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Following the success of Tactile 2011 at Resonate arts house in Alloa the exhibition has now moved to Edinburgh (right that's enough of my peter sissons impersonation)Yes we've moved to the big city (you mean there are places in this world other than Alloa, i hear you cry) Tactile is now settling in at The Sewing Bee Cafe, 360 Leith Walk, Edinburgh. This is a brand new venture like an internet

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What busy bees we've been, our new dedicated textile studio is up and running at Resonate in Alloa and textile club will start again on the 25th October, yippee! I'll need to take some photos.I'm full of fresh new ideas fron the knitting and stitching show at the ally pally in that London and can't wait to get going.Textile Club is running on Tuesdays 10.30 - 12.30 and Thursdays 12 - 2 during

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It's like fight club but without the fighting!! Linn Mckeller and myself are starting a new textile club at Resonate in Unit A3, Castle Street, Alloa.It's for all folks like us who can't resist a dabble in all different textile crafts. From knitting, sewing, felting,embroidery there's all sorts of different things we're going to have a go at. Whether you have a project you already want to work on

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at4below: A pocketful of : The making of an artbook Look what my mate linn has been making. A beautiful art book for an exhibition of art book at Resonate Art House, Alloa

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Open publication - Free publishing - More eco

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Hurrah Hurrah finally it's here.It's open studios next week and I'll be sharing my pal linn Mckeller's studio at 109 Queen Street Alva, Clackmannanshire. Here's a piccie of one of her felt pictures and my falkland cushion close up. You can find out all the open studios details at the website on this link:http://www.forthvalleyopenstudios.com/

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I've just added a range of monster teacosies to my folksy shop.http://www.folksy.com/shops/nicsecoknitsI've gone a bit mad with the descriptions, The Art Monster is my favourite he's pretty funny.Got a busy week this week I'm taking my things to the Scottish Art Craft and Design Centre which opens on the 1st April. It's at Crossford, near Lanark only 30mins from Glasgow and an hour from Edinburgh

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I've been playing with Picasa. Everytime I say that I want to say Picasa sucasa, I know not why..Anyway hence I've made a lovely piccie of my seaside rock tea cosi, for all the tealovers in the world. Sadly I can't stand tea so I think a coffee pot version will be happening soon.I'm still making stuff for my seaside themed collection. Which will be displayed when my artist mate Lynne has an

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With all this cold and snowy weather I've been worried about the wee birdies in my garden so I've made them a wee house to give them a bit of shelter in the snow.How can they resist?I can feel a few more bird houses being created they're reminding me of a song (as most things do) They Might Be Giants "Little birdhouse in your soul"It's made from a felted jumper sleeve with knitted details.Mind

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My latest series of tea cosies are based on monsters. I got the idea from mashing tea and doing the monster mash perhaps not at the same time.Here is the morning after monster his eyes are bloodshot and mouth downturned. He has, as all good monsters do a counter monster, the boogie monster and is what the morning after monster would have looked like the night before.My monsters are currently

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Tin Huts and Forth Valley Open StudiosWhat you may think do these two things have in common. Well the tin hut photo is from my holidays in Mull and I also saw them when further ooop north in Sutherland on me hols last year, I don't get very far on me hols.Anyway I just loved the tin huts, some are still used and some left to rot away. When you need an extension you just tack it on anywhere.So

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The swish swap and salvage evening was great fun. Here's a picture I was going to say of some sewers and swishers but somehow that doesn't sound right!Lots of lovely things were created including a painting apron from a dressing gown, kids sundress from a skirt and a lovely felted bag.I have to say a big thank you to everyone that came and a specially big thank yous to Lynne McKellar for helping

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I'm very excited as I'm having a swish swap and salvage evening. I was inspired to do this by the lovely ladies at Women in the Trossachs (WITT) who asked me to one they had in Callander a while ago. It was a great crafty evening and I'm hoping this one will be just as inspiring.I'm asking people to bring along something to swish into something else by accessorising or altering it. Something to

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