April walk - I've got a stitch

I work weekends but as the Museum of Making was closed on Easter Sunday I went for a stroll, what a treat. Blackthorn blossom, nettle, cleaver, wild garlic, celandine, wood anemone, rain, sun, hale - it was wonderful to walk well loved paths. 

This nettle growing by the side of a cattle trough (built into the wall of St John the Baptist's Chapel, Matlock Bath) has inspired the next embroidery on my 'I've got a stitch' shirt 🌱

creative Fridays at salcare - march

I'm half way through the Creative Fridays project at Salcare in Heanor, Derbyshire - time flies! Inspired by all things Heanor, memory, making and nature connectedness we've drawn, played with colour, created 3D forms with PVA & lace, tried calligraphy, designed, cut and printed Lino blocks! The April sessions will begin this week with fabric and stitch 😀

Thank you to MAKE/SHIFT and Derbyshire Makes for this opportunity. So looking forward to the Derbyshire Makes Festival 2026 in Heanor on Saturday 2nd May.

Colour wheel

Careful observation

Inspired by Heanor lace

Calligraphy

Linocut design

Colour mixing & inking the Lino block