It’s the time of year when I’m coming back indoors and starting to think about kitchen table crafting. One of my favourite projects in recent months has been block printing some of my vintage linen stash. I was inspired by a visit to the V&A where I saw an exhibition about Indian art, and watched… Read More »
Craft
Making a folded book
Home made nature journals are a brilliant project to undertake. It’s really simple to make your own book. A folding one is the easiest and quickest type to create – and you don’t need any drawing or painting skills to do it. Mine was made using simple leaf prints using finds I’d collected on a… Read More »
Decorating naturally
I go for a walk most days at this time of year. It’s partly for the exercise, but mostly because I’m addicted to collecting the seasonal treasures that appear in the hedgerows during late summer and early autumn. I rarely come back empty handed, whether it’s a bunch of cow parsley stems to spray… Read More »
Making a sun print
Guess that’s why they call it the blues… Sun prints, or cyanotype to give them their proper name, are a beautiful way to capture botanical finds on paper or fabric. Delicately precise imprints of leaves look stunning against the inky blue indigo colour that’s created. The process dates back to 1842 when scientist Sir John… Read More »