T18:41:00.000+01:00

Been in amongst the brambles again today. Finally bashed and hacked my way through to the bottom end.
Tonight I'll be working in the studio. There is an Art Market coming up soon!
Oh, and I have to upload some new stuff to my Etsy shop. Today I have been showing off my top items at the Etsy Showcase "Gift Guides".

Don't forget: It's Mothers's Day soon!! [not here in England though]

Possible Garden

2009-04-29T09:12:00.000+01:00

Underneath these brambles lies a garden. Maybe.

A few hours later. The most wonderful surprise: There are little dry stone walls!!
When I saw the place we could maybe, possibly, turn into a garden, I said I would love to have dry sone walls on the side, to seperate the garden bit from the grassy bit. At that time you could see nothing but brambles, and I did not know that they were already there. So happy.

The puppies arrived!!

2009-04-24T11:22:00.000+01:00

The puppies, I mentioned earlier, finally arrived:

Bastian, my little brother, and his girlfriend Annina seem to be abuzz! Congratulations on a good start in the breeding business.

More images and info on their website.

Gardening and textile flowers

2009-04-23T21:22:00.000+01:00

I did some indoor gardening yesterday. I put flower seeds in big old terracotta pots. Everything grows like crazy here at the studio, because of the fantastic amount of light and heat - and my green fingers.

And then I did some more work on the textile flowers. Soon my corsages will be available as clips, hair ties or headbands.

This is my niece Sonja, wearing one of my corsages as hair clip. We had a really good photoshoot recently and I am very thrilled with the pictures.

★More images of Sonja and my corsages comming soon!★

An afternoon in the sun

2009-04-20T21:54:00.000+01:00

Sunday was the most gorgeous sunny day - and I was working in my studio. At least I was until John, my sweetheart, who was helping our friend slating a roof, had the wonderful idea to pick me up so I could lie in the garden in the sun, while he was working on the roof.

It was a lovely afternoon. Amazing clear blue sky - not even a single cloud. Birds singing in the trees, bumblebees and butterflies passing by. Children playing on the lawn. Then a delicious meal with our friends and a little too much white wine.

Chilli cous cous with butternut squash and roasted sweet potato.
I have to get this receipe.

Blogger Quilt Festival - My Favourite Quilt

2009-04-17T18:00:00.000+01:00

Just came cross The Blogger Quilt Festival. I think this is a nice idea, read more about it by clicking on the icon below.

So here is my entry for The Blogger Quilt Festival:

nimmermehr quilt "palimpsest"

200 mm x 260 mm
silk, yarn, wadding, ink

I made this quilt in 2008 and there were many things going on at once. It was an experimental piece, I used different techniques and was very pleased with the way it finally came all together. The quilt was part of my Diploma work and it is in fact part of a series.

detail

The main theme was vulnerability. The poem on the right is taken from Goethe's Faust - it is one of the most beautiful poems I know. Gretchen, a young girl, is describing how she feels, when she realizes that she has fallen in love and given her heart away.
I did digital printing on silk, by using my ink jet printer. The poem was actually a scan of a old book page and this is the reason for calling it palimpsest as other words shine through. The image on the left is a scan of an old medical book that used to belong to my great grandmother, who was a midwife.

I used to do life drawing and transfered one of my drawings onto the fabric by using an ordinary sewing machine to embroider the figure.

While I stiched pieces of fabric together things started to make sense, and I can still see all the thoughts and work that went into it.

Thanks for reading - feel free to leave a comment.

You can see more of my work on my website.

Blog entry about the Quilting workshop in Kosovo here.

Puppies

2009-04-17T11:51:00.000+01:00

My brother Bastian and his girlfriend Annina are breeding dogs. Black Russian Terriers to be precise. Recently they posted an image of their dog's first litter on their website.

The image was a bit confusing and it took me a while before I could make out what was going on. But then I saw the puppies:

Bogenschießen

2009-04-17T11:04:00.000+01:00

I was less successful in this event, but I loved having a go at it nonetheless.
More images of the Scotland trip here.

Tontaubenschießen

2009-04-12T11:38:00.000+01:00

I tried this in Scotland last year and it was great fun.

Easter Egg

2009-04-10T11:21:00.000+01:00

Shoot as many Easter eggs as possible!

