design study

Totally totes

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cotton totes, glass beads, 30 x 30

Some time ago, I made a panel from cotton shopping totes from a bookstore. Then I added the red and green strips – not a success so it got put aside for a while. I cut it up and added some beads to rescue it. Better than before, but still not a winner.

Sketches & Drawings – 2

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drawing done with fineliners and watercolour pencils

Also inspired by one of M’s doodles. I used one half of a sketchbook that was falling apart before I had even started to use it. As you might have noticed, the pages will be ring bound when completed. Size of the pages is a scant 20 x 20 cms/8″ x 8″.

Sketches & Drawings – 1

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drawing done with fineliners and watercolor pencils

This is one of the pages in my Sketches & Drawings art journal. I’m not going to show you all of the pages, I copied a lot from other artists just to try out what I’d like to use for future works. The one above was inspired by my friend M’s artwork.

Slow stitching 7

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cotton, machine stitching, beads,
size 20 x 25 cms (8″ x 10″ approx.)

I cut this one from a test piece that was lying around and embellished it with beads.

Apart from the occasional slow stitching panel, I’m working on a small collage journal and also on a couple of art journals. However, this month’s focus will be on cross stitch, hoping to get a couple of things done.

Journal Pages 2025 – Circles #29 & #30

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I’m ending the series with two for the price of one –

Circle #29, 18 cms (7″ approx.), cotton batiks, sequins, seed beads,
embroidery thread

Circle #30, 18 cms (7″ approx.), cotton, seed beads,
embroidery thread

This one didn’t turn out as planned. Maybe next time…

I’m collecting ideas and material for a 2026 series of journal pages. Don’t expect any of them too soon as there are other things I’m currently working on. More next week.