- Birds and Butterflies Print blocks

I am planning a new project using a bird and butterfly theme.

Naturally I sent off for some more wooden printing blocks from

Colouricious. Don't they look lovely! I can't wait to try them out.

As the weather is very wet, I think an afternoon of printing upstairs

in my studio is in order. 

Beautifully boxed parcel

"Dickie Birds" print block set

"Butterfly Quartet"

Close up of butterfly

Tag Tuesday-Wings and Words

I have made a tag for this week's Tag Tuesday, for the Wings and 

Words theme. I haven't been participating in the weekly challenges recently.

This is because I have been getting ready for our local

Open Studio, The Caversham Arts Trail, where I showed some of my  stitched textiles

 work.

If you would like to read more about it and see some photos, you can find

it on my blog,here

Here is my Wings and Words tag.

The background is printed on a gelli plate. I used  the butterfly wings 

 from a greetings card. The picture was from A

 Midsummer Night's Dream  by Elsie Piper Harding, which was an illustration 

for the Tatler, December 11th 1929.

The words I used came from the Dalai Lama:-" Give the ones

 you love wings to fly, roots to come back, and reasons to stay."

Photos from the weekend at Caversham Arts Trail

We had a good weekend with the Caversham Arts Trail . Here are some photos of me and my work at Venue 10.  The photos were taken by my friend, Richard Fletcher.

Jane with her stitched textile pieces

One of Jane's embroideries

One of Jane's hanging birds

Caversham Arts Trail 2016 starts on Saturday 7th May

Starts tomorrow!

I will be at Venue 10, showing stitched textiles work with  Barbara Goodbun, who makes jewellery.