Download Eier Blaster bei computerbild.de

Faulty Optic

2009-04-04T13:51:00.000+01:00

A guy (who was not part of the instalation) talking about the latest show of Faulty Optic. He seems to be thrilled, and so was I when I saw the work in progess at Liz's studio.

Just in case you are wondering where I am...

2009-03-30T20:05:00.000+01:00

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click here to find out!

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Looking for Eric

2009-03-27T21:02:00.000Z

I am so thrilled to see Steve Evets in "Looking for Eric", the latest film of Ken Loach.

See the PREVIEW here.

The postman : "Sometimes we forget that you are just a man."
Eric Cantona: "I am not a man. I am Cantona."

Steve Evets in "Babbling Fools".

Frühling

2009-03-25T19:02:00.000Z

Found this morning in Bavaria.

Wirtschaftswunder

2009-03-25T10:32:00.000Z

A month ago I came cross this fabulous book.
"Wirtschaftswunder - Germany between 1952 and 1967".
It's an impressive collection of colour photographs of the "economic miracle"

Wirtschaftswunder - Josef Heinrich Darchinger

Hardcover, slipcase, 39.6 x 33 cm (15.6 x 13 in.), 290 pages, £ 350.00

ISBN: 978-3-8365-0733-2
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German

You can have a LOOK INSIDE here or read some reviews here.

And this morning I saw that Tchibo is selling a more affordable version of this book.
24 cm x 19 cm, 256 pages, 12,99 €.

This is my economic miracle of the day.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt

2009-03-20T10:18:00.000Z

40 years ago one of the most popular childrens books of all times has been published: «The Very Hungry Caterpillar» by Eric Carle, or, in German, "Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt". Since March 1969 more than 25 million copies have been sold worldwide. Happy birthday, kleine Raupe Nimmersatt!

Even Google is celebrating this event with a lovely google doodle.

You can leave a greeting for the Caterpillar on the website of The Eric Carle Museum Of Picture Book Art.

The Ballad Of Cable Hogue

2009-03-11T21:33:00.000Z

Immediately after finishing work on "The Wild Bunch" (1969), director Sam Peckinpah started working on "The Ballad Of Cable Hogue" (1970).
While the "The Wild Bunch" is his most famous film, this one seems to be his finest.
It definetely was his favorite.

Jason Robards as Cable Hogue

Cable Houge, while walking through the dessert:

"Ain't had no water since yesterday, Lord. Gettin' a little thirsty. Just thought I'd mention it. Amen."

"Yesterday, I told you I was thirsty and I thought you might turn up some water. Now about sinnin', you just send me a drop or two and I won't do it no more... whatever in hell it was that I did. I mean that, Lord."

"Four days without water... if you don't think I've put in my sufferin' time, you oughta try goin' dry for a spell. Listen to me! Listen to me! If I don't get some soon, I ain't gonna have no chance to repent."

Then, when he "found water where it wasn't" he digs a well and sets up a business:

Great movie with great lines. More quotes here.
And the trailer here.

What sticks with me, is the soundtrack. Each of the main characters has a theme, Hogue "Tomorrow is the Song I Sing", Hildy "Butterfly Morning", and Joshua, the priest "Wait for Me, Sunrise", which is cleverly woven in all along. Can't get it out of my head.

Alexander McQueen Fall 2009

2009-03-11T16:38:00.000Z

Amazing looks and an unexpected luxury show by Alexander McQueen. Outstanding and brilliant. I love it.

See the whole collection for Fall 2009 here.

images Marcio Madeira

The inkwell

2009-03-11T14:51:00.000Z

I'm using the ink well as small vase. It looks really nice on our table.

Barbie Jewelry

2009-03-09T15:43:00.000Z

Margaux Lange is an art jeweler with the desire to re-purpose mass produced materials into distinctly handmade, wearable artworks. She creates stunning pieces of jewelry while she re-Members Barbie fondly...

Here are a few images of her work from her blog Midges Mind.

Smile and Eye Bracelet

Grinning Girls Necklace

Pink Lip Pendant

If the Shoe Fits Bracelet © Margaux Lange

Visit her Etsy Shop or her website.
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Happy Birthday, Barbie!

