Art of upcycling is not only how to create textile art pieces. It is also how to creatively upcycle textiles.

I have been working on a number of things this week. I am designing a series of wave landscape techniques and when sorting the fabrics I...

What a crazy month! Moving house and studio together is a project. The house part was easy, the studio was another story. I have so many...

We have just moved and my studio is still packed away. I have itchy fingers, I want to feel my fabrics and run my fingers through my...

There have been many posts lately about textile waste, fast fashion and the dumping of clothing on the third world. “There is no such...

Endless fabric scraps in many different sizes. I decided to make a 4 seasons series so I sorted them into one inch pieces according to...

This is really becoming quite addictive. I am not managing to throw anything away. Autumn remnants from other projects, too small for...

I am sure that anyone who is a creator in any medium goes through a period of stagnation. You know that feeling, yesterday you had so...

I have been thinking about writing this post for a while now. I can look at a product and after a few minutes I manage to analyze how it was

I have spent the last 2 weeks going through boxes and mounds or rather hills of fabric that I have collected over the years. Why do I...

I am taking part in #SeptTextileLove which is organised by @seam_collective They provide a prompt for each day of September, you can read...

I always run a class or 2 like this every year.The students never know when its going to happen. Those that have been with me longer, ...

People often ask me what I do with all those fabric scraps that I save and how do I store them. When I sort fabrics I first do so...

Every week should have a day of rest. Our designated one is Saturday, I don't always strictly keep to it but I do find that there is an...

I pack and store according to season and within the seasons according to colors. I did work in an office for many years so you could call...

A huge amount of sorting and packing. The packing wasn't really the problem I have a huge amount of used t shirts and t shirt pieces...

These are the shelves that I have designated for my huge button and yoyo supply. I have about 4 times the amount that can fit onto these...

Over the years I have come to the conclusion that focus is the key. I find that it is a constant battle to do that. As an artist who is...

When making crumb quilted square feet I end up having a lot of fabric remnants in a variety of sizes. In the past I either used to throw...

This post is going to be about creating or rather recreating with very small pieces of fabric. I use the smallest pieces to create fabric...