Turnstone and redshank at Silloth....and a shrimp boat.

Lovely to get so close to a flock of turnstone and redshank on the promenade at Silloth today.

Monoprinting with the Xcut Xpress

...a mixture of gelli printing using acrylic and then printing an overlay using oil-based ink using the Xcut ...I can't wait for a wet day to do more!

Experimenting dyeing wool - part 2

Adding some red today.....I just love the textures and tones.

Experimenting with dyeing wool.

Tom has been experimenting with dying some of his hand spun wools green - there may well be more photos to come tomorrow and I can't wait for the weekend to try it myself!

Allium cards - new textile designs.

Time to start topping up the card stocks and time to think of some new designs - so here they are!

Elephant hawk moth caterpillars ...

Found this elephant hawk moth caterpillar meandering across the road, so put him back safely on his food plant.

Art work - by Tom - using alcohol markers. 

Hesket Newmarket - Industrial tent sweep 2017

Not a bad contribution from the Garners!