It has been SO good to get back to some basic sewing, I hadn't realised just how much I missed it til I started gathering all my fabrics together. I made 3 more cushions yesterday. I love random log cabin, as you can imagine I am not one to measure and be neat unnecessarily so this technique is perfect for me. The blue cushion is a combination of various lurex fabrics and Thai silk. I made these 2 when I got back from 3 Private Views last night. Image transfer onto white linen. The 4 images on the left are from a range of French windows I use for my greetings cards. I hope to take some more when I visit Sue at La Verdrie next week. The image on the right is of ferns deep in the woods. I think I will continue making these image transfer/linen cushions, they will be a good way to promote my photographs. I will be updating my personal website next month and will be selling my cards and bits and bobs from there. I must dash off and steward at the Open House now, its all very ex

Pink Birdhouse 29 Southdown Avenue Brighton, BN1 6EH      the weekends of ~ 7/8, 14/15, 21/22 28/29 11am - 6pm   The Brighton Open Houses start this week end and I am making some cushions to go into my friends Clare Rose's house. If anyone wants to pop in and say Hello! I will be stewarding tomorrow from 11 - 6, Sunday 15th 11 - 2.30 and the weekend of 28th & 29th 11 - 6. I am no longer opening my own house as I just don't have time to get it all sorted, it is such a mammoth task which is just as well with the website crashing last week. I have been having great fun working with all my scraps and oddments of fabrics making cushions. It is such a treat to give myself time to play with fabrics and see what happens. My floor is a sea of colour, I have been wading through silks, denims and cottons and it has been wonderful. It makes such a change to be working with natural fabrics and my trusty old Bernina 707. I have had particular fun combining image transfer with