2009-03-09T13:56:00.000Z

Barbie turns 50 today, and she has never been looking better. And Ken's new looks... !!
Thank you, Herr Lagerfeld.

photos from www.colette.fr

“The doll sells the fashion and the fashion sells the doll.” Ruth Handler.

True. For the last fifty years Barbie was always dressed in vogue.

Ruth Handler is sort of Barbie's "mum". On a trip to Europe she bought three Bild-Lilli-Dolls and took them to America. She pursuaded Mattel to produce dolls with adult physiognomy.

Here are a some more images of Bild-Lilli and some more info. Read about Bild Lilli's histoy here.

photos of Bild-Lilli from barbiepuppe.de

Dolls with adult appearance were not a new. Basically Barbie is following the tradition of french fashion dolls of the 19. century.

photo from spielzeug-museum.at

Doll by Pierre Francois Jumeau, blue eyes, leather body, 65 cm, 1865/70
original silk dress, silk handbag, lace boots (with high heels!)

Work in progress

2009-03-08T18:36:00.000Z

Though it is Sunday I am working away here at the studio since lunchtime. Just leaving every now and then, to get myself a cup of coffee. When I entered the room again, some strips of fabric that I just ironed, hanging over a board, looked like a painting to me.

Naked people

2009-03-05T16:47:00.000Z

Clothes are our second skin, used for hiding or expressing our inner self. But can we trust the shell? What's underneath?

Naked people. Click on the images and the clothes disapear.

Found via clusterflock.

The great sleeping bear

2009-03-05T14:40:00.000Z

This seems to be the most cosy sleeping bag ever. Brilliant work
by Eiko Ishizawa.
Found via Monster-Munch.

Working with new colours

2009-02-28T15:01:00.000Z

Keep watching my etsy shop for more.

Another find

2009-02-27T23:36:00.000Z

is an orange round mirror, like they were used to be used by hairdessers.

Looking back most things seemed to be made of orange plastic when I grew up.

photographs: John Coombes

Todays finds

2009-02-26T16:30:00.000Z

I found a wooden tray filled with wonderful old wooden printing letters at the Oxfam shop today and bought it for my sweetheart, as he loves these things just as much as I do.
When I came home with it, he immediately started playing with them, showing the same enthusiasm a little boy would have for a new toy.

Here are some photographs John just took.

The last three images are flipped.

TALES FROM A TEXTILE STUDIO *formerly BLAH BLAH BLOG

Vorbote des Frühlings - Herald of spring

SchOreo Cake

Be Linen Movie 2

Be Linen Movie

... and a happy New Year!

The transformation of a shirt

100 years of East London style

The great big stitched postcard swap

Oat Biscuits

Stripe Mania

Kinnersley Castle

The Bluebells are out!

Der Webstuhl

Machine's Waltz

A Virtual Photo Booth

A half

Trapezius

Laugenbrezel - Bavarian Pretzels

Back from Bavaria

The advantages of having a very small baby

First smiles

The Other Corner

The Transformation of The Old Printworks

The Bavarian Window

It's a girl!

Frau Heuberg's Swap

Landlust

Happy weekend

Inspiration in sunlight

Tales from a textile studio

Inspiration

Trapezius

The bump

Handles

Tapetenwechsel

The Poppies

Correspondence between Goethe and Schiller

Recollection

Last week...

New Year – new start

Moving

Telegraph review: The V&A's World Beach Project

Superfluous signs

The Paper Collar

Todays Photo Sesssion

Possibilities and facts

Studio Glimpse

ArtWEEK Fringe @ Holme Valley Warehouse

Possible flowers

Holmfirth ArtWEEK

Holme Valley Warehouse

11 Westgate Honley HD9 6AA

The vegetable high bed

The new lens

The dead tree in the buttercup meadow

Art Market Holmfirth

ByGraziela

Coutdown for the Art Market

The Mysterious Tree and Buttercup Meadows

Dança em Foco

French window

Provençale interieur

La Provence

Domaine de Sigalous

Provençale inspiration

The Art Market & Vanstallation

Moldgreen Barbie

The Art Market

Waiting For Godot

Pear vases

Blah blah blah...

News from my Etsy shop

Places with a past

Brambles

Possible Garden

The puppies arrived!!

Gardening and textile flowers

An afternoon in the sun

Blogger Quilt Festival - My Favourite Quilt

11 Westgate
Honley HD9 6AA