2014-10-01 09:00
My best friend had her second baby earlier this year. For her first child, I made a patchwork cot quilt. After having my son six months later, and being given a cot quilt which we didn't rea… Read More
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2014-09-24 09:00
I knitted this top last year for summer and wore it once but wasn't quite happy with it. I used the same yarn as the pattern and I always do a tension square but somehow it didn't sit on me… Read More
2014-09-16 10:10
Yeah yeah, I know that my challenge to myself this year was paint one watercolour each month of a North East scene but when we got back from our trip to the Canadian Rockies I was just itchi… Read More
2014-09-10 14:03
While eating my lunch today, looking out on the garden, I spotted not one but two red admiral butterflies on the second flush of buddlea flowers. They always seem to visit later than the tor… Read More
2014-07-22 08:30
The Griffin's heads at Wallington are well known around the area and I wanted to focus on just one for this painting. I have left the hall very soft and hazy in the background as the griffin… Read More
2014-07-15 09:00
Do you really stop and look at the pictures on your walls? Or are they so much part of the furniture that you pass them by every day without a glance?A few years ago, I saw an art collector… Read More
2014-05-09 10:59
Dunstanburgh CastleIn my one watercolour a month challenge, I didn't get a chance to complete one in April because I was so busy with wedding photography. So I'm hoping to get two done in Ma… Read More
2014-03-19 15:01
This is March's painting - although I've realised that I never blogged about February's painting! I did paint one in Feb but I love this one so much that I'll show it first.A view of Tynemou… Read More
2014-01-30 11:00
I have only blocked two knitting projects - a sewn up cardigan and the pieces for my Art Nouveau inspired jumper. Now I don't know why I only just discovered this technique recently!I am not… Read More
2014-01-29 15:44
At the beginning of the year, I set myself a challenge to paint a watercolour every month. I decided to pick a theme of North East scenes.Here's January's painting - a scene taken from Hadri… Read More
2014-01-23 11:48
At last this weekend, the waiting was over - my blocked pieces were dry, I could sew together my Art Nouveau inspired Fair Isle style jumper and wear it.I made this jumper from a combination… Read More
2014-01-15 14:41
My latest project is a Fair Isle style jumper which I've made up from two patterns I already had. I then designed the Fair Isle pattern from Art Nouveau patterns. I'm delighted with the colo… Read More
2014-01-05 17:10
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you've all had a good Christmas.Ever since getting a garden shredder last year for Christmas, my first gardening job of the year has been to shred the Christm… Read More
2013-11-13 13:51
This is my first attempt at painting anything snowy! A cute little snowman to make into Christmas cards. I only used Ultramarine, Alizarin Crimson and Black, with masking fluid to keep… Read More
2013-10-10 16:56
With thoughts turning towards Christmas, I thought I would tackle a painting of a robin.I wanted the background to be an evergreen Christmassy green but halfway through, I was wishing I'd le… Read More
2013-10-09 12:26
I recently changed my wedding photography website into Drupal (don't ask! Computer speak - ask my IT husband) so consequently, my fine art website wasn't showing any more.I am now in the pro… Read More
2013-08-03 18:51
Yay! Finally, after about three years and many small projects completed in between, my double quilt is finished! I decided to machine quilt all of the plain panels but hand quilted under the… Read More
2013-07-16 08:51
I finally opened an Etsy shop, to discover that they do digital downloads of images now. I browsed through my recent collection and came up with four images to try. It's always hard to know… Read More
2013-07-12 08:52
I have at long last, got round to photographing my watercolour paintings with a view to getting prints made from them. It's a bit of an unknown quantity as you don't know whether people wi… Read More
2013-06-28 12:12
Pigeon SilhouetteI spotted this pigeon nesting in an arrow slit in Dunstanburgh Castle and it made a lovely silhouette.Gillian Read More
2013-06-27 10:24
Usually I paint from photographs and if I paint from still life, it's always indoors. My new iris had just flowered in the garden so I decided to set up my easel outside and attempt to paint… Read More
2013-06-21 11:31
On the LookoutA sheep on the lookout on the coastal walk towards Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland Read More
2013-06-18 19:39
Some of you may remember the quilt I was making in this post. Well earlier this year I finally got a border on it and have just started free motion quilting on it. My first thought was "Yay… Read More
2013-06-14 08:33
Taken on my recent trip to London. I love the repeating pattern of the shiny structures with the sun just glinting off them.Thanks for stopping by! Gillian Read More
2013-06-07 10:17
A shot from along Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.My Fine Art website is currently undergoing a change but you can still purchase photos by contacting me directly. Thanks, Gillian Read More
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